Principal’s Address

Having been inspired by the afore-mentioned maxim of Swami Vivekananda, Babu Sri Biswambhar Dinda wanted to perpetuate the memory of his only son ‘PRABHAT KUMAR’, whose premature death left him wretched and broken-hearted, through the establishment of a college to be named after his son. Consequently, our Prabhat Kumar College, came into being on the 15th July, 1926 with a princely donation from the broken-hearted father, and many others including Rai Saheb Gangadhar Nanda of Mugberia.

Initially, the college began its pilgrimage with only 39 pupils in the building complex of Contai High School, the oldest H. S. School of Purba Medinipur District as an Arts College under the University of Calcutta. After a decade, founder Principal Nepal Chandra Roy purchased a plot of land of about 5.7 acres with a moderate Building from the American Baptist Bengal-Mission at a very moderate price of Rs.3700.00, and the college was shifted on 26th August 1937 to its present location.

After the death of Babu Biswambhar Dinda, a trust formed after his name “The Biswambhar Dinda Trust (B. D. Trust) built up “Biswambhar Hall”, the first construction made for the college. Subsequently, about 50 Bighas of land either by purchase or by acquisition came into the possession of the college authority. Now, the College is of Government Aided College.