Swami Vivekananda College (SVC, Kolhapur)

Swami Vivekananda College is one of the Top colleges in Kolhapur, Maharashtra. It's Affiliated with Shivaji University. Get Courses, Facilities, Placements, Recognitions & Accreditations details.

Vivekanand College, Kolhapur which was established in 1964 is known as one of the best-quality colleges in Maharashtra. The U.G.C. granted autonomy to this college from the academic year 2018-19. About 8000 students are enrolled every year on various programmes. Besides the conventional programmes like B.A., B.Com.and B.Sc., the college offers professional programmes like B.B.A., B.C.A., B.C.S., B.Sc. (Biotechnology), and B.Sc. Microbiology, B.Voc. , Community College and M. B. A. The college also provides opportunities to undertake degrees like B.A.,B.Com.,B.Sc. , B. Lib., M.Lib. and M.B.A. of YCMOU, Nashik.

The college has also acquired a reputation in the fields of dance, drama, music, and other arts and sports, besides academics. Our college has been securing first place for the last twenty years by winning a maximum number of Shivaji University Merit Scholarships. The faculties of the college are not only excellent in teaching but also in research. To date, all 27 minor and major research projects are undertaken by the faculties.

The college has won the ‘MeghnathNageshkar Trophy’ of Shivaji University for the Best College in the field of Sports for eleven years continuously. SandipTarate and SnehankitaVarute are the recipients of the “Chhatrapati Shivaji Award”. RahiSarnobat won the Asian Games held in Indonesia in August 2018. RahiSarnobat and VeerdhavalKhade represented India in ‘London Olympics-2012’, which is a historic record as both belong to the same college. To date, the college has produced more than 250 national and 10 international sports persons.

The college has also proved its talent in the field of cultural activities by winning General Championship in the Central Youth Festival of the university for seven consecutive years. Our student UshaJadhav, a film actress, is the winner of ‘The Best Actress National Award-2013’ for her performance in the Marathi film ‘Dhag’. Presently, our three girl students are heroines in five different Marathi films.

Vivekanand College at a Glance

Mission -

Our mission is to strive hard to realize the vision of our founder Dr. Bapuji Salunkhe i.e. to make education accessible to the masses, and to mold responsible citizens by inculcating noble values and a thirst for knowledge.

Vision -

Our college will be an educational center devoted to the dissemination of “Education for Knowledge, Science, and Culture.”