Thakur Panchanan Mahila Mahavidyalaya is an undergraduate

Undergraduate education

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, women's college in Cooch Behar

Cooch Behar

Cooch Behar is the district headquarters and the largest city of Cooch Behar District in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is situated in the foothills of the Eastern Himalayas and located at . Cooch Behar is the only planned town in North Bengal region with remnants of royal heritage...

, West Bengal

West Bengal

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. It was established in 1981 and offers Bachelor's degree in Arts (B.A.). The college is affiliated to University of North Bengal

University of North Bengal

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 and accredited by NAAC

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as C+.

Thakur Panchanan Mahila Mahavidyalaya, also known as Mahila College Cooch Behar is a is a renowned center for propagation of advance knowledge. The main building of the college on Magazin Road Extension, Cooch Behar near Rabindra Bhavan.

History

Thakur Panchanan Mahila Mahavidyalaya was established in September 1981 with the objective to spread advance education among the women of the surrounding area and at the same time make them self-sufficient. The college building was first built near the Rajbari or the Royal Palace of Cooch Behar.

Courses offered

B.A. Honours and Pass:

• English
• Bengali
• History
• Philosophy
• Political Science
• Economics
• Geography
• Sanskrit

Instructors

At the end of June 2010, Malda College has the following permanent associate and assistant professors, and full-time contractual assistant professors:

• Department of Bengali: Gopa Majumder, Bibhuti Bhushan Biswas, Upendra nath Barman, Dr. Tapasi Sarkar, Chandrima Bhattacherjee
• Department of English: Mustafa Ahmed, Manashi Chakrobarty
• Department of History: Harish Chandra P, Dasgupta.
• Department of Economics: Dr. Manjuri Biswas, Tapati Guha (Saha)
• Department of Philosophy: Sati Singh, Dr. Riki Chakraborty, Durba Mukherjee
• Department of Political Science: P T Lepcha, A Samajder, Munmun Das, Dr. Amaresh Kanti Sarkar
• Department of Geography: J Saha, B Biswas
• Department of Sanskrit: T Chakraborty