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

Gangtok Gangtok (, ) is the capital and the most populous city of the Indian state of Sikkim. The seat of East Sikkim district, eponymous district, Gangtok is in the eastern Himalayas, Himalayan range, at an elevation of . The city's population of 100 ...

, the capital of the North Indian province of

Sikkim Sikkim ( ; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in northeastern India. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China in the north and northeast, Bhutan in the east, Koshi Province of Nepal in the west, and West Bengal in the ...

. 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 Namchi district, about from Gangtok. Its first chancellor was M. S. Swaminathan; ...

. 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. Initially due to the absence of a university in Sikkim, the college was affiliated to the

University of North Bengal The University of North Bengal (also North Bengal University, abbreviated as NBU) is a public state university in the North Bengal region of West Bengal, India. Its main campus is located in Raja Rammohanpur, Siliguri, Darjeeling district, in ...

(NBU), West Bengal till the establishment of

in 2007. The College is affiliated to

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. In 2018, the college was renamed Nar Bahadur Bhandari Government College to honor the late

Nar Bahadur Bhandari Nar Bahadur Bhandari (5 October 1940 – 16 July 2017) was an Indian politician who served as the chief minister of the state of Sikkim from 1979 to 1994. He briefly served as Member of Parliament representing Sikkim Lok Sabha constituency f ...

, the second Chief Minister of Sikkim.

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 f ...

HOD Nepali Department. *Prof J.P Tamang (Botany Department) *Pankaj Thapa (english Department) *Ms Viveka Gurung (Sociology Department) *Sareena Rai

Notable alumni

References

External links

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