“All the wealth of the world cannot help one little Indian village if the people are not taught to help themselves. Our work should be mainly educational, both moral and intellectual.”
-Swami Vivekananda's letter to Swami Suddhananda, 11^th July 1897, Almora.

Vivekananda Satavarshiki Mahavidyalaya was established in the year 1964 in commemoration of birth centenary of Swami Vivekananda. It was an outcome of a tremendous moral and financial support and farsightedness of some of the most sincere and enlightened local people. The college is situated amidst quiet natural surroundings in a small town called Manikpara, located between Kharagpur and Jhargram. 
Vivekananda Satavarshiki Mahavidyalaya, has since its inception in 1964, tried to integrate itself as not only an educational institution to the relatively backward hamlet of Manikpara, but as a site of community empowerment through mentorship and guidance in various ways. Goaded with serious challenges of transport, the college becomes a vital point of access to higher education for the people of the Manikpara village and other smaller villages in the surroundings.
In a world affected by serious climate change concerns, the college adopts it as a vision to present itself as a green campus to spread awareness amongst the local inhabitants about a possible future in which climate change could be answered by local solutions where educational institutions and inhabitants become equal stakeholders.
With post-Coronavirus scenario bringing up newer challenges for the higher education scenario in this country, Vivekananda’s perception of an education that its at once collective and centred on the community motivates us for a world fraught with greater realities.In future times, V.S. Mahavidyalaya hopes to be site of collective active association that secures the colourful multicultural reality of the Jhargram district, through education and empowerment.
In spite of several adversities and constraints, some of our students have performed remarkably well at the University exams, S.S.C.exams and NET and have also been pursuing higher education in reputed institute. Some of our students have been serving as faculty members (both full-time and SACT) in our college presently, a tradition we would like to continue in future with sincerity and confidence.