SHREE GURU GOBIND SINGH JEE GOVT. College at Paonta Sahib , the land sanctified by the Holy feet of Great Sikh Guru Gobind Singh Jee was started in June 1994 to cater to the long felt need for higher education in the area. It was formally inaugurated by the then Chief Minister, Himachal Pradesh, to commemorate the tercentenary of the birth of the 'Khalsa in 1999.

The College, which started functioning in an old kandsari Mill is located at Shubhkhere about 1.5 kms from Paonta Sahib Bus Stand and cater to the needs of Paonta and Shillai Tehsils of Sirmaur Districts and also of some of the adjoining areas of Uttaranchal and Haryana. The college is now seven years old and imparts instructions for B.A., B.Sc. and B.Com degree of the H.P. University, Shimla. When the college started in 1994, the total number of students in faculties of ARTS, Science and Commerce was 323 which now, in 2001, stands at 1256. A new Science Block was built in the year 1995-96.