Gangadharpur Mahavidyamandir

Gangadharpur Mahavidyamandir (GMM), Howrah was established to promote higher education in this area. The college is providing the needs of higher and quality education of the local people. Besides being conveniently located, the excellent infrastructure of the campus generates an ideal ambiance for studies. The college is affiliated to University of calcutta. Calcutta University is the oldest of the modern universities in India. It was established in 1857 during the administration of Lord Canning, the Governor General of India. It is the only university in India which produced four Nobel laureates and has ranked consistently amongst the first five hundred universities in the world.

 

It was the first modern university in the Indian subcontinent.It has been declared as a "Five Star University" and a "Centre with Potential for Excellence" by the University Grants Commission (UGC). The Times Education Supplement of London ranked the University of Calcutta as the 39th best university in the world, in the Arts & Humanities category in 2005.The main campus of the university is located at College Street in Kolkata while and several other campuses are spread over the metro and its suburbs.