History of the College
Sibani Mandal Mahavidyalaya: A Brief History
Sibani Mandal Mahavidyalaya is the only Govt. sponsored higher educational institution situated in the Namkhana Block which, if compared with the other Blocks of South 24 Parganas, has highly enriched academic and cultural atmosphere. There was a pressing need for the establishment of a Govt. sponsored General Degree college in this area, as, in earlier days, the students of Namkhana had to travel long distances to reach the nearby colleges in Sagar, Kakdwip or Patharpratima. With the kind cooperation of Smt. Mamata Banerjee, the Hon’ble Chief Minister of West Bengal, this college was established by securing the necessary approval of the Higher Education Department, Govt. of West Bengal on 26 February, 2013. The college was affiliated by the University of Calcutta on 29
th July, 2013 with General courses in Bengali, English, History, Political Science and Education. Later on Honours courses were sanctioned in different subjects with necessary permission of the University of Calcutta. At present, we have Honours Courses in Bengali, History, Geography, Political Science, Education and Sanskrit; and General Courses in English, Zoology, Botany and Chemistry.
Though the college was established in 2013, preparations for setting up this institution started much before: at the beginning of 2011 a committee was formed to establish and monitor a Govt. sponsored higher education in this locality. The members of that committee were: (1) Bankim Chandra Hazra (President), (2) Shyamal Kumar Samanta (Vice President), (3) Parameswar Mandal (Secretary), (4) Srimanta Kumar Mali (Member), (5) Purnendu Shekhar Mandal (Mmber), (6) Amit Shankar Mandal (Member), (7) Sunil Kumar Mandal (Member), (8) Nirmal Chandra Sharma (Member), (9) Nityananda Das (Member). Primarily this committee arranged for the land and collected fund for the inception of this college. Within 2012 this committee arranged the land, admeasuring 5 acre 88 shatak in Namkhana Mouza, beside the National Highway 117, for the establishment of this college.
After the establishment of this college in 2013, a new committee was formed to run this college smoothly, comprising the following persons:
- Sri Parameswar Mandal (President and Secretary)
- Sri Dibakar Mandal (Teacher-in-Charge and Teacher Representative)
- Sri Amit Shankar Mandal (Member)
- Sri Shyamal Kumar Samanta (Member)
- Sri Purnendu Shekhar Mandal (Mmber)
- Sri Nirmal Chandra Sharma (Member)
- Sri Srimanta Kumar Mali (Member)
On 10
th March, 2015, four members of the non-teaching staff were appointed by the College authority with due approval of the Govt. of West Bengal: (1) Sri Sandip Giri (Accountant), (2) Kalyanbrata Das (LD Clerk, now promoted to the post of Cashier), (3) Sri Gopal Chandra Das (Peon), and (4) Sri Surajit Giri (Guard). Sri Sourav Pramanik was appointed to the post of Peon on 10
th April, 2017.
Smt. Ananya Das was appointed to the post of Assistant Professor in History on 28
th February, 2017, being recommended by the College Service Commission. She took the charge of the Teacher-in-Charge of this college on 1
st April, 2017 and continued her service as the Head of the Institution till 16 June, 2017. Sri Soumik Banerjee was appointed to the post of Assistant Professor in the Department of English on 12
th April, 2017; and Dr. Kavita Sarkar joined this college as an Assistant Professor in Education on 26
th May, 2017. After that Dr. Dayal Chand Sardar joined this college as an Assistant Professor in Bengali on 1
st June, 2017, and took charge as the Teacher-in-Charge since 16
th June, 2017. Till date Dr. Sardar is sincerely performing his duty as the Head of Institution.
The first Governing Body of this college was constituted by the G.O. issued by the concerned Department on 25
th November, 2017, comprising the following members:
- Dr. Sayeedur Rahman (President)
- Dayal Chand Sardar (T.I.C. and Secretary)
- Sri Bankim Chandra Hazra (Mmber, nominated by the WBSCHE)
- Sri Srimanta Kumar Mali (Member, nominated by the Government)
- Sri Akhiles Barui (Member, nominated by the Government)
- Siuli Saha Dalal (Member, nominated by the University of Calcutta)
- Sri Rupam Pramanik (Member, nominated by the University of Calcutta)
- Ananya Das (Member, Teacher Representative)
- Sri Soumik Banerjee (Member, Teacher Representative)
- Kavita Sarkar (Member, Teacher Representative)
- . Sri Sandip Giri (Mmber, Non-teaching Representative)
This Governing Body functioned till 1
st April, 2022; and after that a new Governing Body was formed by the prevailing norms and regulations, which is now functioning as the authority of
