Shibpur Dinobundhoo Institution (SDI), Howrah was established in 1948. Its affiiliated to University of Calcutta, Kolkata.

The college is a premier and co-education college. The college draws its academic strength from its competent faculties and well-equipped Infrastructure. 

The college has a team of experienced teachers who are not just masters in their subjects but understand the students' minds really well. The college offers a wide choice of undergraduate courses both at honours and general level in Arts, Science and Commerce stream. The college has state-of-the-art technologies and infrastructure.

 It is the oldest of the modern universities in India. It was established in 1857 during the administration of Lord Canning, the Governor General of India. It is the only university in India which produced four Nobel laureates and has ranked consistently amongst the first five hundred universities in the world.

It was the first modern university in the Indian subcontinent. It has been declared as a "Five Star University" and a "Centre with Potential for Excellence" by the University Grants Commission (UGC). T

he Times Education Supplement of London ranked the University of Calcutta as the 39th best university in the world, in the Arts & Humanities category in 2005. The main campus of the university is located at College Street in Kolkata while and several other campuses are spread over the metro and its suburbs. 

Shibpur Dinobundhoo Institution (College) is one of the pioneer colleges embracing a vast hinterland of urban and semi-urban areas of Howrah District. Established in 1948, the college has consolidated its position as one of the leading institutions of the district, imparting undergraduate learning in diverse areas of Humanities, Social Sciences, Bio and Pure Sciences and Commerce. The College is affiliated to the University of Calcutta and accredited by NAAC (National Assessment and Accreditation Council). From the academic session 2009-2010, the college is proud to have introduced Post Graduate Course in Commerce (M.Com) offered by the University of Calcutta.