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{{Infobox university<br />
|name = Dinabandhu Andrews College<br />
|image = View of Dinabandhu Andrews College from playground.jpg<br />
| motto = ''প্রণিপাতেন পরিপ্রশ্নেন সেবয়া''<br />
| motto_lang = Bengali<br />
| mottoeng = Earn Education & Serve the Humanitarian<br />
|founders = <br />
|established = {{start date and age|1956}}<br />
|previously named = <br />
|type = Government sponsored<br />
|staff = <br />
|faculty = <br />
|vice_chancellor = <br />
| principal = Dr. Somnath Mukhopadhyay<br />
|students = 5000<br />
|undergrad = <br />
|postgrad = <br />
|address = 54, Raja S C Mallick Road [[Baishnabghata Patuli Township|Baishnabghata]], 24 Parganas (South) <br />
|city = [[Garia]] [[Kolkata]]<br />
|state = [[West Bengal]] 700084<br />
|country = India<br />
|coordinates = {{coord|22|28|06.80|N|88|22|33.14|E|display=title,inline}}<br />
|pushpin_map = India Kolkata#India<br />
|campus = [[urban area|Urban]]<br />
|affiliation = [[University of Calcutta]]<br/>[[Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology]] for BBA Honours<br />
|former students = <br />
|website = {{url|www.dacollege.org}}<br />
| logo = Dinabandhu Andrews College.jpg<br />
|logo_size = 100px<br />
|logo_alt = <br />
|footnotes =<br />
}}<br />
'''Dinabandhu Andrews College''' ([[Bengali language|Bengali]]: দীনবন্ধু এণ্ড্ৰুজ কলেজ) is a college affiliated to the [[University of Calcutta]], situated in [[Garia]], [[South 24 Parganas district|South 24 Parganas]]. It was established in 1956 and named after Rev. [[Charles Freer Andrews]], a renowned Christian missionary, educationist, and philanthropist.<br />
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This Co-educational college has nearly 5000 students and offers Courses in 15 subjects in Science, Arts and Commerce stream along with General courses. Not only UG courses, this college also offers post graduation in subjects like Electronics and Zoology.<br />
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==History==<br />
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Dinabandhu Andrews College was established in the year 1956 and the college is named after freedom fighter Rev. [[Charles Freer Andrews]].<br />
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The college was constituted at the fringe of the semi-urban zone of [[South 24 Parganas district|South 24 Parganas]] 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.<br />
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==Departments==<br />
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===Science===<br />
*Physics: B.Sc. (Hons.)<br />
*Chemistry: B.Sc. (Hons.)<br />
*Mathematics: B.Sc. (Hons.)<br />
*Electronics: B.Sc. (Hons.), M.Sc.<br />
*Botany: B.Sc. (Hons.)<br />
*Zoology: B.Sc. (Hons.), M.Sc.<br />
*Microbiology: B.Sc. (Hons.)<br />
*Sericulture: B.Sc. (Hons.)<br />
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===Arts and Commerce===<br />
*Bengali: B.A (Hons.)<br />
*English: B.A (Hons.)<br />
*History: B.A (Hons.)<br />
*Geography: B.A (Hons.)<br />
*Political Science: B.A (Hons.)<br />
*Philosophy: B.A (Hons.)<br />
*Accounting & Finance: B.Com. (Hons.)<br />
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== See also ==<br />
*[[List of colleges affiliated to the University of Calcutta]]<br />
*[[Education in India]]<br />
*[[Education in West Bengal]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{url|www.dacollege.org}}<br />
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{{University of Calcutta}}<br />
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[[Category:Universities and colleges in Kolkata]]<br />
[[Category:University of Calcutta affiliates]]<br />
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1956]]<br />
[[Category:Commerce colleges in India]]<br />
[[Category:1956 establishments in West Bengal]]</div>UpdateBot