Overview
Government College, Solan, Himachal Pradesh is a premier institute of the state which imparts quality education to the students in social sciences, basic sciences, commerce, journalism and performing arts (Music and Painting) at the undergraduate and postgraduate level. The college also offers professional courses like BBA, BCA, and PGDCA to cater to the professional needs of the students. Various categories of courses like horticulture and mushroom cultivation, etc. are a part of the regular curriculum in biological sciences, which also serve this end. The college aspires to have a transformational impact on students through a comprehensive education as outlined above. The college also seeks to inculcate qualities of competence, confidence, and excellence among students through co-curricular and extra-curricular activities like sports, Cultural activities, NCC, NSS, Rovers, and Rangers. A finely tempered blending of academic and related activities enables the college to ingrain the qualities of national importance, as envisaged in the Constitution of India and the Framework for higher education adopted by the University Grants Commission, New Delhi, by orienting the students towards the values of secularism, national integration, and social commitment.Government College, Solan further strives to mold the students hailing mostly from the marginalized and weaker sections of society into better individuals and to guide them to contribute constructively towards society. The academic and other student-oriented programs of the college eventually aim at ensuring that the students coming out of our campus should be enlightened individuals who are emotionally sound and practically efficient. The faculty members are also encouraged to acquire state–of–the art information in their fields of study and adopt innovative methods of teaching that will cater to the needs of learners at various levels of study and deliver the vision of the college in practice.
