Birla College of Arts, Science & Commerce


B. K. Birla College, established in 1972, is an affiliate of the University of Mumbai. It is accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council awarded with 'A' Grade is a multi-faculty institution of higher education with an enrolment of more than 9,500 students. The campus is spread over in the prime locality of Kalyan in Mumbai.The Institution is now known as "B.K. Birla College of Arts, Science & Commerce".

Academics

Birla College offers several UG programmes in Arts, Science and Commerce and PG Programmes in Botany, Biotechnology, Bioanalytical Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Chemistry, Herbal Science, Computer Science, Information Technology, Physics, Microbiology, Zoology, Hindi, Marathi, Commerce and E-Commerce and Ph.D. in Botany, Biotechnology, Physics, Microbiology, Chemistry - Nanotechnology and Hindi. The college conducts three-year Bachelor of Management Studies, Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Mass Media, Bachelor in Financial management programmes. It has taken initiative to introduce relevant interdisciplinary need-based career-oriented 'Add on' courses. The college also conducts a PGDMLT programme.
The college conducts BA, BCom, B Lib and MBA programme of Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University, Nashik through contact sessions. YCMO University has established Virtual Learning Centre at Birla College which enables the students to receive lectures through EDUSAT. The college is also a Centre of Institute of Distance Education of the University of Mumbai.

Facilities

Birla College has infrastructure to meet the requirement of teaching, research and co-curricular activities/extracurricular activities including sports, National Cadet Corps, National Service Scheme, etc.

Achievements

The college has to its credit many outstanding achievements during the last decade.
It was accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council with a 5-Star status in 2002 and was re-accredited and awarded 'A' Grade with CGPA - 3.37.
Birla College was awarded with "College with Potential for Excellence" status for 2010 by the University Grants Commission, the apex body for Higher Education Under Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.
It was awarded with Best College Award by the University of Mumbai for 2008-09.

Alumni