College History

The establishment of Durgapur Government College, a public-funded institution, was inevitable with the emergence of the Steel City Durgapur. The college may be viewed as a by-product of Durgapur City when the Steel City, the ‘Ruhr’ of Bengal, was born. Durgapur Government College towered in the entire region of Bardhaman (Presently Paschim Bardhaman and Purba Bardhaman), Bankura, Purulia and Birbhum in a vast stretch of the southern part of West Bengal as the only government college.

Timeline

• January 22, 1969
  The then Honourable Governor of Bengal, Shri Dharma Vira laid the foundation stone of Durgapur Government College on January 22, 1969 while the first academic session commenced from 1970-71 (Letter no: F.IV-2/52/1270 dated 19.05.1971).
• 1970
  • Establishment of Departments of Bengali, English, Economics, History, Political Science, Philosophy and Sanskrit to offer undergraduate programmes under the affiliation of The University of Burdwan
  • Establishment of NSS Unit-I; Nodiha was the first adopted village of the institution
• 1971
  • College recognized by UGC under the sections 2(f) and 12(B)
  • Establishment of Honours Programme in Bengali
• 1972
  Establishment of Department of Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics to offer undergraduate programmes
• 1973
  Establishment of Department of Physics to offer undergraduate programmes
• 1982
  Establishment of Department of Commerce to offer undergraduate programmes
• 1984
  Establishment of Department of Zoology to offer undergraduate programmes
• 1997
  Establishment of Department of Botany to offer undergraduate programmes
• 1998
  Establishment of Department of Physical Education to offer general elective papers for students of different undergraduate programmes
• 2007
  • College accredited by NAAC for first cycle with “B++” Grade
  • Introduction of post-graduate programme in Conservation Biology as the post accreditation initiative
  • UGC-Career Oriented Programme “Certificate Course in Corporate Communication” under the UGC-COP Scheme of the 11th Plan was run from 2007 to 2011
• 2008
  • Introduction of post-graduate programme in Chemistry as the post accreditation initiative
  • Entrepreneurship Development Cell of Durgapur Government College was established and run in collaboration with National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN) – a non-profit organization under the Wadhwani Foundation, Mumbai from 2008 to 2011
  • NSS Unit-II was established
• 2013
  College received the DST-FIST grant of Department of Science and Technology, Government of India
• 2015
  College was affiliated to The University of Burdwan since its inception to June 23, 2015 and subsequently became affiliated to Kazi Nazrul University, Asansol with effect from June 24, 2015
• 2016
  Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) was implemented for all programmes under the affiliation of Kazi Nazrul University
• 2017
  College accredited by NAAC for second cycle with “A” Grade
• 2018
  College received funds under the Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) for infrastructural development
• 2020
  Learning Outcomes-based Curriculum Framework (LOCF) was introduced within the Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) for all programmes under the affiliation of Kazi Nazrul University
• 2022
  College received the prestigious DBT STAR COLLEGE SCHEME of Department of Biotechnology, Government of India for six science departments, namely Botany, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Physics and Zoology
• 2023
  Four Year Undergraduate Honours Programmes and Three Year Undergraduate Programmes were introduced under the National Curriculum and Credit Framework (NCCF) under the National Education Policy 2020
• 2024
  College was selected to organize the 6th Regional Science and Technology Congress by the Department of Science and Technology and Biotechnology, Government of West Bengal