About College

Kharepatan Panchkroshi Shikshan Prasarak Mandal's Arts And Commerce College, Kharepatan Taluka Kankavli District Sindhudurg (Maharashtra) is a premier educational institution in Kharepatan Panchkroshi affiliated to the University of Mumbai.

It is run by Kharepatan Panchkroshi Shikshan Prasarak Mandal, Kharepatan Taluka Kankavli District Sindhudurg, an educational institution in Kharepatan Panchkroshi, founded by the visionary freedom fighter Guruvarya Veer Shankarao G. Pendharkar with the aim of realizing the dream of socio-economic upliftment of the rural people and their overall development through education.

Hon'ble Mr. Praveen Digambar Lokre, Hon'ble Mr. Bhikaji Keshav Karle, Hon'ble Mr, Sudhakar Ganpat Karle, Hon'ble Dr. Atmaram Deu Kamble, Hon'ble Mohan Bhaskar Kawale, Late Purshottam Dhondi Dhumale, Hon'ble Sanjay Jairam Desai, Hon'ble Dr. Umesh P. Balan, Hon'ble Parvez Alimiyan Patel, Hon'ble Nandkishor Kashinath Korgaonkar who are visionaries of Kharepatan worked tirelessly to start a senior college named College of Arts, Commerce and Science, Kharepatan in 2012-2013 with the noble intention of providing higher education to all classes of the society.

The college was established on the concept of a parent institution to educate the students of Kharepatan Panchkroshi and especially Kankavali, Devgad, Vaibhavwadi and Rajapur tehsils of farmers, workers, fishermen. At the time of establishment, our college was the only option available to the children of the aforementioned population for higher education opportunities.

It has successfully been marching ahead from last eleven years and taking efforts endlessly for the betterment of its stakeholders. We are proud to mention that this college has contributed appreciably in shaping careers / to the career development of its college students, which has enhanced the reputation of the college.

Present Governing and Local Body working tirelessly for the overall development of the college. The Chairman of the College Development Committee (CDC) guided and pursued the best way to get many awards for the college to get a high position in the University of Mumbai. Due to the quality education provided by this college, the students have been able to achieve a special position in the fields of academic, social, political, cultural, sports etc.

The college offers traditional programs like BA, B.Com and B.Sc at UG level also run the 15 short term certificate courses.

To Achieve the objectives as stated in National Education Policy 2020. The academic programmes and career oriented courses offered by the college have been proved beneficial in mounting placement of the students in different fields.

Extension activities carried out under NSS, DLLE, Health Centre, Arts Circle, and Women Development Cell, Student Development Cell, Acdemic and Staff welfare are distinctive features of the college and its commitment towards societal responsibilities. The college conducts variegated outreach activities each year with the help of its support services to instil life skills and core values among the students. It also takes care of the students’ engagement in research activities through Avishkar Research Convention and other research related ventures like paper / poster presentations, participation in conferences / seminars / workshops, training programmes, project writing and presentation etc.

The college has made try to give remarkable growth over the years in its infrastructure and facilities to cope with the changing scenario of higher education and modern demands in the context of globalization. Teaching-Learning and Evaluation Process of the college has been supported with conducive educational atmosphere and ideal infrastructural facilities. The college has adequate number of classroom and well-equipped Administrative Office, Science Laboratories, Computer Labs, Central Library, Departmental Libraries, Auditorium/Multi purpose Hall, Competitive Examination Guidance Centre, Examination Sections, CAP Centre, Smart Classroom, Leisure Place for Boys’ and Girls’, Canteen, Parking, etc. to facilitate the curricular, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. IT component has effectively been implemented in teaching-learning and evaluation by the faculty and students. Moreover, it has a Sport / Gymkhana, playground, and other infrastructural parts that contribute towards the overall development of the stakeholders and smooth functioning of the college.

Student Support and their progression to higher education are looked after by the college sincerely. It offers welfare schemes for both the staff and students. Earn and Learn Scheme, Yuva Raksha Vima Yojana (Group Insurance), Mentor-Mentee Scheme, Book Bank Scheme, Spandan College Magazine, Yuva-jallosh Cultural Programme, Academic and Career Counselling, Socio-economics themebased Wallpapers, Guidance to avail government and non-government scholarships, Annual Prize Distribution Function, Payment of Admission Fees in instalments, Special Incentives to the NSS Volunteers and sport persons, etc. are some of the remarkable mechanisms/schemes to support the students.

The college has a well-defined organizational structure that promotes decentralized governance, leadership and management systems involving all stakeholders in the general administration and functioning of the college.

Staff and students are elected to represent academic and administrative institutions that help achieve institutional goals.

Besides, the college has functional Internal Quality Assurance Cell established in 2018 as per the guidelines laid down NAAC. In the academic year 2023-2024 it is striving to achieve the best grade of accreditation by NAAC.

Eco-friendly campus is one of the outstanding features of the college. The college has beautiful campus of 1 acres with lush green environmental conditions and academic ambience. We take conspicuous efforts for the conservation of natural resources and the environment through Water Conservation, Tree Plantation.

Green Audit and Energy Audit by the competent authorities are carried out by the college as its commitment towards nature and its preservation. Pure drinking water facility, waste management, plantation of trees, carbon neutrality through “No Vehicle Day”, etc. Are looked after by the college on priority basis to provide the stakeholders with healthy and environment friendly college campus.

We feel proud to mention that the college, its proactive staff and students have been accorded with prestigious awards during recent past years by the State Government of Maharashtra, University of Mumbai, the Sanstha and NGOs for their commendable contribution in the field of higher education, active research, social service and extension / outreach activities.