Belda College is a co-educational college situated at
Belda
Belda is a town in the Narayangarh CD block in the Kharagpur subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal, India.
Geography
Location
Belda is located at . It has an average elevation of 12 metres (42 feet).
It i ...
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Paschim Medinipur
Paschim Medinipur (English: ''West Medinipur'', alternative spelling ''Midnapore'') district is one of the districts of the state of West Bengal, India. It was formed on 1 January 2002 after the partition of Midnapore into Paschim Medinipur a ...
,
West Bengal
West Bengal (; Bengali language, Bengali: , , abbr. WB) is a States and union territories of India, state in the East India, eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabi ...
. The college was established in 1963
[ and offers ]undergraduate education
Undergraduate education is education conducted after secondary education and before postgraduate education, usually in a college or university. It typically includes all postsecondary programs up to the level of a bachelor's degree. For example, ...
. The college is affiliated to Vidyasagar University
Vidyasagar University is a Public university, public research university that 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 Me ...
.
History
The college was established on 16 August 1963. Belda Satyanarayana Mandir committee and Deuli Sudhir Primary School Committee donated the land and money.
Facilities and campus
The college is situated slightly away from town with a campus of with a built up area of . The college has its own hostels for boys and girls with a seating capacity
Seating capacity is the number of people who can be seated in a specific space, in terms of both the physical space available and limitations set by law. Seating capacity can be used in the description of anything ranging from an automobile that ...
of 80 and 30 respectively. The college have separate common rooms for boys and girls with facilities for indoor games like carrom
Carrom is a tabletop game of Indian origin in which players flick discs, attempting to knock them to the corners of the board. In South Asia, many clubs and cafés hold regular tournaments. Carrom is commonly played by families, including c ...
and chess
Chess is a board game for two players. It is an abstract strategy game that involves Perfect information, no hidden information and no elements of game of chance, chance. It is played on a square chessboard, board consisting of 64 squares arran ...
. Further there is provision for playing outdoor games. There is a in campus canteen offering snacks and beverages. The college also have a Netaji Subhas Open University
Netaji Subhas Open University (NSOU) is a state open university imparting distance education in eastern India.
History
It was established in 1997 to commemorate the birth centenary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. It has its headquarters at 1, ...
and an IGNOU
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is a public open & distance learning university located in Delhi, India. Named after the former prime minister of India, Indira Gandhi, the university was established in 1985 with a budget of 20 ...
study center to facilitate distance education.
The college has a well-developed library with about 15,128 books, journals and periodicals along with internet and computer and photocopying facilities. There is a reading room with a seating capacity
Seating capacity is the number of people who can be seated in a specific space, in terms of both the physical space available and limitations set by law. Seating capacity can be used in the description of anything ranging from an automobile that ...
of 80 students. There are eleven laboratories with minimum adequate facilities for the laboratory based subjects.
Accreditation
The college is recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC)[Colleges in West Bengal, University Grants Commission]
and accredited as a A+ grade college by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council
The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) is a public autonomous body of the government of India that assesses and accredits higher education institutions (HEIs) in India. It is funded by the University Grants Commission and hea ...
(NAAC).
See also
References
External links
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Vidyasagar University
University Grants Commission
National Assessment and Accreditation Council
Universities and colleges established in 1963
Colleges affiliated to Vidyasagar University
Universities and colleges affiliated with the Bharat Sevashram Sangha
Universities and colleges in Paschim Medinipur district
1963 establishments in West Bengal
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