The Parvatibai Chowgule College
| Established | 23 June 1962 |
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Academic affiliation
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Goa University |
| Principal | Dr. N.N.Sawant |
| Location | Gogol, Margão, Salcete, Goa |
| Mascot | Tiger (Chowgule Tigers) |
| Website | http://www.chowgules.ac.in/ |
Parvatibai Chowgule College of Arts & Science, also referred to as Chowgule College or just Chowgules is a college based in the South Goa district of Margao, on the west coast of India.
When Chowgules was founded, the Goa liberation movement was at its peak. People had come out at streets to fight against the Portugal army. During that period there was another freedom movement going on in the other part of Goa.
Vishwasrao Chowgule, an industrialist and philanthropist, had been negotiating with the newly formed government to get a plot to build a college. Finally, in 1962 Chowgule House got permission to house a college in the military barracks setup near Arlem. Founded in memory of his mother, the college was inaugurated by the then External Minister Smt. Lakshmi Menon on 23 June 1962.
In 2008, Chowgules was accredited with A Grade by NAAC and in 2010, won the Goa University Silver Jubilee Year Award for "Best College."
Chowgule College offers courses in the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Master of Arts (Geography), Master of Science (Information Technology) streams and post-graduate diploma in Computer Application and the newly introduced course in Biotechnology.
As the main college for Arts and Science education in South Goa since the early 1960s, it has been home to a number of prominent alumni. Its present principal is Dr. N.N.Sawant
The Chowgule College Library encompasses reading rooms, book stacks and specialist function area such as visual room and multimedia resource center.
The C-Library has a collection of 57,794 items. It subscribes 75 latest scientific as well as general journals. The specialist collection includes books, extensive reference materials, AV materials, rare photo collection. More than 2700 bound volumes are available
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