History of The College
History of the College

BHOLARAM SHIBLAL KHARAKIA (B.S.K) College, Maithon was established on 01-05-1966 after grant of affiliation by Ranchi University, Ranchi on 11-04-1966 up to Pre-university and Degree part one level. The affiliation was upgraded up to degree part two, Arts and Commerce in 1968.From 1970 teaching up to Degree honours level was permitted in Political Science and History. Gradually honours teaching in all subjects of Arts, Science and Commerce started by 1985-1986.
Initially, the college was running in the premises of D.V.C Plus Two High School. However it shifted to its present campus in 1969 in the newly constructed building provided by the donor. From the very beginning, the college is a co-educational institution .It runs in two shifts (Morning & Day).
The college remained an affiliated college of Ranchi University, Ranchi up to 1979. It was taken over by Ranchi University as its constituent unit on 28th November 1980. After the establishment of Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribag in 1992, this college became a constituent college of Vinoba Bhave University.
The college was named after the names of the father and grandfather of Sri R.N.Agarwala, the donor of the college. His father’s name was Shiblal, while his grandfather’s name was Bholaram. The actual family’s surname or title is Kharakia. Hence the college was named as B.S.K.College. The initial ‘B’ stands for Bholaram and ‘S’ stands for Shiblal and ‘K’ stands for Kharakia. The full form of the short abbreviation ‘BSK’ is Bholaram Shiblal Kharakia.
Late Raghunath Agarwala was the secretary of the governing body. Late B.Parthasarathy, the then chief engineer (civil) of Damodar Valley Corporation, was an active collaborator in this endeavour and guided the college affairs as President of the governing body.
Late Shiv Chandra Prasad, the founder principal of the college, showed great administrative ability in bringing the college to a competitive level. Since then, a number of Principals have contributed their might in moulding the future of the college.
The Maithon Dam project belongs to the D.V.C which was established in 1948 for the development of the Damodar valley area. By 1966 the Nirsa-Kumardubi-Chirkunda area had already become an industrial hub. Plants of the McNally Bharat Limited, Kumardubi Engineering Works, K.F.S and a large number of ceramic factories manufacturing fire bricks were present. The collieries of Nirsa-Mugma-Kumardubi belt (now it is a part of Eastern Coalfield Limited and Bharat Coking Coal Limited) were already functioning. Besides, there was a sizeable population of Santhal tribes in the area. However, there was no college for higher education in the locality. B.S.K.College, Maithon was established to cater to the needs of higher education in this very important belt of Damodar valley.
The location of the college on the borders of Jharkhand and West Bengal is also significant. The cultural diversity of India gets reflected in the language adopted by different states as medium of teaching in schools and colleges. A large number of students from West Bengal come to this college for availing the opportunity of Hindi medium education. The number of students belonging to minority community (both boys and girls) has phenomenally increased in recent years.
The college enjoys excellent communication facilities due to its location by the side of the G.T.Road (NH-2) which is now a part of the Golden Quadrilateral. It is in the process of being converted into six-lane Super Highway. Dhanbad is 45 km away towards the West and Asansol 27 km away towards the East. Railway communication is not bad either. Kumardhubi station on the Howrah – Delhi Grand Chord Line is only 2 km south of the college. Chittaranjan station on the Howrah-Patna-Delhi main line is 19 km away.
The college has entire necessary infrastructure for further growth. The college is in possession of about 21 acres of land for its various needs. Water, power, hostel and banking facilities are available. The semester system (under CBCS) adopted by the university is being implemented. Various other development measures will be implemented as per the guidelines of the University. This educational institution is destined to play a bigger role in the future.