Gujarat Arts and Commerce College (Evening), Ahmedabad

Our College was under government control from 1884 to 1887 when it was handed over to the Society for the Promotion of Higher Education in Gujarat. The Society, however, dissolved itself in 1912 and handed back management of college to the Government anded back management of college to the Government which has continued to run it since then. “A system of education can be neither efficient nor national unless complete in all its parts. If it be impossible to raise the superstructure without first laying the foundation, it is equally useless to lay the foundation and build on it no superstructure at all.” Those were the words with which the then Educational Inspector for the Northern Division, Mr.T.C.Hope (later Sir Theodore C. Hope) successfully persuaded a group of leading citizens of Ahmedabad, in 1856, to come forward with contributions for setting up a college in the city. In response to his call, a sum of Rs. 42,600 was raised which formed the nucleus of the funds to finance the first institution of higher learning in Ahmedabad- and in Gujarat. The College had its share of teething troubles and the going was not smooth in the years of its infancy. In fact, as Prof. F.C.Davar, one of the leading educationist of the college, has remarked: “Our college, like a kingdom, has experienced the usual initial difficulties when it was founded, and it has had throughout, a remarkably chequered career.” In the beginning, the college was faced with a severe shortage of students, mainly because they had no facilities to complete their courses in Ahmedabad-they had to go to Bombay to appear for the examinations. The paucity of numbers became so acute that the college had to close down in 1872. To strive for excellence by providing value-based quality education through cultivation of skills for the enhancement of dignity and growth of the society and the nation. The college makes incessant efforts to become dynamic center for life-long learning. The college pursues the following missions to accomplish its vision. o make the students aware and obedient of constitutional values like democracy, secularism, equality, preserving our heritage and to make them execute the duties of a true citizen sincerely. To create efforts for comprehensive character building of the students maintaining the values of fairness, tolerance and discipline. To stimulate vocational skills by providing value and skill based teaching through the use of ICT for better employability and competence at national and international levels. To inculcate entrepreneurial skills and soft skills. To provide conducive environment for research as well as community and extension services to the faculties and students. ...view more