Sree Chaitanya College, North 24 Paraganas

About Sree Chaitanya College, North 24 Paraganas

Sree Chaitanya College , a co-educational Undergraduate college affiliated to the University of Calcutta , was established on August 2 , 1956 in the picturesque village of Prafullanagar-Habra in the district of 24 Parganas(now north 24 Parganas) , nearly 40 kms from the city of Calcutta , to fulfil the academic needs of the students of Habra and its adjoining rural areas inhabited mainly by the refugees from the erstwhile East Pakistan. Uprooted all on a sudden from their health and home , these hapless people , most of whom belonged to lower-middle class and poor families , had to struggle hard for their very subsistence . Many of them were educated , but others were not . But all of them realized that the only way to overcome their present miseries was to get their children properly educated , enabling them thereby to earn a respectable livelihood . What they needed for materialization of this dream was a Degree college in the area which would provide them the scope for higher education at an affordable cost . Some eminent personalities under the banner of Habra Siksha Parishad came forward , and Sree Chaitanya College came into being with the principal objective of empowering the economically disadvantaged displaced students of this sprawling rural area through quality education at the minimum cost.

The College started in the premises of Habra High School from where it shifted to Bangiya Christian Council . The college finally moved to its own building on a plot of land measuring 67 Bighas and abounding in serene green beauty on October 5 , 1958 . In the same month of the said year the college was recognised by the Government of India as a Degree College on sponsored basis dedicated mainly to the education of the displaced students from East Pakistan with affiliation in the Intermediate and Degree Courses in Arts and Science w.e.f the academic session 1958-59. Sree Chaitanya College was established in 1956 primarily with the objective of empowering the poor,especially the displaced students from the eastwhile East Pakistan , through education and learning . To suit the economic capacity of these unpriviledged students and the demand of the people of this semi-urban locality and its adjoining rural areas the college started with a few subjects in Arts and science of the degree pass level . But with the rapid increase in population pf the area mainly as a result of the influxes of the refugees , the need for introduction of Honours courses along with the addition of a few more subjects as pass level was strongly felt .