{"id":6478,"date":"2026-04-19T07:12:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T07:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nbbgc.org\/?p=6478"},"modified":"2026-04-22T07:19:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T07:19:35","slug":"nar-bahadur-bhandari-government-college-receives-the-prestigious-dbt-star-college-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbbgc.org\/?p=6478","title":{"rendered":"Nar Bahadur Bhandari Government College receives the prestigious DBT-STAR College Status"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nar Bahadur Bhandari Government College has become the first college in Sikkim and North Bengal to receive the prestigious DBT-Star College status. The announcement was made in April 2026, highlighting the efforts of Principal Dr. D. Purohit, Coordinator Dr. Satyadeep S. Chhetri, and Asst. Coordinator Dr. Mingma T. Sherpa.<\/p>\n<p>The college will receive roughly \u20b91 crore in funding over three years to upgrade science labs, purchase equipment, and enhance research-oriented education. This status is granted by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India, to strengthen undergraduate science education. Only 10-15 colleges are selected nationwide each year.<\/p>\n<p>NBBGC was mentored by <span class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-processed=\"true\">Hindu College, University of Delhi<\/span>, under the <span data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-processed=\"true\"><a class=\"H23r4e\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dbtstarhinducollege.in\/empowering-peers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-hveid=\"CAMQBA\" data-sb=\"\/url?sa=i&amp;source=web&amp;rct=j&amp;url=https:\/\/www.dbtstarhinducollege.in\/empowering-peers\/&amp;ved=2ahUKEwi7rvz384CUAxVSZfUHHQQ4J5gQy_kOegQIAxAE&amp;opi=89978449&amp;cd&amp;psig=AOvVaw3v1RybnjzEoC6kOPNMY_17&amp;ust=1776928312162000\" data-processed=\"true\">Vidya Vistaar Programme<\/a><\/span>. The recognition aims to enhance practical skills and interdisciplinary learning in the Eastern Himalayan region.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6479 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/nbbgc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/NBBGC_Press-Release_page-0001-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"263\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nbbgc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/NBBGC_Press-Release_page-0001-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/nbbgc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/NBBGC_Press-Release_page-0001-744x1024.jpg 744w, https:\/\/nbbgc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/NBBGC_Press-Release_page-0001-768x1057.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nbbgc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/NBBGC_Press-Release_page-0001-1116x1536.jpg 1116w, https:\/\/nbbgc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/NBBGC_Press-Release_page-0001-196x270.jpg 196w, https:\/\/nbbgc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/NBBGC_Press-Release_page-0001.jpg 1275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nar Bahadur Bhandari Government College has become the first college in Sikkim and North Bengal to receive the prestigious DBT-Star <a href=\"https:\/\/nbbgc.org\/?p=6478\" class=\"read-more\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nbbgc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nbbgc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nbbgc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nbbgc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nbbgc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6478"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nbbgc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6480,"href":"https:\/\/nbbgc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6478\/revisions\/6480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nbbgc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nbbgc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nbbgc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}