About College

Government Degree College for Women, Anantnag (GDCWA) was established in 1979 as the first women’s College in South Kashmir with a fundamental aim that the women of the adjoining areas get easy access to quality higher education. Started as a fledgling with 21 students, 07 teaching faculty members, two non-teaching members, one building of nine rooms, offering one program, the College has steadily evolved into a full-blown tree having more than 6000 students, forty-two courses, six programs, and 121 faculty members, 12 buildings, and 42 classrooms in 2020. Spread over 35 Kanals of land in the heart of Anantnag city, the College has been a preferred educational destination for the young women of many Jammu and Kashmir districts, including AnantnagBanihal, Kulgam, Kishtwar, Pulwama, Shopian, and Srinagar. In its four decades of service, the College has transformed thousands of lives by its commitment to empowering women with the wings of quality education along with the values of equality and equity. It is this unfailing commitment to quality education that the College has been able to produce alumni who have occupied key positions in society at the regional, national, and international levels. Our focus on quality education is encrusted with a repertoire of co-curricular and extra-curricular activities aimed at the overall development of our students. Seminars, debates, quizzes, talks, conferences, cultural programs, and sporting events are an established norm in our College.

Distinguished for the infrastructural facilities, the College has 42 ICT-driven classrooms, three computer labs, two browsing centers, well-equipped science laboratories, a spacious auditorium, an e-content studio, an indoor stadium, and an extensive collection of books in our central library. Distinguished for the infrastructural facilities, the College has 42 ICT-driven classrooms, three computer labs, two browsing centers, well-equipped science laboratories, a spacious auditorium, an e-content studio, an indoor stadium, and an extensive collection of books in our central library.

In terms of the student services, the College has adequate facilities for pre-admission counseling, financial help to the deserving, underprivileged, orphan, and differently-abled students, printing and xerox, basic hygiene, medical and healthcare services, a fair-price shop, canteen, and a gym and yoga center. In terms of the student services, the College has adequate facilities for pre-admission counseling, financial help to the deserving, underprivileged, orphan, and differently-abled students, printing and xerox, basic hygiene, medical and healthcare services, a fair-price shop, canteen, and a gym and yoga center.