Vidyanagar College (VC), South 24 Parganas was established in 1963.

Vidyanagar College is affiliated to the University of Calcutta and accredited with ‘B’ grade by NAAC.. It is located on the road joining Amtala and Budge Budge to Bishnupur, Block-II in the District of South 24-Parganas, some thirty kilometres away from Esplanade, the administrative and commercial hub of the city of Kolkata. The college, though only a little away from the south-west fringes of the metropolis, is situated entirely in a rural setting amidst lush pastures. The college came into being on 29 July, 1963 as the unflinching zeal and social commitment of visionaries of the locality as late Sri Dhirendranath Bera and late Sri Harendranath Majumder.

The aims of the college is to realize the potential inherent in all students by providing them a congenial ambience of growth and fulfillment, to impart liberal education to the village community by way of developing the personality of the students to the fullest extent, thereby ensuring all-round growth and to inculcate the young minds with a respect for values, social mores and the richness of community life.

The college is located on the road joining Amtala and Budge Budge to Bishnupur, Block-II in the District of South 24-Parganas, some thirty kilometers away from Esplanede, the administrative and commercial hub of the city of Culcutta.

The college, though only a little away from the south-west fringes of the metroplis, is situated entirely in a rural setting amidst lush pastures.

VISION

Vidyanagar College has a clearly spelt out vision in the motto which is "Tamaso Ma Jyotirgamaya, literally meaning 'lead me from darkness to light.' Hence, our vision is to impart knowledge to students and mould them into responsible citizens of our country.

MISSION

The Objective of the College, advancement of learning, strongly manifests the spirit of Education for Empowerment.

Accordingly, Vidyanagar College ever since its inception has empowered thousands of young people, particularly those displaced from the erstwhile East Pakistan and also those belonging to the backward communities of the area. The college, in fact, enjoys now the rare distinction of catering to the educational needs of a composite section of young learners belonging to both the urban middle class of the southern suburbs of Kolkata and the rural poor of South Bengal.

GOALS & OBJECTIVES

Throughout the five decades of its existence Vidyanagar College has been striving unstintingly to achieve lofty ideals of human excellence in its own humble way. Goals and objectives, which can be specified as follows :

To realize the potential inherent in all students by providing them a congenial ambience of growth and fulfilment.

To impart liberal education to the village community by way of developing the personality of the students to the fullest extent, thereby ensuring all-round growth.

To inculcate the young minds with a respect for values, social mores and the richness of community life.