Durgapur Govt. College Established on 15th September 1970.

Durgapur Government College, affiliated to  the University of  Burdwan is the only Government College in the District of Burdwan.

The oldest institution of its kind to come up in the Steel City Durgapur, Durgapur Government College has moved from its initial modest intake capacity of 150 students to that of around 3,500 students at present. The college is situated within a sprawling campus, which includes staff quarters, a playground & plentiful greenery.

Durgapur Government College stood out at the time of its inception in being the only government college serving the intellectual needs of a whole generation of young learners from Burdwan, now Bardhaman, Bankura, Bribhum and Purulia.

Despite experience overwhelming changes, the institution continues to stand out as a distinguished house of learning, nurturing positive qualities of both students and staff.

Such as inclusive vision ensures that the college strives to bring out different types of talents from all sectors of society besides the core academics ones.

Dynamism and dedication are the hallmarks of this institution and there is a strong bonding between students, teachers and members of staff of the college.

VISION

The laying of the foundation stone of Durgapur Government College on 22.01.1969 was the follow-up of an effort to set up a co-educational government-funded institution of higher education at the gradually emerging industrial town of Durgapur. The College, besides being the first institution of its kind in town, was the only Government College not only in the home district of Burdwan (now officially known as Paschim Bardhaman), but also in the neighbouring districts of Bankura, Purulia and Birbhum. The College initially offered Humanities courses, and gradually expanded its horizon through introduction of subjects in demand. The institution began with a dream of cultivating students with the best education possible, instilling values to go forth into the world as good human beings, and to be equipped to meet the challenges of the world outside the campus walls.

Presently, Durgapur houses a number of government-aided and private colleges. Durgapur Government College continues to function in Durgapur as the only public-funded institution offering degrees primarily at the undergraduate level at nominal tuition fees, with an aim to include and empower students from various categories of society and from remote rural areas.

MISSION

Cultivating the sense of discipline and dedication in addition to the intellectual, moral and cultural development is the overall mission of Durgapur Government College. The members of the staff offer their best to help students to keep in sync with the competitive world by providing quality higher education to ensure their smooth absorption into the subsequent phases of life. The focus is on overall personality and skill development in a healthy academic atmosphere inside classrooms and on campus. A lot of thought goes in organizing activities for cohesion among staff and students hailing from diverse socio-cultural and economic background.

OBJECTIVES

Holistic development of young adults enrolled as students

Providing Quality Higher Education and taking care of intellectual, social, economic, emotional needs of students

Adopting student-friendly approaches to teaching and learning as far as practicable

Encouraging faculty members to participate in conferences, seminars, workshops and other faculty development programmes to enrich and update their academic and administrative knowledge and capacity building

Kindling interest in students not only in their subjects but also in related fields and help them ramify and diversify areas of interest

Encouraging standard research activities of faculty members and students. College involves specifically a Research sub-committee which works together with IQAC for this purpose

Organising Career Counselling sessions for students and making provisions for campus recruitment to avail of job opportunities irrespective of religion, caste, gender etc have been initiated. A sub-committee of the Teachers’ Council relating to Career Counselling and Placement of students works in this respect.

Encouraging participation of Faculty in discussions to teach students with different learning paces

Facilitating Differently-abled students easy access to classrooms and learning

Imparting training to members of the non-teaching staff to utilize computer facilities in documentation

Overall personality development of the students through NSS, NCC, sports, cultural and other co-curricular activities. The College runs separate units for NSS, NCC and Physical Education.

Overall development of an ethical sense and increasing awareness in terms of gender sensitization, cleanliness, environmental protection etc.

Inculcation of value-orientation in students through the promotion of a sensitive attitude towards one’s surrounding and culture

Promotion of leadership qualities

Organising Awareness Programmes to teach proper use of toilets and maintaining a clean and hygienic atmosphere in the campus, as well as in their life outside the campus

Sensitizing all stakeholders to preserve resources of the college and its surroundings

Making the campus a plastic-free zone