Derozio Memorial College was set up in 1996 with spontaneous co-operation of local inhabitants and the sustaining effort of the chairman and members of Rajarhat-Gopalpur Municipality. The college was named after Henry Louis Vivian Derozio the doyen of `Young Bengal Movement’ and the first Anglo-Indian Poet of the 19th Century.
Derozio Memorial College was set up in 1996 with the spontaneous cooperation of local inhabitants and the sustaining effort of the chairman and members of Rajarhat-Gopalpur Municipality. The college was named after Henry Louis Vivian Derozio the doyen of the `Young Bengal Movement’ and the first Anglo-Indian Poet of the 19th Century. As a poet, Derozio came into our cultural life as a Stormy Bird who sang new songs of life. As a teacher, he showed new feeds of humanism.
The college is affiliated with the university of West Bengal State University and is recognized by University Grants Commission. Accredited with National Assessment and Accreditation Council.
The college courses are offered undergraduate programs (BA Honours & General English, Political Science, History, Philosophy, Education), (B.Sc Honours & General Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology), (B.Com Honours & General).
Library:
The fully Koha (LMS) automated Library of the institution, located on the ground floor (Room No.7) and opposite the Teachers’ Common Room and Principal’s chamber is the center of attraction of the students, teachers, and non-teaching staff of the college. It comprises different sections such as Circulation Section, Teachers’ Study, Journal & Newspaper Section, New Arrival Section, Reading and Reference Section, etc. There is a well-decorated Reading Room with 2400 textbooks and 240 reference books such as Dictionaries, Encyclopaedias, Yearbooks, Worldbooks, etc. and it can accommodate almost 70 readers at a time.
Canteen:
The college canteen provides food and other refreshment items at subsided rates to students and employees.
Our mission is to provide leadership that promotes safe and orderly learning where students are challenged, engaged, and supported toward achieving academic standards while developing their social skills at the same time. In order to accomplish our goals,
“To mold, the character, shape the career, perfect the behavior, and excel in educating the younger generations of today for tomorrow”