Barasat Government College was established in 1950 and is affiliated to University of Calcutta. The College is under direct administration of Government of West Bengal. The College works in two shifts. In the morning section only the students of general stream in arts and science studies while the day section accommodates the students of honors course in undergraduate study in arts and science. The day section also consists of the students of postgraduate course in Botany. The Botany postgraduate course commenced during the session 2003-2004. The main building of the college has recently been extended with the financial aid from Government in order to create more space for academic work.
The College is located at Barasat of North 24 Parganas. For B.A. course it offers Bengali, English, Sanskrit, History, Philosophy, Political Science and Geography. For B.Sc the subjects are Economics, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Botany and Zoology.
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