Government Vishwanath Yadav Tamaskar Post-Graduate Autonomous College, Durg, Chhattisgarh, India is a leading higher education institution in Chhattisgarh. It is affiliated to Hemchand Yadav University, Durg. The college has been conferred with the status of autonomy by UGC in 1989. The college was accredited with a grade ‘A+’ by NAAC in the Fourth cycle and has been recognized by UGC as ‘College with Potential for Excellence (CPE), receiving the grant under III Phase of the scheme. Five departments from the faculty of Science and one from Social Science have been identified by UGC under CPE scheme as highly rated departments. The institute has been shortlisted and recognized under DBT Star College Scheme by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Govt. of India. Under this scheme, 6 departments from the faculty of Science have been selected for providing financial support. The Department of Chemistry was recognized under the Funds for improving Science and Technology Infrastructure (FIST) Scheme by the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India.
The college has the distinction of being one of the 20 prominent institutions across the country to have been selected for providing suggestions on National Higher Education Qualification Framework (NHEQF) of India. The college is selected in
Paramarsh Scheme of UGC for mentoring of other Institute of this region.
Awarded Global awards 2021 as Excellence in educational services for Best Research Impact under the “College Awards” Category. The Department of Higher Education, Govt. of Chhattisgarh has identified this institution as Lead College of District Durg to mentor and monitor academic and administrative functioning of other govt. and non-govt. colleges in this region.
The college offers UG and PG courses in Science, Arts and Commerce streams. Equipped with 22 teaching departments of which 17 are PG departments, and 104 faculty members, it has 16 departments recognized as research centers.
