Tamralipta Mahavidyalaya(TM), Purba Medinipur was established in 1948 & affiliated to Vidyasagar University, established in 1981 and the University has been awarded with 3-star status by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC).

Since the opening session 1948-49, the college was affiliated to the University of Calcutta in English, Bengali, Sanskrit, History, Logic, Civics, Commercial Geography, Commercial Arithmetic, Elements of Book Keeping to I.A. standard and organizers were motivated to introduce I.Sc. course from the very next session. From the very beginning of the Commerce department was run in the evening in the interest of the otherwise employed students. But with the increasing tendency of the girl students to study commerce, the department was shifted from the evening to the morning. In view of the ever-increasing need and demand of the locality, Calcutta University offered affiliation in Honours Course in Bengali, English, Chemistry, History, Political Science, Mathematics, Economics and Accountancy at degree level in quick succession. But since 1985, the affiliation of the colleges of undivided Midnapore district was changed from C.U. to V.U. by the Govt. policy and affiliation in Honours course was obtained from V.U. in Physics, Zoology, Botany, Physiology, Philosophy and Sanskrit. Recently, self-financed courses in Geography, Education, Physical Education, Computer science have been introduced. The college is now more or less equipped with a good no. of faculty members, technical staff and ministerial staff. It is governed by a well-coordinated Governing Body.

The college is popularly called and known as Tamluk College, is situated in the Head Quarter of Purba Medinipur district, namely Tamluk, which is definitely a place of much historical importance and played a significant role in the freedom movement of the country.

The college has been disseminating higher education among the students mostly coming from illiterate, semiliterate, rural, agriculture-based and even first generation-learner sections of the community.

It is easy to reach the college by any mode of conveyance as the town is well connected both by road ways and railways. The college strives for socio-cultural as well as educational upliftment of the surrounding areas.

The college offers under graduate courses in Arts, Commerce and Science stream and college has well equipped with all modern facilities. The University was named after one of the most illustrious sons of Bengal as well as one of the doyens of Indian Renaissance; Pandit Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar. This is a renowned University in West Bengal.

VISION

To impart up-dated knowledge of higher level deriving from Indian tradition. 2. To nurture the leadership quality of the learners so that they become ideal and law-abiding citizens of future. 3. To build up the spirit of self-reliance and self-confidence among the learners mostly hailing from remote areas. 4. To inculcate basic sense of human values, gender justice, right to equality in opportunity and conducive to superior living conditions in both Social and Psychological. 5. To turn the ideas into reality so that intelligent students make sense of the teachers sharper and bring the pride of institution.

MISSION

To maintain a balance between tradition and modernity in the techniques for higher education.

To pursue holistic approach for enabling blooming the learning potential of the institutions.

To provide infrastructural support to bring out quality learners from among the students of lagged behind in the realm of higher education.

To make the students acquainted with the demands of the civil society.

To promote innovative skills and establish a proper mind set through stipulated teaching-learning methods.

To make the institution excel as a nationally acclaimed institute for higher learning.