A premier girls’ institution in Uttar Pradesh, Raghunath Girls’ Post-Graduate College is situated in the heart of Meerut city where the pursuit of learning is taken seriously Ranked No. 1 by the U.P. government in 1994, re-accredited with grade ‘A’ in 2016 by NAAC with CGPA 3.13. The college has been conferred with the status of College of Excellence in 2014 by the UGC.
Rising to its present stature from very humble beginnings, Raghunath Girls’ Post-Graduate College was founded in 1929 by Shrimati Kripa Devi in memory of her late husband, Lala Raghunath Ji under the Kripa Devi Trust Fund as a small school in an area of 2.95 acres. It became a high school in 1932, an intermediate secondary school in 1936. In 1948, it became a graduate college in Humanities and in 1958 the Science stream was introduced. It acquired the Post-Graduate status in Humanities in 1959 and in Science in 1982. Commerce at the graduate level was established in 1993 and post-graduation in 2005. The college also offers vocational courses in Food Science and Quality Control, Computer Application granted by the UGC. Since 2015-16, Yogic Science, Applied Clinical Psychology and Information Technology have been granted under DDUKK. All the departments are equipped with e-classrooms of their own.
The students of the college are given incentives and encouragement in the form of prizes, medals, citations for excelling in academic and co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. The names of the academic achievers are also inscribed on the Honour Board. In this way the college aspires to establish a system of Quality Assurance which would, on a continuous basis evaluate and monitor the quality of education and training imparted at the institute. The improved teaching learning process has already gained for the college the status of College of Excellence in 2014. Teachers appointed in various departments under the self-finance scheme have been granted special financial aid from the U.P. Govt. in recognition of their exemplary performance in their respective departments.
Institute Type | Private College |
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Name of the Institute | Raghunath Girls Post Graduate College – RGPGC |
Location | Meerut, Uttar Pradesh |
Established | 1929 |
Affiliated | Choudary Charan Singh University – CCSU |
Courses | Duration | Eligibility |
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BACHELOR OF ARTS | 3 years | 12th |
MASTER OF ARTS IN GEOGRAPHY | 2 years | Graduation |
BACHELOR OF COMMERCE | 3 years | 12th |
MASTER OF COMMERCE | 2 years | Graduation |
BACHELOR OF EDUCATION | 2 years | Graduation |
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE | 3 years | 12th |
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN BOTANY | 2 years | Graduation |
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN CHEMISTRY | 2 years | Graduation |
BACHELOR OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS | 3 years | 12th |
The college has a three-floor, 250 bedded girls’ hostel with a well-equipped mess stands in the college campus with all modern amenities which ensure the security and well-being of students coming from distant corners of the state. This hostel was inaugurated by the Honourable first President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, on 3rd January 1961. The Goddess of learning Maa Saraswati and Lord Shiva is enshrined in temples within the hostel campus. It has a book store, a PCO and a photocopying facility for the students.
The college has a Gym facility for the students.
The college is proud of its well-equipped library, spread across four floors, comprising a journal room, a research section, a students’ reading room and a book bank with a fully computerized open access system. It has around one lakh books under the lending, textbooks and reference books with 65000 titles, 4300 bound journals and subscriptions to 89 Indian and International journals, 37 magazines and 15 newspapers. It provides access to e-Journals, INFLIBNET & DELNET. It also has a photocopying facility for the students.
The college has sports facilities for all students. Sports students were given full support, facilities, and encouragement to seek selections in state and national level presentations. Some of them did score well, like, went for the Republic Day Parade screening test, won international, national, state and university level prizes and shields.
The college has a hygienically maintained canteen facility which provides tea, coffee, etc along with with fresh & cooked snacks. To cater to the needs of the students, the college has a spacious student canteen having the necessary infrastructure.
The College auditorium is centrally air-conditioned and has 400 seats on the ground and first floor. It has a full-screen facility to showcase films & documentaries.
The college provides has medical aid center and doctors on call are there for the students‘ benefit. the provide first aid in case of an injury. Students are taken to the near-by hospital under the supervision of a teacher in case of any serious problem with the recommendation of the doctor. The Medical committee organizes talks by specialist doctors on girls‘ related problems. Camps for a Dental checkup, Eye checkup, bone density, blood group, Hemoglobin, etc. are organized. The medical committee takes remedial action whenever any new epidemic spreads like Swine Flu etc by distributing precautionary medicines to students, teachers & non-teaching staff.
The college has a Wi-Fi Connectivity available in the college.
The College Central Computer Lab is fully equipped with around 100 computers and an equal number of them, in total, are, in total, in all the departments for the use of student research work.
The college has smart classrooms.
The college has a transport facility for the students.
The college has a departmental based laboratory facility for the students. Well equipped Laboratories
The college has a good networking for the alumni association.
The college provides has parking lot is also there for the convenience of the students.
The college has a guest house/waiting room facilities for visiting faculty and student family members.: A fully furnished small Guesthouse for an occasional stay of ladies only is available.
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