ANUGRAH NARAYAN COLLEGE, PATNA

About Institution

nugrah Narayan College (A.N. College)Patna. In 1959, the college was shifted to Anisabad in a rental building. The first principal of the college was Dr. Gorakh Nath Sinha, a great economist and a contemporary of Dr. Hicks, a Nobel Laureate in Economics.
On the personal initiatives of Bihar Vibhuti Anugrah Babu , Patna Improvement Trust provided 19 acres of land to this present site but later on some of the lands were released back to farmers and eventually the college rested with 13 acres of land. The classes were shifted from Anisabad to this premises and thereafter the college blossomed and metamorphosed into present form. The erstwhile governing body had eminent personalities like Sri Satyendra Narayan Sinha, Ex-C.M.of Bihar, Mrs. Kishori Sinha, Ex-M.P, Justice K.B.N.Singh, Justice Birendra Pratap Singh, Dr. Sheo Narayan Singh and Sri Sunil Mukherjee.
To this date, the college has 22 UG departments and 21 PG departments. The college has never hesitated to take innovative measures. Keeping in view, technological march of resurgent India, the college has introduced apart from conventional courses,a large number of technological and industry driven courses. On initiative of U.G.C and Government of Bihar ,many new courses like Electronics, Environmental Sciences were introduced during 1980s. In1996, the first vocational course E.W.M(Environment and Water Management) was introduced later on, many more job oriented courses like B.C..A, B.B.M, M.C.A, M.B.A and Biotechnology were added to the list.

Vision

Anugrah Narayan College, a constituent unit of Magadh University, Bodh Gaya will be the premier
co-educational , multidisciplinary institution in the historic town of Patna and will provide high-quality, affordable higher educational programs and services in a student-centered environment.
This college will be widely recognized for the quality of teaching, the effectiveness of its research and
extension programs through innovative use of its infrastructure and applications of information technology,
thereby making possible holistic progress in higher education in the 21st century.
The faculty, staff, and students of A.N. College will reflect the state of Bihar's rich diversity, build a dynamic
learning community, and demonstrate an unwavering commitment to the guiding principles of University and College education in India

Mission

Advance the community of learning by engaging in scientific research, humanistic scholarship, and artistic creation.
Provide a high quality educational experience to undergraduate and post graduate students in a diverse learning environment.
Promote the values and institutions of democracy among students to prepare them to lead the lives of personal integrity and civic responsibility in a global society.
Prepare future generations of skilled professionals to enable then to compete in the diverse world market.