Guru Nanak College is situated in outskirts of Budhlada city. To tribute the 500th birth anniversary of "Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji", it was started in 1971 by eminent personalities of the city keeping in mind the noble cause to make education affordable and accessible to all people of Budhlada city. In beginning, it was under local management but later handed over to SGPC, an apex body of the Sikhs committed to help the humanity, on 9 November 1994 due to less financial resources and other executive problems. After this, college got significant reforms in functioning and infrastructure. The college took a phenomenal pace since 2008 with a radical growth in a number of courses, faculty, infrastructure and other learning resources. Now the college has become prominent organisation of the Mansa District having 12UG and 16 PG courses (excluding UGC Add-On courses). The college has the strength of 164 faculty members and 6500 students with state-of-the-art infrastrure and technology to provide quality education.

• To inculcate the values enshrined in Shri Guru Nanak Dev ji's teaching among students namely, Naam Japo – To remember God at all times, Kirat Karo – To work and earn a livelihood by honest means, Vand Chhako – Sharing with others the wealth acquired through hard work

• To promote critical thinking, life skills and social responsibility among the student community

• To reinforce the existing value systems by incorporating values like social justice and equality

• To acquaint the students with higher national and global values to become critically engaged citizens in serving the society

• To infuse in students a sense of purpose, accountability, responsibility and personal strength to meet the challenges courageously