For history to be made, there must be years – long, gruelling years. From an Intermediate Arts college in 1941 to a three-year degree college in 1966 through to becoming ‘a college with potential for excellence’ as also being conferred with the autonomy status by UGC in 2010, Vidyamandira’s onward march through the passage of years is a fascinating study of an educational Institute’s bold strides, despite various odds, into the arena of higher education. Also, during the academic session 2006-2007, post-graduate teaching was introduced and in the year 2013 the college established ‘Swami Vivekananda Research Centre’ to run PhD programmes. Currently, with as many as fourteen undergraduate Hons. Courses, six post-graduate courses, researches in various disciplines and a plethora of Certificate as well as Add-on courses running apace, Vidyamandira can well be likened to a mini-University which has been leaving ,all these years, its quiet yet unmistakable impact on the society by sending out academically skilled individuals with high character efficiency...