About Us

About the Institution:

There are five branches of Bharatiya Seva Sadan’s Smt. Radhadevi Goenka College for Women, Akola i.e. one of them. Smt. Radhadevi Goenka College for Women, Akola, (Maharashtra) is affiliated to Amravati University. It was established in 1965 by Bharatiya Seva Sadan. This Education Society is one of the oldest and pioneering educational societies of the unique within the landscape of Vidarbha region of Maharashtra. It was established with an objective to extend educational opportunities to empower the women of the region, which come from various small villages of Akola city. It is a dream of Late. Smt. Radhadevi Goenka who is founder & mother of this institution who took the Vision – ‘Empowerment of Women through Economic Independence for Betterment of Society.’ similarly the mission is ‘To Impart holistic education in order to transform the girls into Empowered, Self-Earning & Efficient, Individual, Family members and Citizens.’ The college is centrally located in the heart of Akola. It has a sprawling campus of 23 acres. It offers Five Undergraduate Programmes and ten Postgraduate Programs. The undergraduate courses are B.Sc.(Home Science), B.Com, B.A., B.B.A., B.C.A. There are various major subjects in Arts Faculty i.e. English Literature, Marathi Literature, Hindi Literature, Sanskrit Literature, Urdu Literature, Political Science, History, Sociology, Economics, Home Economics, Philosophy and Music. In the same way, various major subjects in Home Science. Besides these, in Commerce stream various subjects are offered. Semester pattern examination is implemented. The postgraduate programmes in Sanskrit Literature, Indian Music (Vocal), Sociology, Home Economics, Food and Nutrition ,Economics, Philosophy, English, Political Science and M.Com., are offered to meet the diverse needs of students pursue higher education. Along with this college is also providing Short Term Courses such as Tally and Fashion Designing.

We have 27Departments apart from that Sports Department, Career Guidance Cell and Health Centre. The Departments of Commerce, Home Science and Music 2 recognized as Research Centers for Ph.D. and the Department of Marathi, English and Political Science are proposed for Ph. D. Centers.

The college has student strength of approximately 3016. The College has one NCC Unit of 94 students and one NSS Unit of 200 students that bring us laurels annually from university. Smt. Radhadevi Goenka College students are known for excelling in Sports – in State level. It has 63 Regular Teachers, 21 Ph. D’s and 10 Ph. D. Supervisors. Our faculties are regularly publishing in national, international and state level journals. The college annually hosts various activities. The college is supported by 23 Non-teaching Staff.

About Infrastructure:

The college has been re-accredited with ’B’ grade by NAAC with a CGPA of 2.71. College has one of the best infrastructures in the city. It has 2 Computer Labs with 100 computers, Well Equipped Laboratories, 1 Auditorium, 1 E-classrooms, 1 English Language Lab, 1 Audio Visual Hall, 1 Library with reading facilities of 60 seats and subscribing to journals and to leading digital databases. One Girls Hostel.

ABOUT IQAC

The Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) was established in the year 2012, in accordance with NAAC guidelines. The prime task of the IQAC is to develop a system for conscious, consistent and catalytic improvement in the overall performance of institutions. Smt. Radhadevi Goenka College wasfirst accredited by NAAC in 2004 for the first cycle with B+Grade and in 2016 it was re-accredited with B Grade for the second cycle, and is now due in 2021 for the third cycle. IQAC continuously strives along with the Heads of the Institutions, the Academic and Administrative Departments for the betterment of all processes. The IQAC Committee currently comprises of 15members representing the management, different departments, industrialists, external experts and the same manner for Male delegates, college will arrange outside sources like boy’shostel or hotels as per availability.

ACADEMIC STANDARD

Our academic standard is already quite high. Now we are ensuring regular periods, attendance, internal exams, special tutorials, as required. This will ensure better results and more meritorious students . We will be taking advantage of latest academic tools like audio visual aids, educational CD’s, Movies, Guest - Lectures and Power Point Presentation, Seminars, Workshops, etc.

COMPUTER LITERACY

Computers have become an integral part of employment and even personal lives. To provide computer literacy to all students a special programme has been devised. A state of the art fully equipped computer lab with 60 + computer and wi-fi internet facility with 10 MBPS speed is available.

LIBRARY FACILITIES

We already have a well stocked library containing more than 35000 books, Journals & Periodicals, fully trained staff to assist the students / teachers for their requirements. Now we have fully computerised the entire library so that all books / journals etc. are properly cataloged to make them easily accessible and smooth process of issue & return. Enough reading room space being provided for self study, reference etc., for students & staff. All current topics, competitive exams journal, periodicals, news paper / magazines of interest, self improvement books etc., apart from the regular course material will be made available. Target-to make the library the best in the region and a one stop reference point. Computerised OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue) facility is available for Students to search books online using different criteria.

Why Choose Us?

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