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Govt. Arts & Sports College

Kapurthala Chowk

Guru Nanak Dev University

About College

Govt.Arts & Sports College, Jalandhar is an unparalleled & singularly remarkable institution, which has a splendid past, evolving present and a potentially glorious future. The institution has a unique distinction of combinig the academic & sporting traditions to produce young men & women of rare qualities.

The college was founded in 1961 as State College of Sports at the initiative of S.Pratap Singh Kairon, the then Chief Minister of Punjab. The objective in setting up this institution was to produce sportsmen who would fly high the Indian tri-colour at the World Olympics and International sports meets and also of giving them regular university education so as to enable them to find respectable placements in society. It was the only college of its kind in the whole of Asia. The sports persons who were admitted were given free boarding, lodging and education with excellent coaching facilities in various sports. On the academic side they studied arts as well as science subjects from B.A./B.Sc.degree. This system continued till 1977. Admission to science subjects was then discontinued and system of admitting day scholars was introduced along with 140 sports scholars who continued to be given all previous facilities. Due to the change in academic curriculum, the name of the college was changed to Govt.Arts & Sports College, Jalandhar.

This institution has produced at least 100 players of national and international repute which includes 5 Arjuna Awardees. Some of the prominent and well known sports personalities are:Mr.Sajjan Singh Cheema,Arjuna Awardee; Mr. Anil Kumar Punj, Arjuna Awardee;Col. Balbir Singh, Olympian& Arjuna Awardee;Late Surjit Singh Olympian,former captain Indian Hockey Team and Arjuna Awardee;Col. Harcharan Singh, Olympian and Arjuna Awardee; Mr. L.S Manda, international athlete; Mr.Jugraj Singh, international athlete; Mr. Sukhwant Singh, international volley ball player. 

Facility

Library,
Sports,
NSS,
NCC,
Lab

Courses

UG
  • B.A. Economics
  • B.A. English
  • B.A. Functional English
  • B.A. Geography
  • B.A. Hindi
  • B.A. History
  • B.A. Political Science
  • B.A. Public Administration
  • B.A. Punjabi
Certification Courses
  • Certificate Course in BCA
PG Diploma
  • Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications

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