Prabhu Jagatbandhu College, generally popular
as Andul College, is situated on the bank of once famous river,
The Saraswati. Some four decades ago on 15.08.1964 this college
was founded only as result of a long-cherished aspiration of
thousands of education conscious people of very old and culturally
rich localities of Jhorehat, Andul and Mouri. This college has
been named after Sri Sri Prabhu Jagatbandhu, a saint in the
true sense of the term. Even today there are a great number
of his devotees. One of the devotee, Dr. Tinkari Ghosh, M. B.
gifted some of his land and a building to start the college.
An organising committee comprising Principal Bijoy Krishna Bhattacharyya,
Prof. Bipin Krishna Ghosh, Sri Bijoyananda Chatterjee, Dr. Renu
Bhusan Chatterjee and Sri Harigopal Bhattacharyya was set up
to run the college. Sri Harigopal Bhattacharyya was the Secretary
of the committee.
 The
dream of the college could not have culminated into reality
but for the voluntary donation by the education loving people
of the locality, raised by the untriing, selfless benevolent
group under the name of ‘Karmi Sangha’. Later on
the Science Building was constructed with the money and materials
donated by generous Surath Mohan Paul. Dr. T. K. Ghosh made
a gift to the college some of his landed property and Surath
Mohan also executed a trust deed between N. C. Paul (Bricks)
Pvt. Ltd. and the college makeing in a perennial source of Income
of the college.
The first President, founder secretary and the first Principal
of the college were Mr. Saila Kumar Mukherjee, Ex-Finance Minister,
Govt. of West Bengal, Harigopal Bhattacharyya, an eminent scholar
of the locality and Prof. Banibhusan Dasgupta respectively.
The entire process of establishing this much needed college
in a semi-urban, scheduled caste constituency was executed with
the blessings of Prof. Bijoy Krishna Bhattacharyya, an eminent
on 31st December, 1993. From January 1994 to July 1997 in the
absence of a regular principal, the college was run under the
able guidance of two teachers-in-charge Dr. Shyamal Kumar Sengupta,
(from January 1994 to August 1994), and then Dr. Santosh Kumar
Chakraborty, (September 1994 to July 1997). Prof. Kalachand
Saha took over the charge as the third principal, of the college
on 01.08.1997. Dr. Prajna Maitra was appointed as Teacher-in-Charge
on 14.11.2006.
Though this co-educational college was started in the humbe
way and had been handicapped by the over-bearing presence of
at least four big colleges (three in Howrah town and one in
Uluberia), it withstood all the difficulties and has now become
one of the leading colleges in Howrah District. All credit goes
to the students, teaching and non-teaching staff of the college.
From the very inception of this college a unique tradition of
cordial relationship among students, teaching and non-teaching
staffhas developed, which very few colleges can boast of. At
present numerous studetns come from larger surroundings, and
from different strata of the society, but the tradition of cordial
relationship goes on as ever. Again the college has been able
to maintain its own identity and a good academic standard as
reflected in teaching and University Examination results. Most
of the students who come to study in this college are mediocre,
yet those who pass out of this institution have been able to
establish themselves in different spheres of life.
The college has a good infrastructure for excellent academic
pursuits for example spacious classrooms, computerised library
and well-equipped laboratories, qualified and devoted teachers
and efficient non-teaching staff. It has an attractive campus
view with four buildings froming an almost retangular structural
pattern around a lush green ground surrounded by a concrete
road. On the western side of the campus, the building was constructed
under the scheme of MPLAD fund of Hon'ble M. P. Mr. Swadesh
Ranjan Chakraborty. Mr. Chakraborty further allotedRs. 10,00,000
from the same fund for seeting up computers in the college.
The college has received a grant of Rs. 25,00,000 to construct
Womens' Hostel from the U.G.C. so that those female students
facing trouble in traversing long distances to pursue graduate
programmes can reside in the hostel.
The college has introduced eight Honours subjects : Physics,
Mathematics, Computer Science, Bengali, History, Philosophy,
Geography, Political Science, Economics and Accounting &
Finance together with General courses in almost all major subjects.
General courses in Computer Science, Electronics & Physical
Education have been introduced.
The college encourages the students to partake in sports (both
indoor and outdoor) by providing all sorts of equipments for
sports and games activities. 16 station Gym has been installed
in the college for the development of physical strength of the
general students at a nominal charge under the able guidance
of Sri Palash Patra, ANO of our college N.C.C.Unit.
The college has formed an SC/ST Cell to look after the needs
of the SC/ST Candidates admitted in the college. As the college
is situated in a backward rural area, the college authority
deemed it right to form this cell as per the guidelines of University
of Calcutta.
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| GOVERNING BODY |
| SHRI DEBOPRASAD MUKHOPADHYAY - President |
| PROF. RAKHAL CHANDRA ROY - Govt. Nominee |
| DR. SHAMBHU NATH DAS - Govt. Nominee |
| PROF. SOMNATH BHADURI - C.U. Nominee |
| DR. JAYATI GHOSH - C.U. Nominee |
| DR. AJIT KUMAR BERA - Teachers' Representative |
| PROF. MUKUL SAHA - Teachers' Representative |
| PROF. SUMAN BANDYOPADHYAY - Teachers' Representative |
| PROF. RAJU MONDAL - Teachers' Representative |
| SHRI AJOY KUMAR CHATTERJEE - Non Teaching Representative |
| SHRI TAPAS BHOWMICK - Non Teaching Representative |
| SMT. SIKHA GHOSH - Donor Member |
| SHRI JAGAT CHARAN GHOSH - Donor Member |
| SHRI NANDALAL MUKHERJEE - Sabhapati, Panchayet
Samity, Sankrail |
| SHRI ABIR JANA - General Secretary, Students'
Union |
| DR. PRAJNA MAITRA - Secretary & Teacher-in-Charge |
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