The Background Mankar  has  traditionally  been   a seat of  learning  dissemina ting the Admission   Notice For New Session 2012-13 See Prospectus   Provisional Merit   List For New Session 2012-13  fruits  of   knowledge   to   a   large               underdeveloped area on the border of and  including  the   jungle-mahal .  Pandit  Iswar  Chandra  Vidyasagar established  a  normal  school  here way  back  in the  mid-19th century, which in course of time has grown            Aim of the College *    EDUCATING THOSE WHO NEED MOST: FROM IGNORANCE TO ENLIGHTENMENT. *   FROM NEGLECT TO CARE: OPENING THE WORLD TO THE SUB-ALTERN. *   REPAYING THE DEBT TO THE SOCIETY *  GENERATING THE SPIRIT OF HARMONY: GROWING OUT OF THE SELF AND LEARNING TO BE *   STRENGTHENING THE SPIRIT OF INDEBTEDNESS TO THE INSTITUTION THAT SHOWS THE LIGHT OF KNOWLEDGE LEARNING TO RESPECT THE SELF AND OTHERS up to be an  HS  School.  To  hav e  access  to the  world  of  higher  education  the initiative  for   establishing  a college was  undertaken  by  the  local  people  in  the  late  1960s. After years of  struggle  the   college   ultimately   saw  the  light  of   the  day   on   26th September   1987  in  a  vast   land   of   five   akars   donated     by   Mrs. Renubal Devi  of  Mankar. A  large  number  people  of  this locality  and surroundings  have  directly  extended their  help for  the   benefit  of  the  college. Beside  this Bireswar Banerjee  &  brothers,  the son’s  of  Late  Sushil  Banerjee,     Mr.Gurudas  Banerjee   and    some   other   persons interested   in  education  and  development  of  the  locality  have   kindly agreed  to   donate  land.    The   journey    began  with  six  Arts  subjects and  sixty  three  students  and  a  thatched  roofed  mud-walled  hut. Less than two  decades  later  the  college  proudly  offers  all  three  streams – Arts,  Commerce and Science with  over  sixty  combinations.  There  are almost  four hundred  students in First Year Arts  alone.   Huge  buildings  have   been   constructed   in  a  spacious  campus.   In  spite  of  the  sea change in the appearance of  the  college  the  results  of  the  children  in  the  University Examinations  have  remained  unchanged.  The  success  rate  over  the years has  remained  uniformly  outstanding,   almost  one hundred percent on an average.   By virtue of its students,   non-teaching  members  of  the  staff   and   the  teachers  Mankar   College  is   today recognized as  one  of the  best  colleges  of  the  University  of  Burdwan. The atmosphere here is calm and quiet, traditional yet modern, ideal for the pursuit of knowledge. Recently Mrs. Kanaklata Banerjee and Mr.Soumitra Mukherjee have donated 75 decimal of land including a house to the college for starting a girls hostel. .