Mithibai College
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| Established | 1961 |
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| President | Amrish Patel |
| Vice-president | Gandhi Pravin V. and Sheth Balwantrai |
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Mumbai, India 19°6′10.92″N 72°50′13.76″E / 19.1030333°N 72.8371556°ECoordinates: 19°6′10.92″N 72°50′13.76″E / 19.1030333°N 72.8371556°E |
| Affiliations | University of Mumbai |
| Website | www |
Mithibai College of Arts, Chauhan Institute of Science & Amruthben Jivanlal College of Commerce and Economics, also known as Mithibai College, is a college in Vile Parle, Mumbai, India. Mithibai College is affiliated with the University of Mumbai.
Mithibai college was established by Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal (SVKM) in 1961, as a part of the trust's silver jubilee celebration. 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. Other courses including Bachelor of Management Studies, Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degree courses in biochemistry, biotechnology and computer science were subsequently introduced by the College. The college has grown to a student population of more than 32,000.
There is a 50% reservation for Gujarati speaking community and the conventional SC/ST/OBC/females reservation as per the government norms.
The college won the Guru Nanak General Championship Trophy of the University of Mumbai for 12 consecutive years. Many of Mithibai's athletes 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.
Mithibai Kshitij is the college's annual cultural festival. It is a 4-day festival, with more than 500 colleges being invited every year. Events include competitions, workshops, seminars, exhibitions, amateur and professional shows which are conducted at various SVKM venues. Mithibai Kshitij is mainly known for its Pronights (Pro-Nites), Artists and bands like Juggy D, Raghu Dixit, Pentagram, Kailash Kher, Hard Kaur, Akriti Kakkar, , Jazzy-B and many others have performed on the Jashoda Rang Mandir Ground's Stage in Mithibai Kshitij. In 2011, The Dirty Picture movie's crew including Vidya Balan, Bappi Lahiri, Vishal-Shekhar, Sunidhi Chauhan, Emraan Hashmi, Tusshar Kapoor and a few others enlightened the stage. In 2012, they had Punjabi International Artist Jazzy-B along with Ramji Gulati. On 12 December 2012, they had an Electronic Dance Music night, with a line up; DJ Anish Sood B2B Lost Stories, opened by DJ SHAAN. This festival is organized by the students of Mithibai College, The Core Committee, Committee Members and Volunteers (approximately 600 students) are a part of it. 19 Department's of Mithibai Kshitij are divided into two types; Admin and Events, which mainly consists of Marketing, Public Relations, Computers, Performing Arts, Literary Arts, Film Fest, Pro-nites etc.
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