Guru Nanak Khalsa College of Arts, Science & Commerce

Guru Nanak Khalsa College was a higher education college located in Matunga, Mumbai, India.

Guru Nanak Khalsa College
TypePrivate – Research
Established1937 (1937)
Academic staff
200
Administrative staff
150
Students6000
Location
Matunga, Mumbai
,
Maharashtra
,
India
Campus27,642 sq. yds.
Websitegnkhalsa.edu.in

The college was established in 1937 by the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee.[1] It is located in the immediate vicinity of three other institutions of learning, namely Don Bosco High School (Matunga), Institute of Chemical Technology (UDCT), and the Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute. Its alumni include Indian Olympians and the Indian Hockey team members, some of whom are recipients of the Arjuna award and Padma Shri, and Hindi film personalities.[2][3]

History

Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee's Guru Nanak Khalsa College of Arts, Science and Commerce is among the earliest institutions of higher learning that emerged on the educational landscape of the erstwhile city of Bombay. It is one of the few colleges in Mumbai to have its own sports ground. The college is one of Mumbai's older colleges; it is permanently affiliated to the University of Mumbai and was accorded the UGC recognition under 2f in 1974. Its financial status is grant-in-aid.[4]

G. N. Khalsa was the brainchild of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, who wanted to set up a centre or an institute in Bombay for higher education. In 1935 he put forth this proposal of establishing an educational institution for higher education in Bombay to the Sikh religious leaders at Amritsar. The Sikh leaders agreed upon this idea with their main objective of providing good quality of higher education and also to popularize Sikh culture in a non-Sikh State. Thus in 1937, G. N. Khalsa College was born in a plot where the college stands today, with the total area of 27, 642 sq. yards.[5]

Notable alumni

G. N. Khalsa College has produced famous personalities in various fields including academicians like the former Vice-Chancellor of Mumbai University Shri Ram Joshi. The college has also produced many famous Sports personalities, Olympians, Arjuna award winners and Padmashris. The following Khalsities have represented India in Olympics: S.S. Narayan (Football), Mary Leela Rao (Athletics), Balbir Singh (Hockey), Silma D’Silva (Hockey), Lorraine Fernandes (Hockey), Joaquim Carvalho (Hockey), Marcelus Gomes (Hockey), Mark Patterson (Hockey), Jude Menezes (Hockey), Adrian D’Souza, Gavin Fereira and many more. Lorraine Fernandes and Joaquim Carvalho are also Arjuna Award recipients; where as Silma D’Silva is also a recipient of the prestigious Padmashri.[6]

Cinema entities who studied at Khalsa college include Ramesh Talwar (Director), Kuldeep Singh (composer), Salim Khan (screenwriter) and Akshay Kumar (Bollywood actor).[7]

The college also conducts classes on Punjabi, Divinity and carries out `Akhand Path’ followed by `Langar’. The colleges also houses a gurudwara within its campus.

Ishrat Jahan, a 19-year-old woman was allegedly killed in an encounter was a second year student of Bachelor of Science (circa 2004) of the college.[8]

See also

References
  1. "Guru Nanak Khalsa College of Arts, Mumbai City". My College. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  2. "Management Colleges(MBA) In Maharashtra". www.scholarshipsinindia.com. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  3. "Guru Nanak Khalsa College, Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra". Punjab Colleges. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  4. "History of GN Khalsa College". gnkhalsa.edu.in. GN Khalsa College. Archived from the original on 18 February 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  5. "Shilpa Shetty, Jeetendra attend Guru Nanak Khalsa College, Matunga's Baisakhi function in Mumbai". The Times of India. TNN. 17 April 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  6. Shah, Hemali (9 May 2014). "Mumbai's Khalsa college principal not new to controversy". The Times of India. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  7. "Mumbai's Khalsa college alumni meet on platinum jubilee". DNA News. 28 January 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  8. "The Many Deaths of Ishrat Jahan".
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