Acharya Prafulla Chandra College

Acharya Prafulla Chandra College

was laid on 16 August, 1960 under the Dispersal Scheme-with the joint participation of the State and Central Governments. Late Haripada Biswas was the founder secretary of this college. Initially it was named ‘New Barrackpore College’. Acharya Prafulla Chandra Roy, after whom the college has its present name, was a great educationist with a vision. It was he who wanted universal literacy; he spoke of ‘basic education’ and ‘utility education’; he advocated the concept of empowerment of women; he wanted the development of indigenous industries through cultivation of entrepreneurial acumen of the educated youth. In the true spirit of Acharya Prafulla Chandra Roy, the college from its nascent state, has tried to propagate the ideals of this great man and the motto illustrates this; “Service, Knowledge, Sacrifice”. Acharya Prafulla Chandra College student union publishes annual magazines”Jagaran”. The College also has a Museusm “Acharya Prafulla Chandra Smriti Sangrahalaya”. APC College admissions are done on the basis of the merit list publushed by the college.

The college is successfully running degree courses in more than 25 subjects at both Honours and General level, three vocational or Major courses, five Post Graduate courses and three distant learning centres such as Department of Distant Learning (Kalyani University), Netaji Subhas Open University and IGNOU. The requirement for a more job-oriented curriculum is addressed carefully by introducing a mixture of Honours degree courses, vocational courses such as Advertising, Sales Promotion & Sales Management (ASPV) and Industrial Fish & Fisheries (IFFV) as well as Post Graduate courses. In last four years three subjects were upgraded to Honours level. They are i) Food & Nutrition, ii) Education and iii) Human Development. APC College Computer Centre (DOEACC) provides opportunity to O, A and B level computer education.

Acharya Prafulla College Highlights:

Acharya Prafulla Chandra College

Is a higher education institution established in the year 1960.  It is affiliated to the West Bengal State University and aided by Government of West Bengal and the UGC, New Delhi.

Acharya Prafulla Chandra College (APCC) offers admissions in the disciplines of science and arts both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

• Students interested in pursuing UG courses such as B.A, B.Sc and BBA must have passed 10+2 in General or Vocational Stream conducted by West Bengal Council of HSE or equivalent.
• Marks obtained in aggregate in top four subjects will be used for determining the merit ranks.
• The admissions will be based on merit of qualifying examination.
• In case of admissions to M.Sc Microbiology, candidates need to appear in an entrance test conducted by the college.
• Application to the college can be made online only through admission link provided at the website after the notification for admissions.
• The application fees of Rs. 150/- for PG courses and Rs.130/- for UG courses must be be remitted through online payment gateway.

Scholarship

The college grants Free Studentship/Half-free Studentship to poor but meritorious students. Applications for Free Studentship must be addressed to the Principal in the prescribed form before a notified date. Boys and girls who have secured at least 50% and 45% marks respectively in the last qualifying examination are eligible to put in their application. At least 15% of the total students of the college are granted concession. Students from Scheduled Castes and Tribes as well as from Other Backward Classes and Minority Communities are entitled to special stipends. For this they have to properly fill in prescribed forms and send them through the Principal to concerned government officials authorized to release these grants.

But here is a word of caution. Students enjoying scholarships, stipends, Full-free /Half-free studentship may find their privileges withdrawn (i) if they show unsatisfactory academic progress or are guilty of misconduct; (ii) if they remain absent from college on grounds other than illness, and (iii) if they get involved in something that is likely to tarnish the name of the college, or misbehave with teachers or fellow students.

From 2014, the Students’ Union also has introduced a Merit Scholarship Scheme for the meritorions but poor students. The highest marks securing students of second year and third year classes of both B.A. and B.Sc. streams will get a scholarship equivalent to six months’ college fees.

APC College Kolkata Facilities

Placements

The college has been successful in arranging Campus Interviews for the students of the final year. So far many reputed companies have held such interviews and short listed probable recruits. Other reputed companies inside and outside the state are showing interest and might join in from this year.

A Career Counselling and Placement Cell has been formed with the following members :

(i) Sri Joydev Das Biswas (ii) Dr. Subhro Ghoshal, (iii) Dr. Nimai Ratan Adhikari

(iv) Dr. Lopamudra Das (v) Dr. Satrajit Ghosh (vi) Sri Ashish Pal

Address:

New Barrackpore, Dist : 24 pgs(N)
Kolkata – 700131, West Bengal

Phone no:

(033)-2537-3297 / 2537-8797

Email:

[email protected]