Government Postgraduate College, Jind began its academic odyssey in pursuit of excellence on 16 July 1960 as Public College, Jind. It came to acquire its present mantle and name exactly one year after its inception, i.e. on 17 July 1961. when it was taken over by the State Government. Ardently engaged in the pious task of serving the academic Interest of the students of this historically rich but educationally and socially backward region of Haryana, this college, with the passage of time, has carved out a niche for itself in the academic world. The status of this college in the academic world can be gauged from the very fact that NAAC has adjudged this college as one of the four best Government Colleges in Haryana with B+ grade. The college has the distinction of being one of the oldest and the biggest colleges in Haryana. Its campus is spread over an area of about fifteen acres. The well-maintained parks and lawns and lush-green trees and plants provide sylvan surroundings to the campus. Besides having fully-developed playgrounds for cricket, badminton, basketball, volleyball, football, handball, hockey, kabaddi, kho-kho, wrestling and all the major athletic events, the college possesses an imposing building consisting of a well-stocked and efficiently-managed library with spacious reading rooms for boys, girls and staff a three-storey building consisting of 90 rooms and 2 seminar halls, 6 staff quarters and 4 big parking lots.
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