The college had a quite humble Beginning with a handful of pupils starting their studies in a few rented rooms of New Barrackpore Colony Boys' High School.

Since its inception in 1960, the institution has grown steadily and has achieved the status of one of the best college in the district North 24 Paragana and as well as state.

To attain exceptional levels of value-based quality education with a market driven research orientation[17] in order to produce technologically superior and ethically strong global workforce, the college guided by the purpose of achieving to instill in these young minds a concern for the environment so that they will try to use cleaner and greener technologies in their professional lives.

With the implementation of NEP 2020,[18] the emphasis will be on holistic growth without rigid topic boundaries in Acharya Prafulla Chandra College.

[19] The close proximity of the college to New Barrackpore and Madhyamgram railway stations has helped it draw students from far-flung areas of North 24 Parganas.

Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS), launched in 2013 aims at providing strategic funding to eligible state higher educational institutions.