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.
দীনবন্ধু এন্ড্রুজ মহাবিদ্যালয় | |
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| Motto | প্রণিপাতেন পরিপ্রশ্নেন সেবয়া |
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Motto in English | Earn Education & Serve the Humanitarian |
| Type | Government sponsored |
| Established | 1956 |
| Affiliation | University of Calcutta MAKAUT for BBA Honours |
| Principal | Dr. Somnath Mukhopadhyay |
| Students | 5000 |
| Address | 54, Raja S C Mallick Road Baishnabghata, 24 Parganas (South) , , West Bengal 700084 , India 22°28′06.80″N 88°22′33.14″E / 22.4685556°N 88.3758722°E |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | www |
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  Location in Kolkata  Dinabandhu Andrews College (India) | |
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
editDinabandhu 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
editScience
edit- 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
edit- 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.)