Durgapur Steel city…. The steel queen of West Bengal is a very organized, planned industrial city. Just 168 Kms from the heart of Kolkata Metro, this place boosts for the rich installation of iron and steel industries. Cement and Fertilizer Factories are also in plenty here. With changing times and the felt need for higher education and a substitute to Kolkata Metro, the efforts of the ex-employees of these steel plants is bringing fruits and lots of esteemed college are coming up here in Durgapur. NIT, NSHM, DSMS, DBMS, Bengal College of Engineering, DIATM, DSPS, Xplod Design School are to name a few. The intake is so huge that some 15 thousand students are taken in every year.