Markanda National College - MNC Kurukshetra - MNC

Markanda National College was established in 1971 by M.N. College Educational Society primarily to cater the educational needs of this predominantly rural area. At that time no college existed at Ladwa and even at Kurukshetra, the seat of Kurukshetra University, there was only one college called University College which had only brilliant students on its rolls.The establishment of this college with keen efforts of Late Sh. Bakshi Munshi Ram Bhasin proved to be a boon for this area. Ever since its inception the college has not looked back and has been making significant strides. It has developed into a multifaculty institution imparting instructions in English at Post-Graduate level and in Arts, Science and Commerce streams at Under-graduate Level. It also runs two Add-on Career oriented courses in (i) Retailing (ii) ICT. The college is proud of its imposing infrastructure on a 6 acre land and an enviornment conducive to learning . It has a spacious building surrounded by lush green lawns and a playground. The building consists of well maintained class rooms, well equipped Physics and Chemistry labs besides two Air-Conditioned Computer Labs Moreover the college has a spacious canteen , Library with Conference room, an Auditorium, an Eduset Theatre , New Girls Common Room and a Seminar Hall in addition to computerised administrative block and Principal 's residence.The institution has left its mark on social , political , national , cultural, scientific and intellectual aspects of its pupils. The college usually has between 700 and 800 students on its rolls per annum. Besides tradtional subjects, faculties are available for vocational subject marketing and Add-on-courses Retailing /Information and Computer Technology .The college is situated at Ladwa Road at a distance of only 1Km. from both Shahabad(Markanda) Railway station and Bus-stand.