Maniben Nanavati Women's College (MNWC, Mumbai)

Maniben Nanavati Women's College, Mumbai is one of the Top colleges in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It is affiliated with Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women’s University. Get Courses, Facilities, Placements, Recognitions & Accreditations details.

Maniben Nanavati Women’s College is the dream child of two dynamic and farsighted women – the late Smt. Kantaben Shah (1916-1981) and late Smt. Sunitaben Sheth (1924-2012), the erstwhile Chairperson of the Managing Committee. Both of them hailed from aristocratic Gujarati business families fully devoted to the cause of welfare and upliftment of the community in their immediate surroundings. As active members of the Bhagini Seva Mandir Kumarika Stree Mandal (BSMKSM), Vile Parle –West, Mumbai, both Of them stored as much as the principle venture of the Mandal- the welfare and empowerment of women. The foundation stone of the BSMKSM was laid by Mahatma Gandhi, the beloved Bapu. Following the footsteps of Gandhiji’s efforts in educating and empowering women, they started the Nootan Mahila College in 1972 under the aegis of BSMKSM with a small number of 110 students. In 1978, Shree Chandulal Nanavati Women’s Institute and Girls’ High School, an educational trust took over the administration of the College and rechristened it with the present name. 

The institution got a pioneering start from Nootan Mahila College before being paved as Bhagini Maniben Nanavati Women's College. The effort was put into action by Shree Chandulal Nanavati Women's Institute and Girls' High School Trust, who mentored this program. There is a junior college attached to it now in the name of Tapiben Chhaganlal Lalji Valia Junior College. The college offers degrees in all streams. Again certificate and diploma courses are being provided to the students. The diploma courses are spread over long-term and short-term ones.

Vision

To provide higher education opportunities to all, especially to the socially, academically, and economically disadvantaged students, so as to make them good citizens and eventually good human beings.

Objective

To facilitate knowledge and skills to lead to economic empowerment of students. To encourage holistic development of students and staff members. To foster and develop ethically conscious and socially responsible citizens. To encourage financially and academically weaker students for taking up higher education.