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D. G. Ruparel College of Arts, Science and Commerce

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Established
  
1952

Campus
  
Urban

Founded
  
1952

Principal
  
Dr. Tushar M. Desai

Phone
  
098768 04720

Motto
  
For the spread of light

Type
  
Junior and Degree College

Vice Principal
  
Prof. Dilip S. Maske; Prof. (Mrs.) Neeta S. Tatke

Affiliations
  
University of MumbaiMaharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education

Address
  
Senapati Bapat Marg, Mahim West, Mahim, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400016

Notable alumni
  
Aishwarya Rai, Anil Kakodkar, Ajit Agarkar, Suresh Prabhu, Siddhartha Jadhav

Similar
  
University of Mumbai, Ramnarain Ruia College, Jai Hind College, Ramniranjan Anandilal Podar Co, Sathaye College

Profiles

The D.G. Ruparel College of Arts, Science and Commerce is a college in Matunga, Mumbai, India. It is run by Modern Education Society, Pune and is affiliated with the University of Mumbai, and has been referred to as "prestigious" by The Times of India.

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History

Ruparel College was founded in 1952. Its campus occupies 10 acres (40,000 m2) of land in Matunga, an inner suburb of Mumbai. The campus features green landscaping with trees and a botany garden, and is known for its attractiveness. It offers undergraduate and graduate degrees, including Ph.D. programs in chemistry, physics, and zoology, and has an enrollment of around 1,500 students. Ruparel College has been visited by Indira Gandhi, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (former President of India), P.C. Alexander (former governor of Maharashtra) and Ram Kapse (former Lt. Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands).

Certifications

Ruparel College is certified as an A grade college, the third highest rating, indicating an institutional score of 85-90 on a 100-point scale, by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) of India, in its most recent assessment by the NAAC in 2010. Ruparel College has 64 permanent teachers and 23 ad hoc teachers. Of its permanent teachers, 22 hold Ph.D. degrees. Several faculty members are engaged in original research in Economics, English, Philosophy, Psychology, Chemistry, Botany, Physics, Mathematics, and Zoology.

Accomplishments

Ruparel attracted attention when it began producing a string of merit list winners, beginning in the early 1980s. In 2005, three of the top ten student merit list winners, and three of the top ten faculty merit list winners, for the Maharashtra State Mumbai division were from Ruparel. Ruparel has been recommended by education consultants as the best college in Mumbai for science.

The school has a strong sports program and has produced several winners of the Arjuna award and the Chhatrapati Shivaji Award, and several cricket stars. It also has strong extracurricular programs in chess and yoga, and its junior Kho Kho team has won the state trophy seventeen times.

The college NCC Unit has an equally prestigious history. The unit is attached to the 3 Mah Bn NCC and has produced over 40 NCC cadets who went on to join the Indian Armed Forces. The list of over 30 cadets who have participated in the Republic Day Parade at New Delhi over the years is also a matter of great pride.

Initiatives

The D. G. Ruparel College has been known for pioneering several initiatives over the years. The college was one of the first in India to provide a Women’s Development Cell to focus on providing support specifically for female students and faculty. In January 2011, it initiated the ‘Chai and Why’ sessions in association with the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Mumbai on the lines of Café Scientifique in order to make science interesting and accessible to the general public. Later that year, the college became the first one in Mumbai to introduce ICT (information and communication technology) in daily learning and teaching by allowing its students to take online topic-wise tests and using online software to show different experiments in science courses.

Notable alumni

  • Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (Actress, second year onwards)
  • Ajit Agarkar (Cricketer)
  • Amol Dighe (Scientist)
  • Anil Kakodkar (Scientist)
  • Antara Mali (Actress)
  • Ankush Chaudhari (Actor)
  • Arvind S. Nadkarni (Poet)
  • Ashok Hande (Producer, Performer)
  • Disha Vakani (Actress)
  • Mugdha Chaphekar (Actress)
  • Rajani Pandit (Detective)
  • Ram Kapse (Politician and Lt Governor of Andaman and Nicobar islands)
  • Ramakant Desai (Cricketer)
  • Ramesh Powar (Cricketer)
  • Shridhar Phadke (Musician)
  • Devendra Karlekar (Entrepreneur)
  • Rita Paravde (Surgeon)
  • Siddarth Jadhav (Actor)
  • Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu (Minister of Railways (India))
  • Urmila Matondkar (Actress)
  • Sonarika Bhadoria (Actress)
  • Veena Jamkar (Marathi actress)
  • Sakhi Gokhale (Actress)
  • Rattan Mohan Sharma (classical vocalist)
  • Kedar Pandit (tabla player and music director)
  • References

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