Established in 1961 by the State Government to offer higher education at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in various disciplines of science and management studies, the missionary zeal of the fraternity enabled the College to top the educational map of our state both in academic and co-curricular ventures. Human resource and physical infrastructural development and installation of latest technology in the laboratories undoubtedly place this College as a premier one in the country. The College has been enormously supplying to the needs of the human resource development of the state and will continue to render its services to meet the global scientific and technological challenges of the future times. Recognizing all these credentials of the College the National Assessment and Accreditation council Bangalore (NAAC) Re-accredited this College at “A” level with institutional score as 3.27 CGPA in august, 2017. Over the years, the College has emerged as an institute of excellence incomparable with others in all respects. Performance of our pass-outs in University, Medical, Engineering and Management examinations has been exceptionally outstanding. The College has contributed to the development of our society in terms of producing and polishing great academicians, able managers, bureaucrats and galaxy of intellectuals contributing now in different walks of life. The College is dedicated toward inculcating human values, spirit of tolerance and modern perspectives among its aspirants. To attain these ideals and to come up to the expectations of our people, College strives to be relevant in the field of management, science and technology and has been introducing new courses on regular intervals.

The academic credentials and the prestige of the College in 2010 attracted the attention of University Grants Commission, New Delhi and the College was granted CPE status (College with Potential for Excellence) the only College in J & K State. The College has been declared as an Autonomous College under section 2(b-a) of the Kashmir and Jammu Universities Act No. XXIV of 1969 (as amended in 2014) for a period of six years (2014-15 To 2019-2020) under UGC Notification No.F.22-1/2014(AC) dated 03-08-2014 followed by University Notification No.F(Auto-Status-ICSC)Acad/KU/14 Dated 13-10-2014.