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 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.
Ruparel College was founded in 1952. Its campus occupies 10 acres (40,468.6 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).
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, 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.
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 D. G. Ruparel 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.
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.
Matunga
Matunga is a district located in the central part of Mumbai. It is a railway station on the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. This station is called Matunga on the Central railway line, Matunga Road on the Western line and King's Circle, on the Harbour Line...
, Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. It is run by Modern Education Society, Pune and is affiliated with the University of Mumbai
University of Mumbai
The University of Mumbai , is a state university located in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It was known as the University of Bombay until 1996 when the city of Bombay was renamed as Mumbai. The affiliated colleges of the university are spread throughout the city of Mumbai and four coastal districts in...
, and has been referred to as "prestigious" by the Times of India.
Ruparel College was founded in 1952. Its campus occupies 10 acres (40,468.6 m²) of land in Matunga, an inner suburb of Mumbai. The campus features green landscaping
Landscaping
Landscaping refers to any activity that modifies the visible features of an area of land, including:# living elements, such as flora or fauna; or what is commonly referred to as gardening, the art and craft of growing plants with a goal of creating a beautiful environment within the landscape.#...
with trees and a botany garden
Garden
A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the display, cultivation, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. The garden can incorporate both natural and man-made materials. The most common form today is known as a residential garden, but the term garden has...
, and is known for its attractiveness. It offers undergraduate and graduate degrees, including Ph.D. programs in chemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
, physics
Physics
Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
, and zoology
Zoology
Zoology |zoölogy]]), is the branch of biology that relates to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct...
, and has an enrollment of around 1,500 students. Ruparel College has been visited by Indira Gandhi
Indira Gandhi
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhara was an Indian politician who served as the third Prime Minister of India for three consecutive terms and a fourth term . She was assassinated by Sikh extremists...
, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy was the sixth President of India, serving from 1977 to 1982 and was the only person to be elected President of India unopposed....
(former President of India
President of India
The President of India is the head of state and first citizen of India, as well as the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces. President of India is also the formal head of all the three branches of Indian Democracy - Legislature, Executive and Judiciary...
), P.C. Alexander (former governor of Maharashtra
Governors of Maharashtra
This is a list of governors of the erstwhile Bombay State and Maharashtra :-See also:* Government of Maharashtra* Governors of India* Kateekal Sankaranarayanan...
) and Ram Kapse (former Lt. Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands).
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
National Assessment and Accreditation Council
The National Assessment and Accreditation Council is an organization that assesses and accredits institutions of higher education in India. It is an autonomous body funded by University Grants Commission of Government of India headquartered in Bangalore.-History:NAAC was established in 1994 in...
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
Economics
Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
, English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, Philosophy
Philosophy
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
, Psychology
Psychology
Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...
, Chemistry, Botany
Botany
Botany, plant science, or plant biology is a branch of biology that involves the scientific study of plant life. Traditionally, botany also included the study of fungi, algae and viruses...
, Physics, Mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
, and Zoology.
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
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
.
The school has a strong sports program and has produced several winners of the Arjuna award
Arjuna award
The Arjuna Awards were instituted in 1961 by the government of India to recognize outstanding achievement in National sports. The award carries a cash prize of 500,000, a bronze statuette of Arjuna and a scroll....
and the Chhatrapati Shivaji Award, and several cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
stars. It also has strong extracurricular programs in chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
and yoga
Yoga
Yoga is a physical, mental, and spiritual discipline, originating in ancient India. The goal of yoga, or of the person practicing yoga, is the attainment of a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquility while meditating on Supersoul...
, and its junior Kho Kho
Kho Kho
Kho Kho is an Indian and Pakistani sport played by teams of twelve players who try to avoid being touched by members of the opposing team, only 9 players of the team enter the field...
team has won the state trophy seventeen times.
The D. G. Ruparel 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.
The college was one of the first in India to provide a Women’s Development
Women in India
The status of women in India has been subject to many great changes over the past few millennia. From equal status with men in ancient times through the low points of the medieval period, to the promotion of equal rights by many reformers, the history of women in India has been eventful...
Cell to focus on providing support specifically for female students and faculty.
Notable alumni
- Anil KakodkarAnil KakodkarAnil Kakodkar is an eminent Indian nuclear scientist and mechanical engineer. He was the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission of India and the Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Atomic Energy. Before leading India's Nuclear Programme, he was the Director of the Bhabha Atomic...
- Ajit AgarkarAjit AgarkarAjit Bhalchandra Agarkar is an Indian international cricketer, who has been on the fringes of the Indian side in both tests and one day matches since his debut in 1998...
(Cricketer) - Ramesh PowarRamesh PowarRamesh Rajaram Powar is an Indian cricketer. He is an alumnus of Ruparel College of Science, Commerce and Arts in Matunga, Mumbai. He is a useful lower order batsman and off spinner who plays in the Indian ODI team...
(Cricketer) - Siddarth JadhavSiddarth JadhavSiddharth Jadhav is an Indian film actor. He is popular on television and has acted in Marathi movies throughout his career. He is known for his comic roles in Marathi Cinema...
(Actor) - Shridhar PhadkeShridhar Phadke-Early life:Shridhar Phadke was born on September 9, 1950 in Mumbai. He is son of the famous Marathi singer and composer Sudhir Phadke and singer Lalitabai Phadke....
- Ashok Hande
- Ramakant DesaiRamakant DesaiRamakant Bhikaji Desai represented India in Test cricket as fast bowler.Ramakant Desai was unusually fast for a bowler who stood less than 5 feet 6 inches. His size earned him the nickname 'Tiny'. As the only bowler of pace in the Indian team, he was perennially overworked...
(Cricketer) - Antara Mali
- Urmila MatondkarUrmila MatondkarUrmila Matondkar is an Indian film actress.Matondkar, who made her screen debut as a child artist in the 1980 film Kalyug, debuted as an adult in Narasimha...
(Actress) - Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (Second year onwards)
- Arvind S. NadkarniArvind S. NadkarniArvind S. Nadkarni was a Kannada poet from Andheri, who was awarded the Karnataka Sahitya Akademi for his work 'Atma Bharath'. He was president of the Kannada Savitya Sammelana held in Madikeri, Kodagu....
- Mugdha Chaphekar (Actress)
- Dr. Nandan Thakur
- Dr. Hemant Naidu
- Disha VakaniDisha VakaniDisha Vakani grew up in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. She is an Indian TV actress who appears mainly in TV serials, but have also acted in some bollywood films and TV commercials. She lives in Goregaon, Mumbai. She is popularly known as "Daya Gada", because of her character in the popular comedy serial...
(Actress) - Gauri Vaidya (Actress)