The Government General Degree College at Kaliganj was established in the year 2015 to allow access of higher education to the large number of students in the rural and backward part in the district Nadia. The College begins its maiden journey under the efficient and able leadership of Dr. Samrat Laskar. Affiliated to the University of Kalyani, the college offers seven Honours subjects, with Zoology introduced from current academic session. The new academic challenge that all colleges under the University of Kalyani including Government General Degree College at Kaliganj were facing from 2018-19 session, is an efficient implementation of the semester based UG curricula across all subjects under the Choice Based Credit System (CBCS).