Yashoda Girls’ Arts & Commerce College, Nagpur run by Late Purushottam Khaparde Health and Education Society, Nagpur was founded on August 1, 1992, to cater to the local demand for a Girls’ College. Since its establishment, the college has been fulfilling its goal of promoting female education in this part of the suburb and shaping its students into citizens of caliber and character. The entire credit for opening the institute and providing the facility of Higher Education to the girls from the rural belt of Nagpur goes to our Source of Inspiration and Great Visionary, Hon. Saroj Khaparde, Former Union Minister and Secretary, Purushottam Khaparde Health and Education Society, Nagpur. The institution aims to educate economically and socially backward girls in and around the rural belt of Nagpur. To achieve the primary goal of the overall personality development of the girls and to make them competent social beings to face global challenges, the institution undertakes various academic, literary, and cultural activities and also gives them opportunities to participate in extra-curricular and extension activities. The college is recognized under 2(f) & 12(b) of the UGC. The college is accredited ‘B++’ with a 2.92 CGPA by NAAC Bangalore in the Second Cycle in 2023. The college is permanently affiliated with Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University Nagpur, also recognized by the Government of Maharashtra. The college runs a Junior College in Arts (Class XI & XII) and also Under Graduate Courses in Arts and Commerce i.e. B. A. & B.Com. While giving admission to the B. A. program, we give first preference to the home students who pass out from institutions in Std. XII. All the other students are given admission on a ‘first come – first serve’ basis. Adequate and advanced facilities for effective teaching-learning process in the form of good physical and academic infrastructure in addition to the well-qualified and experienced staff is the chief strength of the institution through which the institution is marching upwards on the ladder of success. Well–Well-equipped computer Laboratories, Smart Classrooms with roof-mounted LCD Projectors, Sports facilities, and extension activities conducted through NSS are some of the major aspects through which the teaching-learning process for the overall personality development of our girls’ students is sought. Our vision is to promote a holistic policy of education and imparting higher education, especially to the girls from the downtrodden, financially and educationally deprived sections of society, and every aspirant in general, making them competent, self-reliant and responsible members of the community and empowering them to counter the challenges of rapidly changing globalized world. Our mission is to develop the round personality of the students and also * To attain academic excellence through an effective teaching-learning–evaluation process. * To inculcate human values and national values among the students. * To provide a platform to boost self-confidence and analyze the hidden potential of the students. * To promote awareness among the students that they are responsible and accountable citizens of the nation. * To generate the right behaviour and positive wisdom, individual dignity, professional integrity, and justice for all. * To implicate ICT in the overall functioning of the institution.
