Birla College Of Arts, Science & Commerce

Estd: 1972 |
UGC, NAAC |
Private College |

About Birla College Of Arts, Science & Commerce

Birla College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Kalyan, established in 1972 and affiliated to the University of Mumbai is a multi-faculty institution of higher education with an enrolment of more than 8,500 students.

The College continues to receive the blessings of Syt. Basant Kumar ji Birla - Chairman B. K. Birla Group of Companies and Late (Smt.) Sarala ji Birla.

The College offers UG Programmes in Arts, Science and Commerce and PG Programmes in Botany, Biotechnology, Bioanalytical Sciences, Environmental Science, Chemistry, Computer Science, Information Technology, Physics, Microbiology, Zoology, Hindi, Marathi, History, Political Science, Commerce E-Commerce, and Business Economics and Ph.D. in Botany, Biotechnology, Physics, Microbiology, Chemistry-Nanotechnology, Hindi and History. The College also conducts three year B.M.S., B.Com. (A&F), B. Com. (B&I), B.Com (FM), B.M.M., and 18 months PGDMLT programme. The College has taken initiatives to introduce several need-based interdisciplinary Career Oriented 'Add-on' courses. The College is a Study Centre of YCMO University, Nashik for B.A., B.Com. B.Lib. and I.Sc. and M.B.A. courses and IDOL, University of Mumbai for UG and PG courses.The College has a vibrant work culture and a holistic approach to education is encouraged. The simultaneous development of the intellectual, physical, cultural and emotional faculties of the students is achieved through various academic, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. The results have always been much higher than the University results. Few students figure in the University Merit Lists every year. In extra-curricular activities including NCC, NSS, etc., the performance of students is excellent.The UGC-sponsored 'Gandhian Studies Centre' at the college organizes various activities to inculcate values and thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi among the young minds. The UGC-sponsored 'Women's Studies Centre' aims at promoting and strengthening women's studies through teaching, research, dissemination of knowledge and field action projects of interdisciplinary framework with feminist perspectives.

The College was accredited by NAAC with a 5 Star status in 2002, Re-accredited and awarded 'A' Grade with CGPA – 3.37 in2008 and Reaccredited (Third Cycle) and awarded 'A' Grade with CGPA – 3.58. The UGC has identified our college under the scheme "College with Potential for Excellence" (CPE)(2010). (The UGC has also sanctioned Centre for Foreign Languages, Centre for Epigraphy, Centre for Yoga - Philosophy and Practice under CPE scheme. The College has been awarded the "Best College Award" (in the Urban category) by the University of Mumbai (2009). Recently the College has been bestowed with'College of Excellence' status (2015-2020) by UGC

The College has been certified with the ISO 9001: 2008. The College has been awarded 'IMC - RBNQ Performance Excellence Trophy – 2011' in Education. The College has been sanctioned Rs.1.00 Crore under the FIST (Fund for Improvement of Science and Technology Infrastructure) Programme of DST (Department of Science and Technology) to strengthen Teaching and Research Facilities in all Science Departments. The Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science and Technology, New Delhi, has also sanctioned Rs. 55.00 lacs under the Star College Scheme to various Departments (Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology and Microbiology).

Research is an integral part of teaching. Keeping in mind the same, the college has promoted the research culture. 17 faculty members are PhD guides, Several of faculty members have been awarded PhD Degree / persuing research and are working on major / minor research projects. They have published a number of research papers in National / International journals.

We have signed MOU with many Universities / Institutions in India and abroad (USA, Italy, China, etc.) for faculty exchange, students exchange and for collaborative research.

The College is striving hard towards achieving greater academic excellence.

We remain committed to be a premium Institution of Higher Education, catering to the diverse needs of student fraternity and enable them to develop as intellectually alive, socially responsible citizens ever ready for continuous and professional growth.

The Week, a leading Indian weekly news magazine (5th June, 2011) has ranked Birla College amongst the Best 25 Colleges in the Country in its survey report. In Arts, the College is at12th Rank in the country and 3rd Rank in the West Zone and in Commerce, the College is at 23rd Rank in the country and 8th Rank in the West Zone. In year 2013-14, Department of Science has been ranked 50th in its survey report. Recently, The Week, (21st June 2015) has ranked Birla College 46th amongst the top 50 Science Colleges in India.

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