Doongasree Gangji Ruparel College of Arts, Science and Commerce, known as Ruparel College, is an undergraduate college in Matunga,

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, India. It is run by the Modern Education Society,

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and is affiliated with the

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History

Doongasree Gangji Ruparel College, simply known as Ruparel College, was founded in 1952 by the Modern Education Society, Pune and endowed by businessman Doongasree Gangji Ruparel. The campus is located in Matunga, a suburb of

known for educational institutes. It offers

undergraduate Undergraduate education is education conducted after secondary education and before postgraduate education, usually in a college or university. It typically includes all postsecondary programs up to the level of a bachelor's degree. For example, ...

and graduate degrees, including

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programs in

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Chemistry Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a physical science within the natural sciences that studies the chemical elements that make up matter and chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, molecules a ...

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, and

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. With an enrollment of around 1,500 students, the campus features professional landscaping, including a

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. Ruparel College has been visited by several historical figures, including

Indira Gandhi Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (Given name, ''née'' Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician and stateswoman who served as the Prime Minister of India, prime minister of India from 1966 to 1977 and again from 1980 un ...

, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (former

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), P.C. Alexander (former

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), and Ram Kapse (former Lt. Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands).

Certifications

In its most recent assessment in 2010, Ruparel College was certified as an A grade college, indicating an institutional score of 85-90 on a 100-point scale, by the

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. Ruparel College has 64 permanent teachers and 23 ad-hoc teachers. Of its permanent teachers, 22 hold PhD degrees. Several faculty members are engaged in research in

economics Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...

, English,

philosophy Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feel ...

chemistry Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a physical science within the natural sciences that studies the chemical elements that make up matter and chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, molecules a ...

botany Botany, also called plant science, is the branch of natural science and biology studying plants, especially Plant anatomy, their anatomy, Plant taxonomy, taxonomy, and Plant ecology, ecology. A botanist or plant scientist is a scientist who s ...

physics Physics is the scientific study of matter, its Elementary particle, fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge whi ...

mathematics Mathematics is a field of study that discovers and organizes methods, Mathematical theory, theories and theorems that are developed and Mathematical proof, proved for the needs of empirical sciences and mathematics itself. There are many ar ...

, and

zoology Zoology ( , ) is the scientific study of animals. Its studies include the anatomy, structure, embryology, Biological classification, classification, Ethology, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinction, extinct, and ...

Accomplishments

Ruparel attracted attention when it began producing a string of merit list winners beginning in the early 1980s. In 2005, three of the top ten student merit list winners and three of the top ten faculty merit list winners for the Maharashtra State Mumbai division were from Ruparel. The school has a reputable sports program and has produced several winners of the

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and the Chhatrapati Shivaji Award, and several

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stars. It also has strong extracurricular programmes in

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and

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, and its junior Kho Kho team has won the state trophy 17 times. The college NCC Unit has an equally prestigious history. The unit is attached to the 3 Mah Bn NCC and has produced over 40 NCC cadets who went on to join the

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Initiatives

The D. G. Ruparel College has been known for pioneering several initiatives over the years. The college was one of the first in

to provide a Women's Development Cell, to focus on providing support specifically for female students and faculty. In January 2011, it initiated the 'Chai and Why' sessions in association with the

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) is a leading research Institute under the Department of Atomic Energy of the Government of India. It is a public deemed university located at Navy Nagar, Colaba in Mumbai. It also has a centres in ...

Mumbai on the lines of Café Scientifique in order to make science interesting and accessible to the general public. Later that year, the college became the first one in Mumbai to introduce ICT (information and communication technology) in daily learning and teaching, by allowing its students to take online topic-wise tests and using online software to show different experiments in science courses.

Notable alumni

* Viral Acharya (RBI Deputy Governor) * Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (Actress, second year onwards) * Kaushal Inamdar (Music Composer, Author, Speaker) *

Ajit Agarkar Ajit Bhalchandra Agarkar (; born 4 December 1977) is a former Indian cricketer and commentator. He has been the current chairman of the BCCI selection committee since 4 July 2023. He has represented India in more than 200 international matche ...

(Cricketer) * Shivani Baokar (Actress) * Amol Dighe (Scientist) *

Anil Kakodkar Anil Kakodkar, (born 11 November 1943) is an Indian nuclear power, nuclear physicist and mechanical engineer. He was the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission of India and the Secretary to the Government of India, he was the Director of ...

(Scientist) * Antara Mali (Actress) * Ankush Chaudhari (Actor) * Apurva Nemlekar (Actor) * Ashok Hande (Producer, Performer) * Disha Vakani (Actress) * Mugdha Chaphekar (Actress) * Rajani Pandit (Detective) * Ram Kapse (Politician and Lt Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands) * Ramakant Desai (Cricketer) * Ramesh Powar (Cricketer) * Shridhar Phadke (Musician) *

Siddarth Jadhav Siddharth Jadhav (born 23 October 1981) is an Indian actor, entertainer and comedian widely known for his work in several Hindi cinema, Hindi and Marathi Films, Marathi films and stage productions. He has received several awards including a Fil ...

(Actor) * Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu (

Minister of Railways (India) The Ministry of Railways is a ministry in the Government of India, responsible for the rail transport in India, country's rail transport. The Indian Railways is the rail network operated and administered by the Railway Board constituted by t ...

) * Suchitra Bandekar (Actress) *

Urmila Matondkar Urmila Matondkar (born 4 February 1974) is an Indian actress and politician. Known for her work primarily in Hindi cinema, Hindi films, in addition to Telugu cinema, Telugu, Malayalam cinema, Malayalam, Marathi cinema, Marathi and Tamil cinema ...

(Actress) *

Sonarika Bhadoria Sonarika Bhadoria (born 3 December 1992) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi television and Telugu language, Telugu films. Bhadoria is best known for her portrayal of Goddess Parvati in ''Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev''. She is also known ...

(Actress) * Sumeet Raghavan (Actor) * Ajit Parab (Music composer) * Atul Parchure (Actor) * Sharvari Wagh (Actress) * Seema Shinde (Actress) * Alizeh Agnihotri (Actress)

References

External links

Official website
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