Nar Bahadur Bhandari Government College, formerly Sikkim Government College, Tadong, established in 1977, is the general degree college in

Gangtok Gangtok is a city, municipality, the capital and the largest populated place of the Indian state of Sikkim. It is also the headquarters of the East Sikkim district, Gangtok District. Gangtok is in the eastern Himalayas, Himalayan range, at an e ...

, the capital of the North Indian province of

Sikkim Sikkim (; ) is a state in Northeastern India. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China in the north and northeast, Bhutan in the east, Province No. 1 of Nepal in the west and West Bengal in the south. Sikkim is also close to the Siligur ...

. It offers undergraduate and post graduate courses in arts, commerce and sciences and is affiliated to

Sikkim University Sikkim University is a central university established under an Act of Parliament of India. It is in Gangtok. The campus is expected to be built at Yangang in South Sikkim district, about from Gangtok. Its first chancellor was M. S. Swaminatha ...

.It is B++ NAAC accredited.

History

The college was established in September 1977 by an Act of State Legislature. The campus is spread over 22 acres in Tadong, 5 km from Gangtok, the Capital of Sikkim and has good road connectivity with different districts of Sikkim and also with the neighboring state of West Bengal. The College is affiliated to Sikkim University and is governed by Directorate of Higher Education, Human Resource Development Department, Government of Sikkim. It offers 19 UG courses and 5 PG courses and is affiliated to Sikkim University.

Departments

Science

*Chemistry (UG Hons & PG Courses) *Physics (UG Hons & PG Courses)) *Mathematics (UG Hons & PG Courses)) *Botany (UG Hons & PG Courses) *Zoology(UG Hons & PG Courses)

Arts and Commerce

*Economics (Postgraduate also) *Nepali *English (Postgraduate also) *Bhutia *Lepcha *Limboo *Physical Education *History (Postgraduate also) *Political Science *Education *Commerce *Tourism *Geography *Sociology

Accreditation

Sikkim Government College is recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC).Colleges in Sikkim, University Grants Commission
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Notable Persons

Rajendra Bhandari Rajendra Bhandari (born 1956) is an Indian Nepali-language poet and academic at the Sikkim Government College in Gangtok.Web page title"Rajendra Bhandari"at the Poetry International website, retrieved July 25, 2010 Biography Born in brahmin fa ...

HOD Nepali Department. *Prof J.P Tamang (Botany Department) *Pankaj Thapa (english Department)

References

External links

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