Guru Nanak Khalsa College of Arts, Science & Commerce

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Guru Nanak Khalsa College

Type	Private – Research
Established	1937; 86 years ago (1937)
Academic staff	200
Administrative staff	150
Students	6000
Location	Matunga, Mumbai , Maharashtra , India
Campus	27,642 sq. yds.
Website	www.gnkhalsa.edu.in

Guru Nanak Khalsa College is an affiliate college of University of Mumbai in Matunga, Mumbai. It offers undergraduate, Masters and PhD programs in arts, science and commerce disciplines.

History

The college was established in 1937 by the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee.^[1]

G. N. Khalsa Khalsa College of Arts, Science & Commerce was the brainchild of B. R. Ambedkar, who wanted to set up a center or an institute in Bombay for higher education. In 1935, he put forth this proposal of establishing an educational institution for higher education in Bombay to the Sikh religious leaders at Amritsar. B. R. Ambedkar had faith and interest upon Sikh religion, The Sikh leaders agreed upon this idea with their main objective of providing good quality of higher education and also to popularize Sikh culture in a non-Sikh State. Thus in 1937, G. N. Khalsa College was born in a plot where the This college stands for it dignity and the quality of its education stands today, with the total area of 27, 642 sq. yards.^[2]

Campus

The college located near the King's Circle area of Matunga in the immediate vicinity of three other institutions of learning, namely Don Bosco School, Institute of Chemical Technology, and the Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute. The colleges also houses a gurudwara within its campus.^{[citation needed]}

Academics

The college is permanently affiliated to the University of Mumbai and was accorded the UGC recognition under 2f in 1974. Its financial status is grant-in-aid.^[3]

It also conducts classes on Punjabi, Divinity and carries out Akhand Path followed by Langar.^{[citation needed]}

Notable alumni

The college has produced famous personalities in various fields including academicians like the former Vice-Chancellor of Mumbai University Ram Joshi. The college has also produced many famous Sports personalities, Indian Hockey team members, Olympians, Arjuna award winners and Padmashris. The following Khalsites have represented India in Olympics: S. S. Narayan (Football), Mary Leela Rao (Athletics), Balbir Singh (Hockey), Selma D'Silva (Hockey), Lorraine Fernandes (Hockey), Joaquim Carvalho (Hockey), Marcellus Gomes (Hockey), Mark Patterson (Hockey), Jude Menezes (Hockey), Adrian D’Souza, Gavin Fereira and many more. Lorraine Fernandes and Joaquim Carvalho are also Arjuna Award recipients; where as Selma D'Silva is also a recipient of the prestigious Padmashri.^[4]

Cinema personalities who studied at Khalsa college include Ramesh Talwar (director), Kuldeep Singh (composer), Salim Khan (screenwriter) and Akshay Kumar (Bollywood actor), Mandar Chandwadkar (popular TV Serial actor).^[5]

Ishrat Jahan, a 19-year-old woman was allegedly killed in an encounter was a second year student of Bachelor of Science of the college in 2004.^[6]

See also

• List of places named after Guru Nanak Dev

References

1. "Guru Nanak Khalsa College of Arts, Mumbai City". My College. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
2. "Shilpa Shetty, Jee. This College is very good many std want to take admission in this College Mumbai". The Times of India. TNN. 17 April 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
3. . gnkhalsa.edu.in. GN Khalsa College. Archived from the original on 18 February 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
4. Shah, Hemali (9 May 2014). "Mumbai's Khalsa college principal not new to controversy". The Times of India. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
5. "Mumbai's Khalsa college alumni meet on platinum jubilee". DNA News. 28 January 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
6. "The Many Deaths of Ishrat Jahan".

External links

• Official website