Nima Girls Arts College, Gozaria

NGAC, Gozaria, the only premier higher educational institute of North Gujarat for girls only within the radius of 30 KMS, was established in the year 1997. Situated at the rural most area of North Gujarat this college the has imparted education to t jarat this college the has imparted education to the girls belonging to families of agricultural labourers and peasants residing nearby villages and the bore wells in the fields, far away from the mainstream village. This college has enabled the poorest of the poor girl-student to be assisted with the government scholarships and to accomplish their education. Many of its alumni students have government jobs. Thus, it has set the benchmark of higher education with completion of its more than twenty years of educational journey, enriching the region with new panoramas of learning. To bring out multi-faceted but latent talents in students to help them in self-assessment and the realization of their responsibilities and independence to utilize their knowledge and skills for the reconstruction of the strong link for national uplift and integration. To initiate and manage research oriented activates in the field of literature, culture, life-sciences, social work and environment & disaster management with the global trend in view in the context of local requirements. Nima Girls Arts College was established by Shree Gozaria Kelavani Mandal 03 July, 1997. In this HEI the education of the subjects of Arts faculty such as English, Hindi, Gujarati and Sanskrit is imparted as Core Compulsory papers and Hindi, Gujarati, Sanskrit, Psychology and Sociology are offered as the Core Elective papers till this day. Shree Gozaria Kelavani Mandal is a philanthropic, generous and visionary social group which was established in the year 1937. Initially, it was started by the considerable donation from Surat-based Jari-industrialist firm under the name of Sheth Shree Patel Lalbhai and Somabhai’s firm. The first school was started by Shree Gozaria Kelavani Mandal in 1937 under the name of “The A.V. High-school”, i.e., M.K.Patel High-school and Smt. A.S.J.Patel Higher Secondary of today. Before 1997, there were many higher secondary schools in villages surrounding Gozaria, but students were greatly dependent on the HEIs in the nearby towns- Mansa, Pilvai and Visnagar and the district head quarter Mehsana for the higher education. In the second half of 1980s and the first half of 1990s some incidents of social defamation of the families of students and thereby of the entire town of Gozaria led towards the thought of establishment of an HEI , especially for girls as the need of hour in those days. Initially the college was started in the campus of today’s K.K.Patel Girls Higher Secondary School in the year 1997. The separate building came into being from the considerable donation from the renowned industrialist representing North Gujarat, namely Karsanbhai K.Patel, associated with the Nirma Group of industries. The college building was inaugurated by renowned selfless constructive worker and social reformer of the local region, in the year 1996 and thus it laid the foundation of higher education in this rural area of North Gujarat with a view to providing safe and sane higher education to girls of all the sections of society irrespective of class, creed and religion.