Acharya Prafulla Chandra College, also known as New Barrackpore College is a Government Higher Educational Institution (College) located in North 24 Paragana, West Bengal, India. It is one of the glorious educational institution founded on 16 August 1960, under the Dispersal Scheme with the joint participation of the State Government and Cent…Acharya Prafulla Chandra College, also known as New Barrackpore College is a Government Higher Educational Institution (College) located in North 24 Paragana, West Bengal, India. It is one of the glorious educational institution founded on 16 August 1960, under the Dispersal Scheme with the joint participation of the State Government and Central Government name as "New Barrackpore College" has completed its 64 years of journey and achieved the status one of the best colleges in the district as well as the state West Bengal. It is affiliated with West Bengal State University. It offers co-educational 27 undergraduate and 8 postgraduate degree studies/courses for Science and Arts Subjects. The college is awarded and has been rated as Grade "A" by the Indian National Assessment and Accreditation Council.