Dinabandhu Andrews College

Dinabandhu Andrews College, 24 Parganas was established in 1956. The college was named after Rev. C.F. Andrews, a celebrated saint, philanthropist, a trustworthy friend of the downtrodden and a dedicated warrior of Indian Freedom Struggle. The college was basically constituted at the fringe of this semi-urban zone of 24 Parganas (South) district with an aim to disseminate the scope of higher education to a huge number of children of the displaced persons from erstwhile East Pakistan, presently Bangladesh.

Initially, the college was providing education in a few specified subjects to only 750 to 1000 students. But at present the roll strength has reached almost 5000 as the college is now offering Advanced Courses in 12 subjects in Science, Arts and Commerce stream along with General courses.