Raja Shiva Prasad College is an undergraduate school for arts and science and also postgraduate college for commerce located on Jharia-Dhanbad Road near

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, Jharkhand.

History

The erstwhile Raja of Jharia, Raja Kali Prasad Singh felt a need for college in the region and he constituted a trust for establishing the college in 1949 to start Raja Shiv Prasad College in the memory of his father, late Raja Shiva Prasad Singh. The college finally came into existence in year 1951. It is the oldest college of the

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and surrounding area.

Affiliations

In 1951 the college secured temporary affiliation with

Patna University Patna University is a public state university in Patna, Bihar, India. It was established on 1 October 1917 during the British Raj. It is the first university in Bihar and the seventh oldest university in the Indian subcontinent in the modern e ...

. A year later in 1952

Bihar University Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University, formerly Bihar University, popularly known as Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Bihar University (BRABU), is a public university located in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India. Established in 1960, the university has 38 const ...

granted permanent affiliation to the college. In 1960 with the establishment of

Ranchi University Ranchi University is a public state university in Ranchi, Jharkhand, India. It was established in 1960 by an Act of the Bihar legislature. Ranchi University offers degrees in undergraduate, post-graduate, M.Phil. and doctorate programs. History ...

it got affiliated to it. Previously it was affiliated to the

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, which was established in 1992.RSP College
/ref> . The college is now affiliated to the

Binod Bihari Mahto Koyalanchal University Binod Bihari Mahto Koyalanchal University is a state university located in Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India. History Binod Bihari Mahto Koyalanchal University, Dhanbad came into existence by the Jharkhand Government notification of 23 March 2017, pu ...

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from 2017 .

Courses

The college offers undergraduate course in Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees. In Commerce it offers both undergraduate Bachelor of Commerce and graduate Doctorate courses. Further, it also offers Bachelor of Education course and also offers Bachelor of Business Administration course.

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