Yogoda Satsanga Palpara Mahavidyalaya is an undergraduate

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college in

Palpara Palpara is a neighbourhood in Chakdaha in Kalyani subdivision of the Nadia district in the state of West Bengal, India. The Palpara railway station is 59 km from Sealdah station. Palpara is famous for its 17th-century Terracotta Kali temple ...

Purba Medinipur district Purba Medinipur (English: ''East Medinipur'', alternative spelling ''Midnapore'') district is an administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the southernmost district of Medinipur division – one of the five administrative d ...

, in

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. It is affiliated with the

Vidyasagar University Vidyasagar University was established by an Act of the West Bengal legislature which was notified in the ''Calcutta Gazette'' on 24 June 1981. It is an affiliating university in Paschim Medinipur district of southern West Bengal, India. It o ...

. Prior to 1981, it was affiliated with the

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History

In the history of dissemination of education at Palpara, an illustrious village in Anchal No. 8/2, P.S.- Patashpur, Dist.- Purba Medinipur away from S.E. Railway (Contai Road Station), hold a unique place. It was in the year 1950 that Palpara M.E. School was raised to the High School standard and the Palpara High School affiliated to Yogoda Satsanga Society of India afterwards, Yogoda Satsanga Palpara High School was upgraded into a Higher Secondary and multipurpose school (for boys). It is hereworth mentioning that the present college was first housed in the school building in 1964. Under Y.S.S. of India, Sri Janardan Sahu, through whose untiring and selfless efforts this College was established at Palpara, was the heart, pillar and soul of this and he became the first founder-Secretary of the institutions. He took the initiative in disseminating the light of education and loosened his purse strings instantly for the cause of higher education in this educationally backward rural area of Palpara. After independence, the establishment of a college in the far north of Contai Sub Division (Dist. Purba Medinipur) was a crying need. The students had either to go to Medinipur or to Kolkata to pursue their higher studies. More than 80% of the students had to give up their higher education due to excessive cost of living of the urban areas. Yogoda Satsanga Palpara Mahavidyalaya, a premier Educational Institution under the auspices of Yogoda Satsanga Society of India and Self-Realization Fellowship is situated in the remote south-west corner from the head quarter of the district Purba Medinipur, West Bengal.

Departments

Science

*Chemistry *Computer Science *Physics *Mathematics *Botany *Zoology *Physiology *Geography *Economics

Arts

*Bengali *English *Sanskrit *History *Geography *Political Science *Philosophy *Economics

Accreditation

In 2012, Yogoda Satsanga Palpara Mahavidyalaya has been re-accredited and awarded B grade by the

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(NAAC). The college is also recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC).Colleges in West Bengal, University Grants Commission

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Yogoda Satsanga Palpara MahavidyalayaVidyasagar UniversityUniversity Grants CommissionNational Assessment and Accreditation Council
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