Alipurduar University is a

public university A public university or public college is a university or college that is in owned by the state or receives significant public funds through a national or subnational government, as opposed to a private university. Whether a national universit ...

which was established by an Act of the

West Bengal government The Government of West Bengal also known as the West Bengal Government, is the subnational government of the Indian state of West Bengal , created by the National Constitution as the state's legislative, executive and judicial authority. The ...

notified on 2018. It is a newly established affiliating university in the

Alipurduar Alipurduar is a city and a municipality in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Alipurduar district. Situated on the east bank of Kaljani River on the foothills of the Himalayas, the city is a gateway to Bhutan and no ...

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History

In 1947, India got independence but with a painful partition on the religious line. This partition led to the migration of a huge number of displaced people to the

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areas. Higher education for the children of these uprooted poverty-stricken people was of utmost necessity to change their fortune. In 1956 under the Refugee Rehabilitation and Development Programme of the Union Government, a local committee led by Late N. K. Mukherjee moved to the government for an establishment of undergraduate degree College at the

town. G.B. Panth (union home minister of that time) also urged the Chief Minister of West Bengal Dr.

Bidhan Chandra Roy Bidhan Chandra Roy (1 July 1882 – 1 July 1962) was an Indian physician, educationist, and statesman who served as Chief Minister of West Bengal from 1948 until his death in 1962. Roy played a key role in the founding of several institutio ...

for setting up a sponsored Degree College at

. Finally, this institution was formally established in 1957 as an affiliating college of the

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.When the

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was established in 1962 at this part of the

, the affiliation of the college changed from the

to the

. In 2018,

state government announced the decision to upgrade the Alipurduar College as a full-fledged university. Finally, Alipurduar University was formally established by an Act of the

legislature. It became active with the appointment of the first vice-chancellor, Mahendra Nath Roy, in 2020.

Academics

University offers PG courses in English, History, Physics and Chemistry. The University College offers undergraduate courses in various subjects in Arts, Commerce and Sciences.

Notable alumni

* Soumen Roy

References

External links

*https://alipurduarcollege.ac.in/
University Grants CommissionNational Assessment and Accreditation Council
Universities and colleges in Alipurduar district Universities and colleges in West Bengal Educational institutions established in 2020 Alipurduar district 2020 establishments in West Bengal Universities established in the 2020s {{WestBengal-university-stub

History

Academics

Notable alumni

See also

References

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