Introduction
The foundation stone of Ganesh Dutt College Begusarai was laid on 13th Jan 1945 in holy memory of Sir Ganesh Dutt, one of the great makers of modern Bihar. Ideals of this great educationist in fact got translated into reality by Babu Bishwanath Singh Sharma, who helped the embodiment of this Premier Institution of Bihar.
Ganesh Dutt College Begusarai is a multifaceted college imparting education in Social Sciences & Humanities, Natural Sciences and Commerce from Intermediate to Post Graduation level. Spread over an area of 25 acres in the heart of the town, acknowledged to be the industrial capital of Bihar, this college has been proving its vitality since its inception. It has been a constituent college of L.N. Mithila University, Darbhanga since 1976. Earlier it uphold its glory being a part of Patna University at the time of its inception in 1945 and later on of Bihar University and Bhagalpur University. The UGC, vide its letter No. Special B - 07-00-01(ERO) dated 27.03.2001 has conferred upon the college the honour of an 'Old and Reputed College' of the country.
Diversification and professionalism have become the earnest demand of the modern education . This Institution is aware of this changing perception. The vocational course like Industrial Microbiology, the IGNOU study centre, the Distanct Education Centre of LNMU and UGC sponsored schemes like Remedial Coaching, Equal Opportunity Centre, Career and Counselling Cell and Network Resource Centre functioning in the college are the prudentials, meeting the demand of the present scenario.
The Institution is aware of its social obligation and moral responsibilities. NSS and NCC help us produce vigorous vigilants of the society. Regular social service camps are the expression of missionary vision of the Institution as well as the developed kinaesthetic sense of the participants.
The College has actively participated in the mission of conserving and carrying forth the cultural legacy . The department of Games, Sports and Culture has contributed to the art and culture of the region where as the Dept. of AIH Culture and Archaeology is spreading awareness regarding conservation of legacy. This dept. has conducted excavation at Birpur (Begusarai) in 2004 and has been the only college dept. of Bihar doing so with the permission of Archaeological Survey of India. Not only this, the dept. is the one and only College Dept. of Bihar having its own museum.
Ganesh Dutt College Begusarai volunteered to be assessed by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council in 2005. An expert committee of NAAC comprised of Dr. H. S. Soch, Former Vice-Chancellor, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar as Chairperson, Dr. M.D.P. Rao, Retd. Principal Berhampur(Orissa) as Member Co-ordinator and Prof. S. K. Basu, Dean of Students Welfare, Vidya Sagar University, West Bengal as Member analysed the documents and reports provided to them and finally the college was adjudged B++ .
The college has utilised the grants provided to it throughout the years and has facilitated the students with various components of modern education system. Development being and ever going process, the college is dedicated to achieve whatever is necessary for a premier institution for all-round development of education. .
Principal's Message
“No subject is of greater importance than that of education. It is the men and women in the country that make and build a nation and it is education that is supposed to build those men and women.”
- Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
G. D. College, Begusarai is one of the oldest colleges of Begusarai District. This college is a constituent and multi-disciplinary unit of L.N. Mithila University, Darbhanga. It has also permanent affiliation under Section 2(f) and 12(b) of UGC Act. Our college is imparting education up to Post Graduation level in Science,Arts and Commerce faculties. This college has two study centers of DISTANCE LEARNING also i.e study center of IGNOU & Study center of Directorate of Distance Learning L.N.M.U. Darbhanga. This college has its own building and huge campus for all-round development of the students of the college. The college has its own well equipped computer lab with net facility and going to have the entire campus Wi-Fi very soon. The college has a library with up-to-date books, magazines and journals which will be converted into e-library in the coming sessions. The teachers are engaged in research activities. The college is also trying to provide quality teaching all the times and an effort is made regularly in this direction. The college is already pursuing various vocational and job-oriented courses, suitable to the students . No doubt, it will create awareness among them on the one side and job opportunities on the other. Apart from all these, our teachers and staff members take a keen interest in students’ activities and work towards making the students realize the following objectives:
- To be a good citizen of our country
- Devotion honesty, loyalty and integrity
- To develop own personality and rise above caste, creed and religious fundamentalism
- To pursue knowledge, apply it gainfully and make healthy competition
- To develop scientific awareness and scientific outlook
- To be physically and emotionally strong to face the realities of the life
- To develop sportsmanship
- To be sensible to the needs of the weaker sections of the society
- To uphold Indian culture and tradition
- To be sensitive towards preservation of environmental ecology
We hope that our college will fulfill its long awaiting desires very soon with the grace of Almighty, wishes of teachers, guardians and the people of the locality.
Mission
It will be our constant endeavour to remain true to the ideal of sweetness and light, which sums up the aim of education. We may commit error but we belive that the error is not always the opposite of truth but may be a partial realisation of truth.
At this juncture in the history of our Mother country, it will be our aim to produce not merely a servile, bookish, poor type of humanity but a band of selfreliant and disciplined citizens, to whom will be entrusted the holy mission of acting as the standard-bearers of tommorrow.
To a world haunted by the lowering shadows of fear, wild with the delirium of hartred, and heading, as it seems, towards a disaster, we will carry the message of Peace and Ahinsa for which Mother India has stood for centuries and for which she still stands today.
And finally, true to the spirit of great soul, whose memory this institution enshrines, we shall constantly endeavour to reach that height of noble philanthrophy which is rooted in the love of humanity.
No better expression could be given to this spirit of philanthrophy than when the poet says.
"Live and happy in thyself and serve
this mortal race, the king, so well that man may bless thee"