Located in the adjacent area of East Kanthalpara, the hallowed birthplace of the prominent litterateur and nationalist Rishi Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Rishi Bankim Chandra College for Women began its journey as erstwhile Rishi Bankim Chandra College on 15th January, 1947. From August, 1964, a morning section solely meant for women was started within the same premises. The college was rechristened as Rishi Bankim Chandra College for Women on and from 13th July 1984.

The college was to soon carve its own niche by functioning independently and was included under University Grant Commission 2f and 12b acts in the year 1998. Rishi Bankim Chandra College for Women was accredited by NAAC on August 2004 in the first and November 2016 in the second cycle. Apart from offering courses in Honours/General of the B.A. / B.Sc. stream the college has started programmes in new and career oriented subjects viz- Journalism and Physiology. The college has extended its infrastructural facilities by constructing a new building to the east of its present campus named Vidyasagar Bhavan. With a complete new block as its stronghold, the college is on its way to expand the facilities which might have faced some constraints earlier. Now, it can boast of a better equipped spacious library, more classrooms, laboratories for new courses like Journalism and Physiology, rooms for National Service Scheme and National Cadet Corps. In addition, the college now owns two separate two storied buildings of which Ananga Bhavan houses Dept of Zoology, day care centre, additional classrooms and laboratories, NCC and NSS offices, and the other building is being modified right now for classrooms to cater to the demands of CBCS system.