Raja Rammohun Roy Mahavidyalaya

Govt. Sponsored | NAAC Accredited Grade 'B' [2nd cycle]

Affiliated to the University of Burdwan

Distinctiveness:

The distinctive feature of our college is manifold. First and foremost the college focuses in fulfilling the demands of the people of the neighboring areas. This permits the college to earn some specific distinctive qualities.

Demography:

Established in 1964 on the International Mother Language Day, 21st of February, by the relentless effort of the social worker and freedom fighter Sri. Santimohun Roy by keeping in view to spread the light of education among all especially for the underprivileged people.  Raja Rammohun Roy Mahavidyalaya is one of the most eminent multidisciplinary educational institutions of Radhanagar (a part of ancient culture and rich heritage of Bengal), a rural area of Hooghly district of West Bengal which is also the birth place of Raja Rammohun Roy, the harbinger of Indian Renaissance. The college has been sincerely catering to the demand for higher education of a large number of people belonging to Schedule Castes, Scheduled Tribes and the Other Backward Classes (OBC A & OBC B). Demographic diversity can be found in the villages around the college. The institution has been working meticulously to spread the light of education upon the diverse social milieu of this underprivileged part of the country. Depending on these above mentioned facts, the college pertains to its responsibilities and attains distinctiveness.

Social Responsibility:

  • In keeping parity with the mission of the college the college administration ensures that all the stakeholders are provided with a level playing field with special emphasis is given to the underprivileged students.
  • In our college majority of the students are merely first generation learners who have little scope for running and maintenance of their study, as a matter of fact the college provides regular fees concession and helping them to get different scholarships of the Government, which allows them to continue their education.
  • Ours is an institution where more than 65% of the female students are enrolled for taking the higher education which is in consensus of the policy of women empowerment of the Government.
  • Our college is a student-friendly college and caters for the women’s safety and gender equity. Our Sexual Harassment Cell and the Women’s Cell confirm the question of women's safety within the campus.
  • The institution has zero tolerance for ragging and both the administration and the Students’ ensure that the campus is free from any unfair practices.
  • The college through its National Service Scheme units organizes health camps through which the underprivileged population of the village and the neighboring areas are provided with the facility of health check up totally free of cost.
  • As a part of social responsibility the college has its own Raja Rammohun Roy Memorial Committee which organizes Raja Rammohun Roy Memorial Lecture and eminent persons are invited to the college to motivate and inspire the young minds.

 Environmental Responsibility:

  • The college maintains a lush green campus which is covered with natural and planted canopies and trees. The college organizes awareness programme for the students and the staffs by tree plantation programme not only in the college campus but also in the surrounding locality and thrive to keeps the air pollution-free not only within the campus and also in the surrounding areas.
  • Within the campus the college under the Department of Botany have a plot secured for the Medicinal plant Garden named “Vasudha” through which the college tried to aware all the stakeholders regarding the importance of returning to Nature.
  • As a part of responsibility and respect for the natural environment the college had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the West Bengal Biodiversity Board for the development of Biodiversity Park in the neighboring locality of the college.
  • To conserve the rain water the college with the help of Hooghly Zilla Parishad had developed Rain water harvesting unit through which the rain water is preserved and reused.

Student Empowerment:

  • To equip the students to defend themselves against any type of physical assault the college provides its students Karate training by means of a self defense course.
  • The college has a Career counseling Cell, which organizes seminars to guide the students of our rural belt in choosing their careers.