Desai C M Arts And Commerce College, Viramgam

Introduction

This college was established in 1964 in the Sheth M J High School building with 103 students in the Arts and 40 students in the Commerce faculties.  Initially, the college was run by the Sheth Maganlal Jeychand High School Board, which was established in the year 1917. By June 1967 the college had its own building ready and it was shifted to the new premises, under a new management – the Viramgam College Kelvani Mandal.

Initially the college offered two main subjects in the Arts faculty, namely, Economics and Gujarati.  The Commerce faculty offered Advanced Accounting and Auditing as main subjects and Secretarial Practice as the subsidiary subject. But as years rolled on, the college added more subjects either as Main or Subsidiary to meet the need of the changing times and to help the students with wider job opportunities or to find self-employment.

Our College

Today, this college offers six main subjects in the Arts Faculty – Economics, Gujarati, Hindi, Sanskrit, Psychology, and Home Science. More subsidiary subjects were added both in the Arts and Commerce faculties, including Computer Science.  English  is  taught  as a compulsory subject in all the classes as per the syllabus of the Gujarat University.  Today there are sixteen subjects that are taught here with twelve Departments.

Philosophy

In 1964, though there were two High Schools in this town and a few others in the surrounding villages, there had been no institution for higher education in Viramgam. The nearest Institution for Higher Education was 60 kilometres away at Ahmedabad. So, for an ordinary student coming from even a middleclass family, it was almost impossible to pursue higher studies mainly for two reasons: (i) the transportation facilities available in those days were very poor.  (ii) The cost of staying in hostels was unaffordable for most of the people of this area. So the educationists of this town decided to start a new college for the benefit of the students in Viramgam town and  the  many  other  surrounding  villages  in  this and other adjoining talukas. There are students coming to study here from as far away as 60 kilometers.