About College

The Rajkiya Mahila Snatkottar Mahavidyalay, Banda was established in 1978 by the state government of Uttar Pradesh as one of the pioneer academies of higher education. The college is fully devoted to girls’ education and is one of its kind in the whole district. Situated in a historically rich city, Banda, which is named after a famous sage, Vamdev, the college provides quality education at a minimal cost along with a safe and sound environment to urban, semi-urban, and even rural female students from the adjacent places of the city. The previous accreditation was accompanied by the NAAC in 2016 with a grade of ‘B’. Besides academic education, the college is the center of various co-scholastic activities.

The college has obtained its affiliation from Bundelkhand University, Jhansi. The college is honored to have highly qualified faculty members selected through the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC), Prayagraj. Starting with only 34 students in the arts faculty, the college currently provides a variety of subject choices to its students. Now the college has two faculties, i.e., Arts and Science, in which the Arts faculty offers undergraduate courses like English, Economics, Music Vocal, Music Sitar, Physical Education, Political Science, Hindi, Sociology, Urdu, Education, History, Home Science and Sanskrit, along with postgraduate courses like Education, Hindi, History, Home Science, Sociology, and Urdu. The Science faculty provides undergraduate courses in Botany, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, and Zoology. Besides offering these courses, the college provides research facilities to interested students. In the co-scholastic domain, the college has three units of NSS and one unit of ranger. The college is recognized as a study center of Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University (UPRTOU), Prayagraj. The students enroll in offered courses based on merit, following government mandated reservation criteria strictly. With a strength of more than 2.6 K students, college has 22 faculty members and 8 non-teaching staff.

In terms of infrastructure, the college has a seminar hall named ‘Jhalkaribai Sabhagar’, 15 lecture rooms, a music room, well-equipped laboratories, a playground, a gymnasium, a creche, a girls’ hostel, a canteen, and a well-furnished and rich library. A complete brochure with essential information about the college is provided with the application form during admission. The college publishes an annual magazine, ‘Sursari,’ which is enriched with contributions from teachers, students, and non-teaching staff. The college runs a stitching center, which provides free training for interested students. Apart from all these facilities, the Uttar Pradesh Jal and Shakti Departments have installed a 2200 sq. ft. roof water harvesting project around 4 km recharge capacity monitored and coordinated with the Hyderabad sub-station. It is the first project completed in a government institution of chitrakoot dham region.    

The college has successfully completed its 35 years while contributing to girls’ education. The college has attained a notable position in the field of education, contributing to the development of students as responsible citizens of society.