Alipurduar College, Alipurduar

About Alipurduar College, Alipurduar

Alipurduar College is situated in Jalpaiguri in West Bengal state of India. Established in 1957, and it is affiliated to University of North Bengal. Alipurduar College, Jalpaiguri offers 32 courses across 4 streams namely Arts, Science, Commerce and Banking, Hotel Management and across 3 degrees like BA, BSc, BCom. Alipurduar College' campus is spread over 86288 Acres. Hostel facility is not available for its students. Additional campus facilities such as Academic Zone, Boys Hostel, Girls Hostel, Library, Medical Facilities, Cls. Room, Sports, Trans. are also there.

In the pre-independence period the Sub-Himalayan Dooars region was mainly an area of Tea-gardens and Forest inhabited by people mainly belonging to Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled castes. The partition of the country in 1947 led to the migration of a huge number of displaced people to the Dooars areas. In 1956 under the Refugee Rehabilitation and Development Programme of the Union Government, a local committee led by Late NK Mukherjee moved the State Govt and the Central Government through PK Mukherjee, MLA, DN. Brahma Mandal, MLA, and Biren Katham to establish one undergraduate Degree College at Alipurduar Town. The Union Home Minister GB. Panth urged the Chief Minister of West Bengal Dr BC Roy for setting up centrally sponsored Degree College at Alipurduar. The State Govt accorded sanction to establish the present Alipurduar College in early 1957 under the affiliation of Calcutta University. The first Principal Late BN Lahiri joined the new College on 01/08/1957. The College was formally inaugurated as Govt Sponsored College on 21-08-1957 by MM. Kushari, the DC of Jalpaiguri, at the Students Hostel of McWilliam High School which is now Alipurduar Collegiate School. About 64.48 Acres of land was Donated by the Mc William School Authority for this College. With 201 Students, four Teachers including the Principal one clerk and two class IV staff the College strated functioning. Advocate HP. Mitra was the First Secretary of the College Governing body. The Education Secretary and DPI. Dr DM Sen laid the foundation stone of the present College Building on 03/01/1958.