Govt. College Hoshiarpur

Government college Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India, situated at the foot of the Shivalik Hills, caters to the educational needs of Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar and Gurdaspur ditricts of Punjab. It came into being in 1927 as an intermediate college with Shri Bihari Lal Bhatia as Founder Principal. Before partition itself, in 1943,it was upgraded to a Degree college in view of the great demand as erstwhile Kangra district and present day Una district of Himachal Pradesh were also among the areas covered by its academic facilities.

This premier educational institution of Punjab has a proud history and a glorious past. Here is an institution ,(which is always a plant of gradual growth)rich in traditions and attainments ,which takes legitimate pride in the fact that Dr.Manmohan Singh ,former Prime Minister of India, Sh Gurbachan Jagat,Chairman U.P.S.C and Sh.Ramesh Inder Singh,Chief Secretary,Punjab Studied here at different points of time .Perhaps no other college in the northern region can match this great nursery of talent.

This glorious institution in academics, sports and culture has always stood up to its 88 year old traditions and aims at contributing its best towards the education of the population of the sub-mountainous region better known as Kandi Area of Punjab. At present having a faculty of 56 teachers ,the college imparts instructions in 8 Post Graduate courses .Beside this ,it offers Under-Graduate Courses in Arts ,Science ,commerce and vocational subject of functional English

Since its inception ,this college has been providing access to higher education to a predominately rural /Agrarian population equipping them with skills that have enabled countless alumni who hold /have held the highest positions and honors in every walk of life the numbers would run into scores .Poets like Sahir Hoshiarpuri, Muneer Niyaazi and Prem Kumar Najjar had been students here while Dr .Jagtar and suresh Seth had been teachers .Sh.Gurbachan Jagat ,Dr.Ashok Kundra ,Sh. C.L.Bains,Mr Ramesh inder Singh,Sudha Pandey, Mr Jerath,Sunil Arora,Ravi Chopra, J.P.Sharma,Sanjiv Arora ,Tunin kant Pandey ,Rajeev Arora,Ambika Parmar,Shweta Nakra and Dr.Ravneet Singh are some of the names who have done this institution proud as eminent civil servants.

The vision of the college is to :-
Inculcate academic and intellectual skills.
To help students to evolve as good citizens with integrated personalities by tapping their innate potential.