Acharya Prafulla Chandra College
আচার্য প্রফুল্লচন্দ্র কলেজ | |
Former name | New Barrackpore College |
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| Motto | Service, Knowledge, Sacrifice |
| Type | Public State and Central Government Sponsored |
| Established | c. 16 August 1960 |
| Founder | Late Haripada Biswas |
| Accreditation | NAAC |
Academic affiliation | |
| Endowment | ₹14.877 crore (US$1.8 million) (FY2022–23 est.) |
| President | Nikhil Chandra Halder |
| Principal | Syed Rafi Ahmed |
Academic staff | 119 (2024) |
Administrative staff | 33 |
| Students | 4,181 (2024) |
| Undergraduates | 3,912 (2024) |
| Postgraduates | 269 (2024) |
| Address | 22°41′51″N 88°26′16″E / 22.6975243°N 88.4378712°E |
| Campus | Urban, Large city 8.56 acres (3.46 ha) |
| Language | English, Bengali |
| Collection of Writings (Journal) | Acharya Prafulla Chandra Roy Rachana Sankalan |
| Colors | Blue, white, Atomic tangerine |
| Website | www |
Acharya Prafulla Chandra College (APC College), also known as New Barrackpore College is a Government Higher Educational Institution (College) located in North 24 Paragana, West Bengal, India. It is one of the glorious educational institution founded on 16 August 1960, under the Dispersal Scheme with the joint participation of the State Government and Central Government name as "New Barrackpore College" has completed its 64 years of journey and achieved the status one of the best colleges in the district as well as the state West Bengal. It is affiliated with West Bengal State University. It offers co-educational 27 undergraduate and 8 postgraduate degree studies/courses for Science and Arts Subjects. The college is awarded and has been rated as Grade "A" by the Indian National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC).