Udai Pratap Autonomous College is an autonomous college of University Grant Commission located in the northwestern area of Benares. It is built in about 100 acres of land. It is an academic institution running in the campus and managed by the Udai Pratap Educational Society.
History
Udai Pratap Autonomous College was established in the year 1909 as a Hewett Kshatriya High School. It was established by Rajarshi Udai Pratap Singh Ju Deo, the King of Bhinga estate.
It was reorganized as a college in 1921 and renamed as Udai Pratap Intermediate College. It was again reorganized in 1949 and became Udai Pratap College. It offers undergraduate degree to Arts and Commerce. Science classes was started in 1950, agriculture classes in 1963, and classes for bachelor of education degree in 1972.
Affiliation of the College
Udai Pratap Autonomous College is affiliated to the Mahatma Gandhi kashi Vidyapeeth Varanasi.
Address and Location of the College
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Phone: 0542-2282399, 09415624993
Email address: principalupc@gmail.com
Academics
Udai Pratap College, Varanasi offers both undergraduate and postgraduate degree in arts, humanities, commerce, science, agriculture as well as education courses. It was granted autonomous status by the University Grant Commission and government of UP and got the authority to design and implement its own courses in this college, conducting examination as well as announcing results.
It also has study centre for IGNOU so that thousands of students can get distance education in several professional courses.
Sports
This college has an excellent record of sports and games, apart from academic activities.
Infrastructure
It has its own hospital in the campus in order to offer a regular medical service to its students and staff. It also has hostels for better residential accommodation to its students.
Facilities
- Offer certificates in 13 Indian languages such as Malayalam, Marathi, Assamese, Tamil, Punjabi, Sindhi, Gujarati, Bengali, Oriya, Kashmiri, Nepali, Telugu and Kannar by the Bhartiya Bhasha Kendra.
- A computerized library facility is there with the books and periodicals facility.
- There is an IGNOU study center within its campus for availing the students a distance education.
- It has its own agricultural farm of dairy and poultry.
- NSS facility for the boys and girls students.
- It has its own Health Centre for the students and staff.
- Hostel facility is also available with the neat and clean environment.
- A variety of sports facility including swimming pool.
Map of Udai Pratap Autonomous College