Shah K. S. Arts and V. M. Parekh Commerce College

About Institution

Fifty years back, in the year 1961 with the foresightedness and initiative of Kapadwanj Kelavni Mandal and with the donation of Shah Keshavlal Somabhai and Parekh Brothers a college came into existence in Kapadwanj to cater to the needs of the students from of the small town and the adjoining villages. It was named as Parekh Brothers Science & Shah Keshavlal Somabhai Arts College. Later in the year 1964 the Mandal started a commerce college named as Vadilal Mansukhram Parekh Commerce College. In the year 1969 the Commerce college was merged with the Arts college and the Science college was separated which continues till date.Spread over 19.75 acres of campus area and built up area of 3846 sq.mtrs,ours is a co-education grant-in-aid college, affiliated to Gujarat University. Our college is included under section 12(B) and 2(F) of the UGC Act,1956 and is accredited with ‘B’ Grade by NAAC in 2009.

Vision

To develop good citizens with moral character and sense of cultured and dutiful, responsible youth and to trace out hidden potential from society without any kind of distinction in terms of caste, creed and colour.

Mission

To establish and develop educational facilities for the youth for higher education so as to enable them not only for their livelihood but also transform them into responsible citizens for the development of the country not only on global level but also on local as such by way of imparting instruction for their degrees vis-a-vis taking care to develop multi dimensional personalities.