About GC Palampur
Shaheed Captain Vikram Batra Govt. College, Palampur(Kangra) came into existence as Govt. College Palampur vide Govt. of Himachal Pradesh, Education Department Notification No. Chha(15), 3/86-Shiksha ka-II Dated 07-04-1995. Later it was renamed in the memory of Capt. Vikram Batra (Param Veer Chakra) the martyr and Hero of Kargil war, 1999. The College was recognized by UGC under section 2(f) & 12(B) of the UGC Act. 1956, vide latter no. 8-471/2008(CPP-I) dated 29 Sep, 2009. The college affiliated to Himachal Pradesh University, Summer Hill, Shimla-5.
The college functioned in a small rented accommodation till 18-06-2008 and now this College had been shifted to its own spacious building on 19-06-2008. Consisting 12 Lectures Room and 06 Lecture theaters, separate Labs for Botany, Zoology, Physics, Chemistry, Geography, Math and Computer Department. A Boy Hostel has been newly constructed with the capacity of 105 occupants. The college is making the optimal use of the infrastructure. The college has a well equipped Computer lab with 38 Pentium-IV Computers, Three Printers, One Xerox machine and One Overhead Projectors. All Head of Departments in all faculty have been provided with an office Computer connected through LAN with INTERNET Connectivity. The Science Labs are spacious, well furnished and well equipped. We have a rich collection of books on the courses offered by the college i.e. under Graduation classes in Arts, Commerce & Science and Post Graduation in Economics, Hindi, English & Zoology and Professional Courses in BBA, BCA and PGDCA which is being updated on regular intervals. It is our constant enterprise to deliver the best of current knowledge and information. We subscribe to a number of Hindi and English dailies. General magazines and journals also form a valuable part of our collection.
Library, the heart of the Institution, has been striving to accomplish the academic and other objectives of the college. The College Library is reader friendly. Library is providing knowledge and information-based services. It is a sanctum of learning process which aims at making every reader a well-informed citizen. Keeping well in pace with the progressive changes in knowledge base.
The Palampur is very well connected to various places through railway and road and feeding area is very large, At present the College is imparting education in Science, Commerce, Humanities streams in UG level & Economics in PG level and some Professionals courses like BBA, BCA, Journalism. In future it is planned to start few others professional courses like MBA, MCA, PGDCA, BJMC and Tourism &Travel management.