Lady Keane College

ABOUT

Overview

Lady Keane College, Shillong was established in July 1935 and founded by Shri. Acharya Brojo Sundar Roy who was the first principal of the college. It is one of the premier colleges established to impart & provide in the field of higher education for the deserving candidates and prove to be a milestone on the part of progress. The college is affiliated with the North Eastern Hill University, Shillong and it is recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC) under section 2(f) & 12(B) under Act, 1956. It is re-accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) with "A" Grade (CGPA Score 3.09 on a 4 Point Scale in 2nd Cycle) on 24th September 2014. The aim of the college is excellence with integrity is the driving force behind each endeavor of every single member past and present of this College, to impact the life of every young woman who wisely chooses to be matured and educated by it. The history of college establishment was first the managing committee with Shri A. Das acquired a bungalow called Groveside. The bungalow housed the college for two years and was the nucleus of all the activities related to the acquisition of a permanent site for Lady Keane College. It was in the first meeting of the Managing Committee at the Groveside on the 23rd of May 1935 that a resolution was passed to open an Intermediate College for the next academic session commencing in July, 1935. Subsequently, the college was affiliated with the Calcutta University, Kolkata in 1938. In 1948, it came under the jurisdiction of the Gauhati University, Gauhati and the North Eastern Hill University, Shillong in 1973. It is a women`s self-financed private institute, providing a regular course which is located in a rural and tribal part of a northeast region of Shillong played a pioneering role in the field of higher education. The college conferred the status of grant-in-aid college that the fees and all the facilities for the students are fixed by the government. The student`s admission is done as per the Admission Criteria prescribed by the affiliating university. The college has awarded as the best college by the affiliating university and also a number of awards in publication, offering scholarship & also awarded by the different society. At present, the college offers two years intermediate courses in Arts & Science stream with various optional specializations under Meghalaya Board of School Education, West Garo Hills. The college also offers three years undergraduate courses in Arts and Science streams with various specializations under North Eastern Hill University, Shillong. It also offers Self-financed, Diploma, and Add-On Certificate courses. Also, Lady Keane College is the one of the biggest Institutional Biotech Hub, Shillong for offers research and it was inaugurated on 23rd June 2011.

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2 programmes at LADY

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