Dinabandhu Andrews College Explained

Dinabandhu Andrews College
Native Name:দীনবন্ধু এন্ড্রুজ মহাবিদ্যালয়
Motto:প্রণিপাতেন পরিপ্রশ্নেন সেবয়া
Motto Lang:Bengali
Mottoeng:Earn Education & Serve the Humanitarian
Type:Government sponsored
Principal:Dr. Indrajit Sinha
Students:5000
Address:54, Raja S C Mallick Road Baishnabghata, 24 Parganas (South)
City:Garia Kolkata
State:West Bengal 700084
Country:India
Coordinates:22.4686°N 88.3759°W
Pushpin Map:India Kolkata#India
Campus:Urban
Affiliation:University of Calcutta
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology for BBA Honours

Dinabandhu Andrews College is a college affiliated to the University of Calcutta, situated in Garia, South 24 Parganas. It was established in 1956 and named after Rev. Charles Freer Andrews, a renowned Christian missionary, educationist, and philanthropist.

This Co-educational college has nearly 5000 students and offers Courses in 15 subjects in Science, Arts and Commerce stream along with General courses. Not only UG courses, this college also offers post graduation in subjects like Electronics and Zoology.

History

Dinabandhu Andrews College was established in the year 1956 and the college is named after freedom fighter Rev. Charles Freer Andrews.

The college was constituted at the fringe of the semi-urban zone of South 24 Parganas district with an aim to disseminate the scope of higher education to a huge number of children of the displaced persons from erstwhile East Pakistan, presently Bangladesh.

Departments

Science

Arts and Commerce

See also