With a sprawling campus and spacious academic structure, this College is considered to be one of the most prestigious educational institutions of Madhya Pradesh. We have over 2000 students pursuing their higher studies in various streams of academics, and the staff includes about 75 teaching and 40 non-teaching members. Our strategic planning in terms of teaching, learning and research has always been sensitive to the academic needs of the students as well as to the aspirations of the society. In recognition of its excellent academic achievements this College has the distinction of being awarded the B+ Grade by the National Accreditation and Assessment Council (NAAC) of the University Grants Commission, Government of India in the year 2004. On account of its excellent performance the college was declared as the “Lead College” by the Department of Higher Education, Govt. of MP. With the dawn of the 21st century and keeping pace with the times, our college has inducted new courses and subjects and also modified and upgraded the existing courses. In both Arts and Commerce, we run Post Graduate courses in 13 subjects with appropriate facilities for pursuing research work. Our P.G. departments also serve as recognized research centers for Ph.D. degree. The college has a well-equipped central library which provides all kinds of study material and research facilities. Our modernization plan intends to digitize all study material and transform the library into an e-library and digital library. Apart from the central library, various departments also have their own libraries which cater to the specific needs of the concerned departments. All kinds of information regarding courses, admissions, research programmes, faculties and infrastructure, as well as our efforts to improve teaching and research standards is available online, and can be gleaned through our official website of the College – http://www.mp.gov.in/highereducation/ghcbpl/default.htm We also provide electronic accessibility to international and national research journals and data bases. The easy to navigate homepage provides links to upcoming workshops, events, conferences and lectures being held across the college as well. From time to time the website also displays achievements of the students, teachers and the institution. The institution not only aims at the academic upliftment of the enrolled students but also looks after their physical and extra-curricular development. To make our students accountable to society and the nation at large, the college regularly organizes activities such as NSS and NCC (Army/ Naval/ Air wing) for boys. To promote sports and games, we have well maintained playgrounds for Cricket, Hockey, Basketball, Kho-kho, Kabaddi and Football.