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In the year 1916, Dr. Karve established SNDT University
with a vision to establish an educational institution where
girls could blossom into confident, self-reliant, responsible
individuals, who could later be a source of strength to
their families and community-“ Sannskrita Stri Parashakti”
( “An Enlightened Woman” is a source of infinite
strength).
After the University closed its Hindi medium division in
the year 1957-58, many students found difficult to continue
education after Matric. It was at this juncture that Marwari
Sammelan, which always had been in the forefront of propagating
and promulgating Hindi, came forward to establish this Hindi
medium college.
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PRINCIPAL
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1958, the College started pre-university and first year
classes on experimental basis. Impressed by the proficiency
and dedication of the Sammelan, Smt. Nathibai Damodar Thackersey
Women’s University granted affiliation to pre-university
classes in 1960. Thereafter, F.Y.B.A and S.Y.B.A classes
were affiliated in the year 1961 & 62 respectively.
In the year 1963 College received a generous donation of
Rs 75,000 from Smt. Bhagirathibai Manmal Ruia Trust. As
a reciprocating gesture to this goodwill the college was
named after the founder of the trust as ‘Smt. Bhagirathibai
Manmal Ruia College’. For almost 10 years this college
operated from Vidya Bhawan, Sitaram Poddar Marg, Mumbai.
With the growing popularity the strength of students also
multiplied. The limited space available at Vidya Bhawan
was now restricting the sky high aspirations of the faculty
and students. In the year 1968 the College was shifted to
the present location, Krishna Kunj, Vachha Gandhi Road,
Mumbai-7 and the small building of the College soon grew
5 storeys tall. To cater to the diverse academic needs of
the students, the College started Higher Secondary classes
for Arts and Commerce, ie. Junior Classes along with the
Degree Courses.
As an appreciation for the high standard of education and
all-round development of the students, the SNDT University
granted permanent affiliation to the College in June 1979.
The college further introduced number of vocational courses
in Commerce with the financial support of U.G.C. in June
1998. In addition, the College now has many self financed
Courses (both Hindi and English medium) to prepare the students
to confront the continuously changing challenges of present
dynamic environment.
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| Vision: |
Empowerment
and Enlightenment of women by envisaging their aspirations in the
light of wisdom,
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| Mission: |
Empowerment
of women through academic excellence, promotion of the national language
Hindi, cultural awareness and contribution towards nation building.
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| Objectives
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General: -
(a) To assist each student in developing intellectually thereby
making them self-dependent through academic, co-curricular and extra
curricular activities.
(b) To motivate towards successful and bright future by making them
self-confident.
(c) To inculcate basic ethical and moral values in student community
for their perfect personality development.
(d) To encourage students to imbibe traditional moral values based
on Indian culture and heritage.
(e) To inculcate
sense of service before self and sense of social and national awareness
among students.
(f) To create among students sense of sincerity, devotion. truth
and honesty towards the nation..
(g) To develop a sense of generosity, broad mindedness, selflessness
among students and encourage them to lay foundation of healthy and
well- civilized family and society.
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| Support
Infrastructure: |
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LIBRARY:
The College library
boasts of a huge collection of approx. 21,000 books on various subjects
by renowned authors. Besides this the college subscribes to around
38 journals, magazines, periodicals to update and facilitate both
the students and the teachers. Apart from this the library also
has a good number of audio-visual aids (225 CDs/VCDs, 65 audio &
video cassettes).
Every year latest books and other publications are added to the
collection. Added feature of the library is that it is fully computerized.
One can browse through the entire library database to locate any
book by Author, Title, Keywords, Subject etc. categories within
few seconds.
Issue / Return of Books : Students are allowed
to borrow one book at a time. The book is issued for one week against
the library card. In case the book is not returned on the due date,
fine will be charged day wise for each extra day.
Book Bank: There is a book bank facility in the library.
The students can borrow text books for the whole academic year by
paying a nominal deposit fee of Rs.5/- per book. The books issued
must be returned one week before the commencement of the final exam.
COMPUTER CENTRE :
The College has a fully air conditioned computer room equipped with
latest computers (with Internet connection), printers and other
computer accessories.
INTERNET FACILITY
The College has computers specifically for Internet access. This
facility is provided absolutely free to encourage research based
learning. It also helps in broadening the thinking horizon of the
students by exposing them to diverse views on any subject.
AUDITORIUM
/ AUDIO VISUAL ROOM
The College has an air-conditioned auditorium with a capacity of
250 people. It is well equipped with audio-video facilities including
LCD Projector.
GYMNASIUM
The College gym has state of art fitness equipments like Electronic
Treadmill, Exercise cycle, Twister, ‘U’ Station, Multi-pulley
etc. A professional instructor is available during working hours
to guide the students on exercise, diet and fitness regimes.
CANTEEN
The college canteen offers hygienic, healthy and nutritious snacks
and mini-meals to students at reasonable rates.
COMMON
ROOM
COUNSELLING
CENTRE
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