Ruparel College
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The D.G. Ruparel College of Arts, Science and Commerce is a college in Matunga, Mumbai, India. It is affiliated with the University of Mumbai, and has been referred to as "prestigious" by the Times of India.[1]
Ruparel College was founded in 1952. Its campus occupies ten acres 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.[2] It offers undergraduate and graduate degrees, including Ph.D. programs in chemistry, physics, and zoology, and has an enrollment of around 1,500 students.[3]
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 of India. Its most recent assessment by the NAAC was in 2002-2003. 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.[3]
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. [1] Ruparel has been recommended by education consultants as the best college in Mumbai for science.[4]
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.[2]
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.[3]
Prominent alumni of Ruparel College include:[3][2]
- Anil Kakodkar, Secretary of the Department of Atomic Energy of India
- Ajit Agarkar, cricketer
- Ramakant Desai, cricketer
- Antara Mali, actress
- Aishwarya Rai, actress and Miss World of 1994
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Ruparel College has been visited by Indira Gandhi, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (former President of India), and P.C. Alexander (former governor of Maharashtra).
[edit] External links
- Ruparel College official website
- NAAC Accredited Colleges of Maharashtra
- Times of India feature on Ruparel College
[edit] References
- ^ "Students hail order on pvt. classes-prof. Nexus", The Times of India, June 26, 1998. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
- ^ a b c "D G Ruparel College", The Times of India. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
- ^ a b c d Upadhyaya, K.C.; Sundararajan, N. and Miglani, K.L. (August 23). DRAFT REPORT ON THE INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITATION OF THE D.G. RUPAREL COLLEGE OF ARTS, COMMERCE AND SCIENCE, MUMBAI (DOC). Peer Team Report pp. 15. National Assessment And Accreditation Council. Retrieved on May 7, 2006.
- ^ Colleges in Mumbai or Bombay. SaviodSilva.com. Retrieved on May 7, 2006.
