Kumaon Kesari Pt Badridutt Pandey Government Post Graduate College, Bageshwar

Kumaon Kesari Pt. Badridutt Pandey Government Post Graduate College, Bageshwar, established in 1974, shines as a fountain of light in the higher education of this beautiful town of Uttarakhand, Bageshwar. The affiliated college sprawls over a sprawling 18-acre campus and has been cultivating young minds for almost five decades. It has a strong enrolment of 2,653 students and a committed faculty of 20.

This institution has the NCTE approval for providing quality education in teacher training programs—another feather in its cap. The facilities provided for creating a better experience for students at the college are pretty long. There are separate boys' and girls' hostels in the campus, which make living comfortable for students who come from far-off places.

Sumitranandan Pant Chatravas, a boy's hostel, is available with an intake capacity of 32 students in 16 rooms. Another hostel for girls is equally satisfactory. It has a different array of sports facilities, such as hockey, football, cricket, volleyball, basketball, kabaddi, kho-kho, boxing, and athletics.

It also has a well-stocked library where undergraduates can avail of two books at a time, while the postgraduates enjoy some extended privileges in borrowing. Kumaon Kesari Pt Badridutt Pandey Government Post Graduate College is offering wide array of 25 courses in as many as 9 degree programs.

Degree Name Total Number of Seats MA Sociology 80 MA Political Science 80 MA History 80 MA Hindi 80 MA English 80 MA Economics 80 MA Geography 20 B. Ed Self Finance 50 The admission process to Kumaon Kesari Pt. Badridutt Pandey Government Post Graduate College is mostly merit-based and based on rules and regulations prescribed by Kumaun University.

Admission to Under-Graduate courses for BA, BSc and BCom shall be made based on the merit of the Qualifying Examination. The same practice is followed in the case of postgraduate programs also; the university guidelines form the basis for admission. The B. Ed. course, however, may have an entrance examination or other selection processes per state government and university policies.