It is affiliated to the University of Kashmir in Srinagar and was recently accessed by NAAC,[clarification needed] Bangalore for Assessment and Accreditation and was accredited with by the same University Grants Commission agency.
During the initial years the college functioned in dilapidated huts in the premises of the Higher Secondary School, Kokernag.
www.gdckokernag.edu.in Now the college has been shifted to Irkumu, Kokernag, which is about two kilometres from the main township and has a lush green campus with snow-clad mountains in the background.
It now has a suitable infrastructure which satisfies the basic demands of students.
In addition to the regular courses offered, the college got IGNOU[clarification needed] membership in the year 2018 to run the non-regular or distance courses in future.