[2] Haldia is a famous river-port town on the banks of the Hooghly River.

The government of West Bengal established this college in 1988 to fulfil the higher education demands of this area.

The college is located beside the broad four-lane highway between Rani Chak and City Centre bus stop.

Recently, Haldia Government College has been awarded A grade by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), previously it was B+.

of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong;[4] a Commonwealth scholar at Imperial College London, the United Kingdom for his doctoral program.