Durgapur Government College

Durgapur Government College, India, is the only government college not only in the home district of Paschim Bardhaman, but also in the neighbouring districts of Bankura, Purulia and Birbhum. It was established on 15 September 1970. It is affiliated to Kazi Nazrul University. It is funded and administered by the Government of West Bengal. Direct administrative control lies with the Director of Public Instruction, Higher Education Directorate, Government of West Bengal.The college offers 3-year undergraduate degree courses in Arts, Science and Commerce as well as postgraduate courses in Geology, Conservation Biology and Chemistry.HistoryThe Government of West Bengal established Durgapur Government College in 1970. It was the period of genesis of Durgapur itself, an industrial town that was being built around a host of large and medium scale industries in the public and private sectors like the Durgapur Steel Plant, Alloy Steel Plant, Mining and Allied Machinery Corporation, Durgapur Projects Limited, Phillips Carbon Black Limited, Alstom etc. With the settlement of many thousands of industrial workers of all ranks in Durgapur, the need was felt for a higher education institution that would offer to students Degree Courses.LibraryThe College Central Library is a separate building with over 80,000 books, journals and periodicals and internet facility. Besides the central library, each department offers books and journals to the departmental Honours and postgraduate students through the departmental Seminar Library.LaboratoryThe college has laboratories with all the science departments, as well as with the postgraduate Department of Geology, Conservation Biology and Chemistry.