Dr B R Ambedkar Satabarshiki Mahavidyalaya

Helencha, situated centrally in the Bagdah Block, 24 Parganas (North) is where the state Highway from Bongaon splits in two, moving towards Duttaphulia on the left, and Boyra straight ahead, about 15 km away. The inhabitants of the area are deprived in respect of facilities for higher education. Although a number of primary, Secondary and Higher Secondary schools where set up, but the economically and socially backward students from these remote areas had to face great difficulties to go to distant colleges like Dinabandhu Mahavidyalaya, Bongaon, Srikrishna College, Bagula or Ranaghat College to get higher education. Hence the local people felt the necessity of establishing a degree college in the Helencha-Bagdah area. This college is a dream come true for the people of Bagdah. Many people have put in great efforts over a very long period of time to transform this dream into reality. They tried their best, but their attempts were not fruitful. Later on, a meeting of the local educationist and general people was convened by Shri Nakul Chandra Hira, Headmaster, Helencha High School, in presence of Dr. Upendra Nath Biswas, the then CBI Joint Director, Government of India, as the Chief guest and Shri Sattendra Nath Biswas, Chief Security Officer, Indian Museum at Calcutta. The meeting resolved to establish a college in Helencha. Dr. U.N. Biswas assured the people of all sorts of help for the proposed college. He further told in his speech, "If you spend Rs. 10 for a good job, the wicked persons will spoil the job by spending Rs. 100, but you are not to be disappointed. On 21st April, 2000, Shri Nakul Chandra Hira, Headmaster, Helencha High School, Shri Badal Krishna Sarkar, Assistant teacher in English and Shri Ranjit Kumar Roy, Assistant Teacher in Physics, met Dr. Biswas at his residence at Salt lake and had a discussion about the proposed college. Lastly, he told them "If the local people fail to come forward, then I may take some initiative."