Mithibai College is a college in Vile Parle, Mumbai, India. Its full name is Mithibai College of Arts, Chauhan Institute of Science & Amruthben Jivanlal College of Commerce and Economics.

Contents 1 History 2 About Mithibai 3 Honours Programme (Degree College) 4 In-house CET Guidance Programme (Junior College) 5 Academic Records 6 Facilities Available In The College 7 College Events 8 Alumni 9 College Address 10 References 11 External links

[edit] History

Aditi joined hands with Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal(SVKM) to form the Mithibhai College. The college was established by Shri Vile Parle Kevlani Mandal in 1961. The Mithibai College of Arts and Chauhan Institute of Science, commonly known as the main wing, was started first, and the Amrutben Jivanlal College of Commerce & Economics & Kathak started 19 years later.^[1]

There is a 30% reservation for Gujarati people and the conventional SC/ST/OBC/females reservation as per the government norms.

[edit] About Mithibai

Mithibai College is one of the progeny of Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal. Incepted in 1934 , Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal began its journey of many miles with a single step; when it took over the Rashtriya Shala, a school established in 1921 in the wake of the National Movement. From its humble beginning 70 years ago SVKM today has grown into a big educational complex imparting high-level education to more than 32,000 students.

Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal (SVKM), as a part of its own Silver Jubilee Celebration, started the Mithibai College of Arts & Mohanlal Dayal Chauhan Institute Of Science in 1961. Amrutben Jivanlal College of Commerce and Economics was an addition in the year 1980; and a complex was thereby formed that embraced the three main streams of education-Arts, Science and Commerce. Need based, career oriented, self financing courses like Bachelor of Management Studies(B.M.S.), B.Sc. & M.Sc. degree courses in Biochemistry, Biotechnology and Computer Science have been introduced by the College subsequently. The college is fortunate enough to have a dedicated parent body in Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal which offers every kind of assistance at every stage. The encouragement which the parent body has been giving to the Principal, staff and students is well-known. The Mandal always been having extremely capable persons at its helm. Keeping pace with the growth of the college, the Mandal has generously invested in expanding the infrastructural facilities like extension of floors on the existing main building, well furnished laboratories, construction of fully air-conditioned annex building.In the midst of the thickly populated suburbs of Mumbai, the students and the staff are provided with a relatively pollution free atmosphere, conducive for studying, as also good canteen facilities and pure and clean water.

Mithibai College is affiliated to the University of Mumbai . The college, Degree and Junior taken together has around 9600 students, 257 teaching staff and 170 non-teaching staff. In spite of the phenomenal growth in the number of students, the standard of discipline has been very well maintained and the student-teacher relations are absolutely cordial. The college situated in Vile Parle with state of the art amenities, ever expanding facilities and an unparalleled infrastructure provides personal counseling to all its students.

The college library, with its vast and eclectic collection of books and journals, quenches the thirst for knowledge of both staff and students. Many of the students have excelled in their examinations and have secured ranks among the First Ten in the University. The college has provided many top executives to the reputed business houses including multinational companies in India and abroad. Many of the students have been successful industrialists, academicians, sports persons and famous film & theater personalities. Students are also helpful in their placements in the industries.

The college gives utmost attention to the overall development of the personality of students and it has initiated Honours Programme in the Degree College and in-house CET guidance programme in the junior college for the benefit of the students. Students are encouraged to participate in co-curricular, extra-curricular activities and sports. While thus always ensuring academic and co-curricular facilities to a vibrant student community, the college has always been conscious of its role as a constructive and responsible component of the larger society.^[2]

Mithibai College-an epitome of progressively widening horizon to thousands of alumni, ensures academic and co-curricular facilities to a vibrant student community. Its consistent and unstinting efforts in this direction are borne out by the fact that students enter the college, young, immature, uncertain, bewildered, but leave its portals still young, but much more mature, self-confident and focused, ready to lead rich lives of their own even while enriching that of the society.^[3]

[edit] Honours Programme (Degree College)

It has been observed that there are lots of limitations in the University affiliated system since there is no timely update in the curriculum which is of utmost importance as the world is progressing at a much higher rate and knowledge is expanding exponentially. There is a creation of a huge gap between what the college is catering to the students under University system and what industry/job market needs from their recruits. In this context the college has initiated HONOURS PROGRAM, which is not only supplementary to academics but also involves industry oriented and industry exposure to the undergraduate and post-graduate students. In addition, it also incorporates some common programs such as personality development, presentation skills, communication skills, entrepreneurs skills, stress management and training candidates for better performance at the interviews. Under this program the students enrolled are requested to successfully complete 180 credits in their three year degree course by opting for various modules.^[4]

honoring miss india world 2008 and miss world 1st runner up 2008 miss parvathy omanakuttan and miss neha dalvi the college bride,upcoming actress and participating in miss india and miss world in coming year were honoured by all svkm colleges.

[edit] In-house CET Guidance Programme (Junior College)

After introduction of MHT-CET (Maharashtra Health-Technical Common Entrance Test) by the Government of Maharashtra, the HSC Science students have shifted their focus from the regular examinations to the CETs. As a result, the attendance of students in the classrooms has substantially declined, particularly after the month of December. The majority of students aspired to take CET coaching by spending huge amounts. There is no provision for preparing the HSC students for CETs in the Board’s curriculum or junior college programme. Whereas the inclination of students to turn to provide coaching classes is understandable, it is also necessary to provide them with proper orientation, necessary skills and practice of solving application-based MCQs(Multiple Choice Questions) to enable them to successfully take the CETs. As a part of its endeavours to add quality to its various programmes, the college decided to provide support to the HSC Science students studying in the college, in preparing themselves for MHT-CETs, AIEEE and other such tests. MHT-CETs require altogether a different approach and hence stress is given on the proper orientation of students along with the training so that they can pass the CET examination with flying colours. MHT-CET Guidance Pogramme includes chapter-wise teaching orientation of the students followed by the MCQ tests and then briefing sessions so as to know where students make common mistakes and how they can improve upon the same. Usually, the lectures of In-house CET in the college begins in the month of January in FYJC(First Year Junior College) Science. The coordinator of the programme is Mr. Mayur Mehta of the Department of Chemistry of Mithibai. From the month of September-October, regular tests are taken 4 times a week if Maths, Chemistry, Physics and Biology is taken and 3 tests is Maths, Chemistry and Physics is only taken. Students who cannot not joined the programme earlier can join during that time for rigorous test practice. ^[5]

[edit] Academic Records

According to the college website-

Mithibai College of Arts and Chauhan Institute of Science have established a rich tradition of academic excellence and brilliant records in curricular and extra curricular activities since 1960. The Commerce faculty in A J College which was added to it in 1980 has inherited the rich culture of its elder sister institutions and has also continued with the excellent performance in the academic and extra curricular activities.

The strength of students, teaching and non-teaching staff and academic results at BA, B Sc and B Com is as per Annexure IV and V respectively. The highlights of important activities / features of the College are as follows:

H.S.C. results At the 2002 Examination, Vora Viral Dinesh stood 10th in the overall Merit List as well as in Science Vocational (Electronics). Prominent merit holders in Science faculty are Mehta Kripsa Mahesh (91.3%), Jisha Susan Babru (91%) and Mendon Namrata Narayan (90.5%).Desai Khevana Mrudulbhai from the Arts faculty secured 6th rank (81.7%) while Goenka Pooja Pawanstood 7th (80.5%) and Bhaita Ekta Vikram and Jodhani Vishal Mukesh both stood 14th, securing (79%) marks.

At the 2003 Examination, Shah Reema Atul stood 8th (92.7%), Mullanfiroze Khushnuma Parvez stood 10th (92.3%), and Kanchwala Aasia Shabir stood 13th (91.8%) in Science faculty. Pansari Chaman Suresh stood 15th (93.7%) in Science Vocational, while Gandhi Meghna Naresh stood 7th (82%), Archana Achuthan and Shah Jalpa Pankaj stood 9th (81.3%) in the Arts faculty. University Merit List (first ten candidates) At the TYBSc March-April 2003 examination, Ms Shetty Shyama P. obtained 89.75% marks, Ms Roy Nainita A. obtained 86% marks and Ms Rumane Mueena K. obtained 84.4% marks, securing 2nd, 4th, and 8th rank, respectively.

TYBA: At the March-April 2002 examination, Kum. Sapana Navnit Asha Dholakia received the gold medal for securing the highest marks in Philosophy. He was also awarded the Shri Laxmi Narayan Mandir and Madhavbag Charities Scholarship and the Dr. F.G. Selby Memorial Prize in Philosophy. Kum. Sweta Sangani received The Kant Shatabdi Shishyanitti Scholarship in Gujarati, the Shrimati Tulaja Gawri Krishanlal Jhaveri Scholarship and the Sheth Maganlal Jeshingbhai Arts Prize in Gujarati. Lushoo Kapil Manju Kapoor received the Lotus Foundation Scholarship of 2002.

TYBCom: At the March-April 2002 examination, Manish Subhash Rekha Sethi got The Prof. P.C. Hansotia Memorial Endowment Prize for Financial Accountancy and Auditing. He also received The Jai T. Desai Prize and The Institute of Chartered Accounts of India Prize. He was amongst the first five rank holders in the University Merit List.

TYBSc: At the March 2003 examination, Sen Arthalata Ashok and Dave Namita Ramanlal were amongst the first five rank holders in the University Merit List. ^[6]

[edit] Facilities Available In The College

According to the college website-

LIBRARY

”That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with profit”. The Library has an unparalleled collection of over 57,000 books and 109 journals and periodicals. For the convenience of the students, the library is open six days a week from 7:00 am to 5:30 pm on an average day and from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm during the examination. Apart from Home-Lending system against readers' tickets on weekly basis, there is a Book-Bank facility whereby students can borrow books for a year. Reprographic facility along with the availability of Computer and Audio/video cassettes re the value added facilities provided by the institution. There are departmental libraries too in certain subjects. A good library is a backbone of higher education, the college realizes this fact and consequently give it, due importance.

COMPUTERS

The college runs B.Sc.(Computer Science), a full time degree course under Computer Science Department, which has also incepted M.Sc. (Computer Science) from June 2004. This department is provided with two well-equipped Computer Labs along with a total number of 44 computers and one server. The facility is not just made available to the Computer Science students but First Year B.M.S. and Third Year B.Com. students can also avail of this facility. The College has separate Computer Lab for First and Second Year Junior College I.T. students. Besides central computing facility, eight departments are provided with computers.

STUDENTS' COUNCIL

The college has duly constituted Students' Council with Principal as Chairman, One lecturer nominated by Principal, NCC officer, NSS programme officer, Director of Sports, One meritorious student from each class and outstanding student from each of the following activities NSS, Sports, NCC, cultural activities and two lady students nominated by the Principal. Tenure of the Students' Council is one academic year.

GYMKHANA / SPORTS

Gymkhana Hall with 2 Table Tennis Tables, Chess Boards & 4 Carrom Boards.

Swimming pool, Courts for Badminton, Tennis, Basketball, Cricket pitch etc. are hired for providing ammunities to the students.

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[edit] College Events

As per the college website-

Sports Endeavors

The students have always been encouraged to participate in sports activities and physical training. To do full justice to this endeavor, the college has appointed a person especially for the conduct of sports activities. Though the college is situated in the heart of the western suburbs, and though a sylvan campus is lacking, the sports-persons of the college have never felt disadvantaged by this. Reputed coaches in the respective sports/games are appointed to train the students. Sports kits as well as allowances are provided to the sports-persons in order to encourage them to participate in sports/games. It is a matter of great pride that the prestigious Guru Nanak General Championship Trophy of the University of Mumbai was bagged by the college for 12 consecutive years . Many of Mithibai's sports-persons have been representing the University, the state and also the country. Many of them are the recipients of the prestigious Shri Shivchhatrapati Award of the State and the Arjuna Award at the National level.

National Cadet Corps ( N C C ) Brave Hearts

During the academic year 2002-2003 the enrolment was 20 for boys and girls. The college had 4 cadets in III year, 6 cadets II year and 10 cadets in the I year.

The College NCC Committee is a very cohesive unit of teachers in Junior and Degree college. Mithibai's girl cadets Ms. Simi Sound attended Group Selection Pre-RDC and RDC camp at Mumbai, Ahmednagar and Delhi . The five cadets attended various camps during the year. Almost all the cadets have cleared the B-Certificate or the C-Certificate examination of the NCC.

The college has NCC notice board at a prominent place in the college foyer where, articles and achievements of the cadets; along with advertisement in various publications related to services for the benefit of cadets in particular and all the students of this college in general, are displayed from time to time. This has been proved very useful for the students and is highly appreciated by them.

National Service Scheme ( N S S )

N.S.S. with its three pillars Seva, Sadbhavana and Satkarma guides and motivates us in every aspect and always been synonymous with social projects and has also played a major role in upholding the down trodden and disaster stricken besides shouldering the responsibility of upholding moral values in society. The motto of N.S.S. is to evoke in every individual the feeling of ‘Not me, But you' and involve college youth in social service.

Alumni Interaction

The association had its first function on 14th August 2002 . A past student of Mithibai College Dr. (Mrs.) Madhavi Pandya was invited. Her lecture was very informative and was well appreciated by the staff members of the college.

The second function of the association was held on 5th, 6th and 7th September, 2002. A past student of Mithibai college, Mr. Sahetya, volunteered to undertake a free eye check up for all the teaching & non-teaching and students of the Mithibai college. The eye camp was very successful. Mr. Sahetya arranged his staff and equipment and very enthusiastically undertook the eye check-up personally supervising each individual. N.S.S. Volunteers helped a great deal in the administrative aspect of the function.

The third program of the Association was held on 5th and 6th December, 2002 . The Association decided to have a program on Career Counseling during the Kshitij festival especially for 12th Std. Science students, Career Counseling was mainly aimed at informing the students about the different choices. They have in their careers and keep on alternative line of action ready in case they fail to take up a career of their choice.

the fourth program is always attracted by all colleges of mumbai and that is fashion show and the fashion models of our college there are many models in many colleges but not like our college models our college models bagged many best female and male awards and sasche in 5 consecutive years in many colleges across mumbai and nationally such as 'neha dalvi' and 'farhan khan'.

even after winning our college models try in 'modeling' or in 'miss india' or 'gladrags' themselves for a good platform. we are proud of these models who bring our college on a good level in cultural activities:

'models' such as:

neha dalvi, parvathy omanakuttan, nurin sha, farhad mehta, farhan khan, digpal ranawat, annies madraswala, aryan tejani, jahan raheja, nida shaikh, aditi gaonkar, renu pandya and many more.................. ^[8]

[edit] Alumni

• Aamir Khan, Actor
• Abhishek Bachchan, Actor
• Anu Malik, Music Producer, Actor
• Rani Mukerji, actress
• Kareena Kapoor, actress
• Sushmita Sen,actress
• Sudha Chandran,actress
• Namrata Shirodkar,actress
• Madhu Sapre,model,miss universe finalist
• Priyadarshini,model,miss universe finalist
• Raveena Tandon, actress
• Vivek Oberoi, actor
• Shahid Kapoor, actor
• Bobby Deol, actor
• Ekta Kapoor, TV producer
• Ayesha Takia,actress
• Riya Sen,actress
• Raima Sen,actress
• Ajay Devgan, actor
• Hiten Tejwani, actor
• Esha Deol, actres
• Tushar Kapoor,actor
• Hrishitaa Bhatt, actress
• Urmila Matondkar,actress
• Tushar Gandhi, great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi
• Rakhi Sawant, actress
• Vatsal Seth,actor
• Parvathy Omanakuttan, First Runner Up of Miss World 2008
• Bhagyashree Patwardhan, actor
• Shreyas Talpade, actor
• Neha dalvi,upcoming actress,participating in miss india and miss world
• Karan Patel, actor
• Harman Baweja, actor
• Rahul Sharma, Percussionist

[edit] College Address

Mithibai College Of Arts, Chauhan Institute Of Science & Amrutben Jivanlal College of Commerce and Economics,

Bhaktivedant Marg,

Vile Parle (W),

Mumbai(Bombay).

Maharashtra, India. Pin-Code: 400 056.

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[edit] References

http://www.mithibai.svkm.ac.in/main.asp?mpage=aboutus.htm http://aspspider.info/decentajay/main.asp?mpage=academic_rec.htm http://aspspider.info/decentajay/main.asp?mpage=facilities.htm http://aspspider.info/decentajay/main.asp?mpage=contactus.htm http://aspspider.info/decentajay/main.asp?mpage=college_events.htm Mithibai College Prospectus of Junior College 2008-2009

[edit] External links

• Official website