Government Degree College Sopore has the privilege of being one of the premiere colleges strives to educate and has been serving the UT of J&K for past seven decades, imparting higher education to thousands of students of this region. Over the years, the College has produced men and women of great potential who have been contributing towards upliftment of Nation in various spheres of life. This institution has been drawing students from every nook and corner because it offers a spectrum of courses which are not available in newly establihed colleges irrespective of gender, geographical location, social & economic strata. Govt. Degree College Sopore was established on 27th of September 1951. Initially the college started as an intermediate college in 1949 and was housed in present Govt. Boys Higher Secondary School Sopore. It was only in 1951 that it was shifted in the present building and since then thousands of students have passed out from this college and attained eminent positions in the social mainstream. The college has a distinction of providing education in 32(UG) +2(PG) courses. In addition, a numbers of skill courses are offered by the College under Community College Scheme Sponsored by UGC to students coming from different regions and backgrounds. The college has a faculty strength of 56 members including one Professor, Associate Professors and Assistant Professors. The non-teaching staff includes 26 permanent members and 45 local fund employees which cater to the needs of different Departments. The College has a well-developed infrastructure in the form of 42 classrooms and all equipped with modern gadgets, internet through LAN and/or Wi-Fi, multimedia projection systems, about 18 spacious well equipped departmental laboratories, Central Instrumentation Facility for research, Language Lab, Browsing Center, Computer Lab, IT Lab, Hi Tech Green House, Departmental Museums (Botany, Zoology, Geology), Mushroom Cultivation center, Silkworm Rearing Center, one huge auditorium, a conference hall and two seminar halls with state-of-the-art facilities.

Vision: “To reform educational spectrum and revitalize its spirit by providing quality education that promotes ethical and prosperous society resulting in development of competent and conscientious human resource and enabling it for integral human development”.

Mission: This institution is committed to academic excellence in the field of Higher Education. The mission is to nurture students with socially relevant courses that lead to employment and entrepreneurship, healthy standards in extra-curricular activities and continuous progress of the institution. This institution morally believes in serving preferentially the underprivileged and rural youth and educating them to social consciousness of rights and responsibilities, rooting out social evils, building communities and promoting total literacy, education and development of the neighbourhood. Page 2/101 07-01-2023 10:25:12 Self Study Report of GOVT DEGREE COLLEGE Spiritually, we aim at integrating ethical, cultural and political values, developing a sense of the divine presence in nature and in the human a person, by means of group activities and personal guidance, in a family atmosphere. To empower stakeholders by exploring their hidden potential. To foster independent thinking in students by offering academic atmosphere congenial for metamorphosis of a novice into seer and sage.