Govt. Digvijay Autonomous PG College was founded on 13th July, 1957 as a private college established by Rajnandgaon Education Society donated by revered prince Mahant Raja Digvijay Das ji. The college was taken over by the state government on 27th August 1973 and has completed SIXTY years of its glorious existence in the year 2017. In 2007, we celebrated ‘Golden Jubilee Year’ and last year 2018, we have celebrated the ‘Diamond Jubilee Year’ of our institution.The growth of the institution has been remarkable. The college which started with 73 students encompasses more than 5000 students today. The College stands like a colossus, proud of thousands of alumni that adorn positions of prominence in different walks of life, thanks to the education that they received in their alma mater. The college was conferred the autonomous status by UGC in 1992-93.Our institute, which has a historical legacy and prosperous heritage, is striving hard today to adapt the new advanced technological methods of teaching-learning to compete with the global needs of present scenario. The courses, as per the need of today’s competitive IT world, have been started in the college and are running successfully. The institution got CPE (College with Potential for Excellence) status by the UGC. Commerce department of our institution was declared the Centre of Excellence in the year 2005-2006 by the state government.The Pride of our college is that three national/international level literary personalities; Gajanand Madhav Muktibodh, Dr. Padumlal Punnalal Bakshi and Dr. Baldeo Prasad Mishra; have given their contributions as faculty members in the growth of this institution.
Academic Offerings: The institution is offering –
· 34 courses including 7 UG courses, 18 PG courses, 2 diplomacourses, 2 PG diploma courses, 4 Add-on courses and 11 certificate courses.
· Presently 4 departments; Hindi, Economics, Chemistry &Commerce; are recognised as research centres and these are conducting andpromoting research work. Proposal for 5 other departments for research centrehas also been sent. At present the students’ strength of the college is 5078.