Harish Chandra Postgraduate College, Varanasi was established in 1866, is a govt. aided college and is one of the premier institutes of learning in eastern U.P started under the auspices of Harish Chandra Vidyalaya Samiti (a non profitable charitable institution registered under Indian Society Act 1860).

Bharatendu Harishchandra, the profounder of the modern Hindi Language founded this institution with five students of the locality in 1866. by 1910, the institution had started High Scholl Classes. The Intermediate classes started in the year 1939.

The Undergraduate classes in Arts and Commerce began on 04 Oct, 1951. At first; the college was affiliated to Banaras Hindu University, later it was affiliated with the University of Gorakhpur in 1960 and finally it’s affiliated to Purvanchal University, Jaunpur. The recognition of the Law Classes was made possible in the year 1958.

However, owing to certain amendments and changes in the rules and regulation of B.H.U., the college shifted its affiliation with the University of Gorakhpur in the year 1960. Consequently, the B.Ed. Classes began the same year, whereas recognition for B.Sc. classes in Maths. Group and Bio. Group was granted in the year 1963 & 1974 respectively.

With the establishment of the Purvanchal University, Jaunpur the college was affiliated to this University in 1987-88. From the session 2009-10, the affiliation of the college is shifted to M.G.Kashi Vidyapeeth, Varanasi.

The college has Postgraduate in the subjects - Commerce, Statistics, Hindi, Mathematics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Political Science, English & Psychology.

VISION

To Inculcate and sustain the Quality in Education Catering to all dimensions of the National and global needs and create higher Awareness of Human Rights, value System, Culture and Heritage of the Country.

MISSION

To equip and empower students with relevant knowledge, competence and creativity to face regional and global challenges.

To promote the building up of character in youth by relgion and ethics as an integral part of education.

To faciliate a broad range of learning opportunities for learners engrossed in graduate, postgraduate and research programmes.

To provide the right kind of leadership in all walks of life.

To create homogeneous intermingling of all sections of the society.