Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal

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Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal (SVKM) is a Public charitable trust in India that runs and operates many educational schools, colleges and institutions across India.

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History

SVKM started in 1934 when it took over the Rashtriya Shala, a school established in 1921, in the wake of the Swadeshi Movement and Indian Independence Movement. [1] Over the years, it has made the Mumbai suburb of Vile Parle into an educational hub with over 40 schools and colleges under its wing. It has now spread to other Indian cities like Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Ahmedabad, Indore, Navi Mumbai, among others.

Institutions

Some of the institutions under the SVKM umbrella are mentioned below.

FoundedName of InstitutionLocation
1934Smt. Gokalibai Punamchand Pitambar High School Vile Parle, Mumbai
1961 Mithibai College of Arts [2] Vile Parle, Mumbai
1961 Chauhan Institute of Science Vile Parle, Mumbai
1963Shri Bhagubhai Mafatlal Polytechnic Vile Parle, Mumbai
1964 Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics [3] Vile Parle, Mumbai
1977Jitendra Chauhan College of Law Vile Parle, Mumbai
1980 Amrutben Jivanlal College of Commerce and Economics Vile Parle, Mumbai
1981 SVKM's NMIMS [4] Vile Parle, Mumbai
1990Harkisan Mehta Institute of Media, Research and Analysis Vile Parle, Mumbai
1992Acharya A. V. Patel Junior College Vile Parle, Mumbai
1994 Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering [5] Vile Parle, Mumbai
1997Chatrabhuj Narsee Memorial School & N. D. Parekh Pre-Primary School Vile Parle, Mumbai
2003 Usha Pravin Gandhi College of Management Vile Parle, Mumbai
2004Pravin Gandhi College of Law Vile Parle, Mumbai
2004Dr. Bhanuben Nanavati College of Pharmacy Vile Parle, Mumbai
2006SVKM’s Institute of International Studies Vile Parle, Mumbai
2008Shri J. V. Parekh International School Vile Parle, Mumbai
2017SVKM's Institute of Pharmacy Dhule

Cultural festivals

SVKM's colleges organise some of Mumbai's most attended inter-college festivals such as Umang of Narsee Monjee College, which has been tagged as Asia's fastest growing festival, [6] and Kshitij of Mithibai College. From 13 to 16 January 2016, SVKM organised a festival called Yuva for the students and teachers of all institutions under its banner, holding competitions in 13 different sporting categories. [7]

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References

  1. "Overview". www.svkm.ac.in.
  2. "Overview". mithibai.ac.in.
  3. "History :: About Us :: Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics". www.nmcollege.in.
  4. "about". www.nmims.edu.
  5. "Overview". www.djsce.ac.in.
  6. "'Umang' Annual Fest of Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics [Aug 15-17, Mumbai]". 2 July 2015.
  7. "Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal (SVKM) - DNA". dna.