The College, set up in 1960 and affiliated to the University of Calcutta, has 6 science departments, namely Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics & Economics, all teaching at the honours level. It has two humanities departments - English and History - which teach honours. Besides, there are departments of Bengali, Political Science, Sanskrit, Biology, Hindi, Philosophy and Sanskrit. The college also offers the H.S. course of the W.B.Council of Higher Secondary Education. The results of the H.S. students in the H.S. exams and those of the Honours students in the University exams are commendable.

Since the college is dedicated to the ideal of man-making and character building education as propounded by Swami Vivekananda, the college lays much emphasis on values both moral and spiritual and on games and sports. The College has well-equipped prayer halls at the hostels; cricket, football and table-tennis teams which perform quite creditably in different sports meets.

At the beginning of the session senior students welcome the freshers through Vidyarthi Brata ceremony which seems to be an antidote to ragging. Cultural activities are high up on the list of priorities here. Drama, Quiz, Debates, Musical treats etc. are held at regular intervals.
The staff consist of men who are inspired by Swamiji's ideal of sacrifice and service. The members of the staff who reside on and around the campus participate in the corporate life of the institution. The students, therefore, learn from them outside the classroom.