MES's (Mormugao Educational Society's) Vasant Joshi College of Arts and Commerce is a college in Zuarinagar, just alongside the port city of Vasco-da-Gama,

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on the western coast of

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. It was founded by Vasant S. Joshi. Murgaon Education Society was established in 1971 with the noble goal of providing educational facilities at Vasco-da-Gama and in other parts of Murgaon Taluka. MES offers Higher Secondary Education in

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Arts The arts are a very wide range of human practices of creative expression, storytelling and cultural participation. They encompass multiple diverse and plural modes of thinking, doing and being, in an extremely broad range of media. Both ...

and

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courses. It also offers under-graduation courses in Arts, Commerce, BCA, and

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and post-graduation course in

M.Com Master of Commerce (MCom or M Comm; sometimes ''Magister Commercii'' as MagComm or Mag. comm.) is a postgraduate master's degree focusing on commerce-, accounting-, management- and economics-related subjects. Like the undergraduate Bachelor ...

and

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. It is one of the younger colleges of Goa, but caters to students from a wide area around the

Mormugao Mormugao is a seaport city situated in the eponymous Mormugao taluka (municipality) of the South district, in the Goa state, India. It has a deep natural harbour and remains Goa's chief port. Towards the end of the Indo-Portuguese era in 191 ...

taluka and the town of Vasco-da-Gama. It is an affiliated college of the

Goa University Goa University is a public state research university headquartered in the city of Panaji, in the Indian state of Goa. In addition to Panaji ( Taleigão Plateau Campus), it has a campus in Margao, Mapusa, Ponda, Old Goa and Vasco da Gama. The ...

. Professor and Dr. Manasvi M. Kamat is the Principal of the college. Dr. Maria do Ceu Rodrigues, former principal of the College has been involved with the Lokniti/CSDS and has been the Goa state coordinator for the National Election Study 2004 apart from being engaged with a UGC Project on "Fishing in Goa, Economic, Social and Political Aspects."

Library

The College has a library which stocks more than 20, 000 books and also has a wide collection of journals, magazines, newspapers and educational directories.

Placement Cell

The MES college has an active Placement Cell to ensure the students are placed in reputed companies through their regular placement drives.

Student life

The College has a Student Council elected by the student body which conducts activities for the students throughout the year.

Counseling Centre

MES College has a counseling Centre which takes care of student health and mental well-being.

References

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