It was made possible due to the sincere and active leadrship of late
Sripaticharan Pradhan, the founder Principal who collected donation in cash and procured a land of 17 bighas from gracious and liberal local donors of whom
Shripaticharan Pradhan himself and late Prafulla Patra need special mentioning. On this land, on the auspicious day of Rathayatra (02.07.1973), the foundation
stone of this college was laid by Dr.S.N.Sen, the former Vice Chancellor. of Culcutta University.
Historically, however, Ramnagar College was founded on the 9th September, 1972 and within a short span of time, the college made a large impact by imparting
higher education to a large number of aspiring youths of both Ramnagar Block 1 and 2. At the same time, by virtue of introducing some job-orianted courses,
it has been success- fully drawing attention of the students from far apart mostly from the districts like Bankura, Purulia, South 24 Parganas and Paschim
Medinipur and others. The college now offers Undergraduate (Hons) Degree Programmes numbering 16, and 1 (one) Major Degree Programme, 3 (three) General Degree
Programmes. In the year 2014, the introduction of two Bachlor Degree Vocational courses through the patronization of UGC has added feather to the crown of the
college with a credit to expand its base of job-oriented vocational education. It is hoped that the college will maintain its pace of onward journey in the
years to come through synchronizing efforts of the Teachers, Non-teaching members, Students, Governing Body members and obviously the common people of the
locality; to whom all the efforts of the college are dedicated.
The College situated very close proximity to Digha, the famous flat hard beach on the lap of Bay of Bengal in the extreme south of our state, the college has a
beautiful, sprawling and eco-friendly plastic-free campus which houses, Administrative Departments, Undergraduate and Post-graduate Departments for Teaching
Learning, Research and Extension, Modern Computerized Library, Canteen, Distance Study Centre, Playground and Hostel for both boys and girls. Much of these
extension and development activities have taken place particularly during last two decades in response to the much needed demands of higher education in the locality.
The spirit enforcing Ramnagar College is reflected in the College Logo embodies the philosophy of the Upanishada; "The Power that leads your life to happiness”. Each of the elements in the Logo graphically communicates very specific and vital aspects of building a meaningful life.
Harness the energy that lies within.
Full of wisdom
Be a Leader
Year of Establishment: 09.09.1972
Year of UGC Recognition: 08.11.1976
UGC Recognition No: F8-21/77(CP) dated 14.02.1977
Affiliating University: Vidyasagar University, Medinipur, Paschim Medinipur; Formerly by Calcutta University
Campus Area: 7927 Sq. Mts.
SJ Building: 1050 Sq. Mts.
MP Building: 900 Sq. Mts.
Library Building: 550 Sq. Mts.
Office Building: 630 Sq. Mts
Science Building: 1970 Sq. Mts.
Utkarsha Bikash Bhawan: 650 Sq. Mts.
Annex Building: 900 Sa. Mts.
No of Students: 3672 (2021-22)
No of Full-Time Teachers: 25
No of Approved SACT: 63
No of Other Teachers : 09
No of Non-Teaching Staff including Casual Staff: 40
No of ponds: 02
No of Departments: 24
No of Degree Offered: UG-22, PG-02
No of Books in the Library: More than 20,000
No of Playground : 02
No of Labrotary: 16
No of 50 KV Generator : 01
No of NSS Units: 04 with 200 Volunteers
NCC Unit: Coy No 2/46 under 46 Bengal BN NCC
No of Hostels : 02
Initially the affiliation of the college was granted by the University of Calcutta up to P.U. and B.A. standard. Later, the college was granted extension of affiliation in B.Com (Pass) and B.Sc. (Pass) by C.U. in 1981. In the meantime, H.S. course in Arts, Science and Commerce were introduced in 1977. However, in pursuance of the All India policy to attach the plus 2 section with schools rather than the colleges, the State Government notified the discontinuation of H.S. section and accordingly the H.S. sections had been withdrawn from the college since 1995. As result of setting up of Vidyasagar University in 1981, Ramnagar College came under the jurisdiction of it; like all other colleges of Midnapore district. The college, in the mean time, got affiliations in many new subjects / programmes which enriched its curriculum portfolio as follows:
B.Com (Hons.) in 1988
Philosophy (Hons.) in 1991
Honours in History and Mathematics in 1996
Political Science (Hons.) and Botany (Gen.) and Sociology (Gen.) in 2001
Honours in English, Sanskrit and Physics in 2002
Honours in Zoology, Geography (Gen.) and Nutrition (Gen.) in 2005
Honours in Chemistry and Botany in 2004
Honours in Geography and Music (Gen.) in 2006
Honours in Nutrition and Aquaculture Management; Physiology (Gen.) in 2007 Sociology (Hons) in 2008
B.Voc. in (i) Hospitality and Tourism Management and (ii) Fishery and Farm Management in 2015
Defence Studies (Gen) in 2016 M.A. in Bengali 2018
M.Sc. in Fishery Sciences in 2019
B. Voc. in Food Processing in 2021
B. Voc. in Retail Management in 2021
