Dinabandhu Andrews College
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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
- Botany: B.Sc. (Hons.)
- Physics: B.Sc. (Hons.)
- Chemistry: B.Sc. (Hons.)
- Mathematics: B.Sc. (Hons.)
- Electronics: B.Sc. (Hons.), M.Sc.
- Zoology: B.Sc. (Hons.), M.Sc.
- Microbiology: B.Sc. (Hons.)
- Sericulture: B.Sc. (Hons.)
Arts and Commerce
- Bengali: B.A (Hons.)
- English: B.A (Hons.)
- History: B.A (Hons.)
- Geography: B.A (Hons.)
- Political Science: B.A (Hons.)
- Philosophy: B.A (Hons.)
- Accounting & Finance: B.Com. (Hons.)
See also
- List of colleges affiliated to the University of Calcutta
- Education in India
- Education in West Bengal
References
External links
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and training institutes
- Bose Institute
- Calcutta Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology
- CSSSC
- Indian Centre for Space Physics
- Indian Institute of Astrophysics
- Indian Institute of Chemical Biology
- Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata
- Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies
- Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences
- SINP
- S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences
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- Shahid Kshudiram Sikhsha Prangan (Alipore Campus)
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