The college was founded on 1 August 1947 by Bijoy Krishna Bhattacharya, a professor, Indian independence activist and social worker to promote and provide higher education for women.

[citation needed] This college is located in the heart of the city and just in the vicinity of Howrah Junction railway station.

Howrah known as twin city to Kolkata, located on the west bank of holy Ganges river.

Nabanna (building), the new State Secretariat of West Bengal is situated in Howrah and also close to the college.

Besides Bankim Setu is a flyover, which connects the college with rest of Kolkata and Howrah district as buses are available here also.

This college has a number of UGC-sponsored career oriented add-on diploma courses for students which they opt along with their regular undergraduate and postgraduate courses: e-commerce; computer data care management; industrial microbiology; food and nutrition; career counselling; functional english; insurance management.