About V.G. Vaze College of Arts, Science and Commerce

V.G. Vaze College of Arts, Science and Commerce is a private institute managed by Kelkar Education Trust, the reason why the college is also termed as KET's V.G. Vaze College of Arts, Science and Commerce. V.G. Vaze is short for Vinayak Ganesh Vaze and that expands the college’s name to Kelkar Education Trust’s Vinayak Ganesh Vaze College of Arts, Science and Commerce. The college was established in the memory and dream of Shri Annasaheb Vaze, founder trustee of KET. Kelkar College is another of its names as the trust had another founder whose name was Bhausaheb Kelkar and the present name represents Kelkar-Vaze family. Established in 1984 it is permanently affiliated to University of Mumbai since 1990 and the curriculum is designed by University. The College complex is located on a 2.5 acre plot with a fully built-up space of about 1,90,000 sq. ft. The college offers fee subsidies to needy students funded by Government for general streams; BA, BSc, B.Com. It also offers self financing courses- under the guidelines of the university. The college also offers school education up to XII which is governed by Education Department, Government of Maharashtra. The College offers all modern facilities such as Library, Reading rooms, audio-visual library, Air conditioned auditorium equipped with 16 mm projector, overhead/slide/LCD projectors, InfoTech centre, gymkhana, gymnasium, canteen,  conference room, student’s common room, cultural activity room, multimedia room and many more.

V.G. Vaze College: Location

It is located in Mithagar area of Mulund East, a north eastern suburb of Mumbai.

VG Vaze College: Transportation

• One can travel to Mulund Railway Station and from the east side one can come to the college by rickshaw or BEST bus.

• TMT/BEST Bus services are also available to and fromThane and Vaishali Nagar, Mulund West.

V.G. Vaze College of Arts, Science and Commerce: Facilities

Library - The college library was setup in 1984 with 2650 books.

As of 1st Feb 2012, the library has:

• 54,800 - Books
• 110 – Periodicals (Journals=50, Magazines=60)
• 19 - Newspapers
• 1010 - CD-DVDs
• 73 - Vaze Vision (CD/DVDs)
• 21 - Maps

The college has subscribed to e-resources through the programme entitled N-LIST i.e. (National Library and Information Services Infrastructure for Scholarly Content) of INFLIBNET funded by the Ministry of Human Resource Development. The Library is a member of The British Council Library, Asiatic Society Library and American Centre Library. The multimedia section has 23 computers with internet facility. The reading room of the library has a seating capacity of almost 250 students. The College has a Book Bank Scheme run by the Students Mutual Aid Fund for the economically backward & needy students.

Computing Facility - General computing facilities are made available to the students wherein they can access the Internet for general searches to facilitate their project work and daily assignments, tutorials and presentations.

Laboratories - All the laboratories are fully equipped with the necessary fittings, materials & instruments.

Scientific Research Centre – It conducts funded, un-funded major/minor research projects and has linkage with industry– consultancy, research and development activities. It also offers testing and quality evaluation training for entrepreneurs in biotechnology

Counselling Cell - The College has set up a counselling cell to help some of the students who have personal problems, causing stress and strain.

Kelkar Education Trust’s Vinayak Ganesh Vaze College of Arts, Science and Commerce: Achievements

• The college was ranked among the top 20 colleges in India in a survey conducted by ORG-MARG and published in INDIA-TODAY magazine dated June 23, 1997.

• Further, Vaze College holds the distinction of being the first affiliated Arts, Science and Commerce institution in the State of Maharashtra to be assessed for Accreditation by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), set up by UGC.

• The college has been bestowed with the top (5-Star) Grade in 1998. The NAAC report acknowledged that the “college is a high quality institution with high academic reputation and high standard of discipline.”

• Vaze College is again the first affiliated college in Maharashtra re-accredited by NAAC in 2005 with ‘A’ grade.

• It is the only college affiliated to University of Mumbai which has received College with Potential for Excellence (CPE) Award from University Grants Commission, New Delhi in Sept 2004.

• It also received Best College Award 2004-05 along with cash prize of Rs. 50,000/- from University of Mumbai.

• Vaze College is again the first affiliated College in Maharashtra re-accredited by NAAC in 2012 with ‘A’ grade in 3rd cycle of accreditation.