Dinabandhu Andrews College (Govt. Sponsored), a premier Co-educational institution was established in the year 1956 by an order of the Government of West Bengal. The college is named after Rev. C.F. Andrews, a celebrated saint, philanthropist, a trustworthy friend of the downtrodden and a dedicated warrior of Indian Freedom Struggle. He was also an eminent disciple of Mahatma Gandhi and a close confident of Kabiguru Rabindranath Tagore. His great love for the people of India and excellent services and sacrifice for the suffering millions of our Motherland, More especially for emancipation of the bonded labourers in this country and abroad are a constant source of inspiration to all the constituents of the college - its administration, staff members and students.

The college was basically constituted at the fringe of this semi-urban zone of 24 parganas (south) 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. Moreover, our institution is also providing immense opportunities of higher education to a large number of rural and urban students, a substantial number of which belongs to schedule castes, other disadvantaged and marginalised section of the society.

Initially, the college was providing education in a few specified subjects to only 750 to 1000 students. But at present the roll strength has reached beyond 3300 as the college is now offering Advanced Courses in 12 subjects in Science, Arts and Commerce stream along with General courses. As the Day Section of the college had undergone a phenomenal expansion during the last decade, the Governing Body had to take effective steps for opening of a Morning Section to provide the scope of higher education to a considerable number of deserving students.