Acharya Prafulla Chandra College

Not to be confused with Prafulla Chandra College.

Acharya Prafulla Chandra College
আচার্য প্রফুল্লচন্দ্র কলেজ
Former name
New Barrackpore College
MottoService, Knowledge, Sacrifice
TypePublic State and Central Government Sponsored
Establishedc. 16 August 1960; 64 years ago (16 August 1960)
FounderLate Haripada Biswas
AccreditationNAAC
Academic affiliation
[1]
Endowment₹14.877 crore (US$1.8 million)
(FY2022–23 est.)[3]
PresidentDr. Nikhil Chandra Halder
PrincipalProf. (Dr.) Syed Rafi Ahmed[4]
Academic staff
119 (2024)[3]
Administrative staff
33[5]
Students4,181 (2024)[3]
Undergraduates3,912 (2024)[3]
Postgraduates269 (2024)[3]
Address
Baghajati Road, New Barrackpore, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, 700131, India

22°41′51″N 88°26′16″E / 22.6975243°N 88.4378712°E / 22.6975243; 88.4378712
CampusUrban, Large city
8.56 acres (3.46 ha)
LanguageEnglish, Bengali
Collection of Writings (Journal)Acharya Prafulla Chandra Roy Rachana Sankalan[6]
Colors      Blue, white, Atomic tangerine
Websitewww.apccollege.ac.in

Acharya Prafulla Chandra College (APC College), also known as New Barrackpore College is a Government Higher Educational Institution (College) located in North 24 Paragana, West Bengal, India. It is one of the glorious educational institution founded on 16 August 1960, under the Dispersal Scheme[7] with the joint participation of the State Government and Central Government name as "New Barrackpore College"[8] has completed its 64 years of journey and achieved the status one of the best colleges in the district as well as the state West Bengal. It is affiliated with West Bengal State University.[9] It offers co-educational 27 undergraduate and 8 postgraduate degree studies/courses for Science and Arts Subjects. The college is awarded and has been rated as Grade "A" by the Indian National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC).[10][11]

  1. ^ a b "Department of Science, Technology | Government of India, Ministry of Education" (PDF). Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan; Government of India, Ministry of Education" (PDF). Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e "NIRF 2024" (PDF). NIRF.
  4. ^ "Principal".
  5. ^ "Administrative staff, APC College". Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Book by APC College". Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Ministry of Home Affairs, Gov. of India Schemes" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs.
  8. ^ "Acharya Prafulla Chandra College also known as New Barrackpore College". apccollege.ac.in. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  9. ^ "Affiliated College of West Bengal State University". Archived from the original on 29 October 2012. wbsubcollegeinfo.org. Retrieved 30 December 2012
  10. ^ "APC college homepage". apccollege.ac.in. Archived from the original on 16 January 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  11. ^ "NAAC Accreditation Status". naac.gov.in. Archived from the original on 18 November 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2017.