Gokhale
Education Society's
Bhikusa
Yamasa Kshatriya (Sinnar)
College of Commerce (BYK)
Introduction
Gokhale Education Society's
B.Y.K. College of Commerce started working from 20th June 1957. It admits
students to the Three year B. Com. Degree Course (Restructuring) and it
is a post-graduate recognized centre (Teaching & Research) in commerce
and management of the University of Pune. Facilities for various management
courses and for Ph. D. in Management are also available in the campus.
The college provides facilities
for teaching Advanced Cost Accounting, Advanced Accounting & Auditing,
and Business Administration as the special subjects at B.Com. level. At
M.Com. level, the special subjects are Accounting & Taxation, Cost
& Works Accounting & Business Practices, Business Administration.
By offering facilities for higher education in Commerce and Management
Science, college has fulfilled the long felt need for such education in
North Maharashtra. This college has acquired reputation of its own, in
the field of higher education in commerce and management.
The Management is grateful
to the firm Bhikusa Yamasa Kshatriya (Sinner) Pvt. Ltd. For donating a
sum of Rs. 1,50,000/- for the building of the college in 1957 to commemorate
its most enterprising founder, late Shri Bhikusa Yamasa Kshatriya, as
also to the University Grants Commission and the State Government for
releasing grants for development of the college. The Gokhale Education
Society, which runs this college, is known as a quality and lead institution
in the country. This college has played its role for establishing this
unique position for our society. The Management has vision and outlook,
which has provided new dimensions to highereducation, including business
education.
The college is grateful to
numerous industrial houses around Nashik, Pune, Thane and Mumbai for providing
excellent co-operation for increasing the usefulness of commerce and management
programs started in the college. The college is grateful to its past students
for donating munificent amount of Rs. 5 lakhs during Silver Jubilee Year
(1982-83) for Silver Jubilee Building.
The college is known as B.Y.K.
(Sinner) College of Commerce and is permanently affiliated to the University
of Pune since June 1963.
Aims and objects
The primary aim of this college
is to develop eligible young men with education in commerce and management
of a university standard in subjects that are bound to be of primary interest
and importance to them in their career.
From June 1983 the college
has been selected by the University of Pune for restructuring at under-graduate
level for all six divisions of F.Y.B.Com. The college has plunged into
this unique venture of introducing vocational, professional and applied
bias to business education at B.Com. level.
The college aims to coach
students for B.Com. & M.Com. degree examinations of the University.
The College also aims at providing research facilities and job-oriented
courses to young graduates. Besides purely academic activities, the college
has established link with the various commercial and industrial organisations.
Industrial visits, projects work and viva-voce are a part of B.Com. degree
course. This has given realistic outlook of life and healthy and practical
turn to the system of commerce and business education. The ultimate aim
is to foster among commerce and management students good organising abilities
so that they may play a more fitting and responsible role of a leader
in the planned socio-economic and agro-industrial development of our country.
Hostel
The College provides a good hostel
accommodation in the spacious hostel building. The hostel is under the control
of the Rector. Students who are granted accommodation to the hostel occupy
their rooms not earlier than the day following the beginning of the term.
Resident students vacate their rooms on the day of the term of their College
or University Examination, whichever is later.
Library and reading
room facilities
The college library is housed
in the spacious Library Hall of the building. The college library is kept
open from 8 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. on all working days and the students spend
their spare time in the college library. Special arrangement have been made
in the library hall for quite reading and study.
The college supplies each
candidate Identity Card at the commencement of the first term within a
fortnight. This card helps depositing the fees and also for examination,
police and municipal enquiries etc. Every student is required to have
an Identity Card available for inspection on the college premises.
The Library has 50,000 books
on various subjects and 1500 project reports prepared by B.Com. students
and 75 magazines from India and abroad.
Special facilities are provided
to students appearing for examination such as IAS, ICWA, CA, Company Secretary
and other examinations of UPSC and MPSC.
Separate reading-room facility
is provide to
( i ) Post-graduate students
( ii ) Undergraduate students
and students of Junior College classes. Reference service is provided
to students of Ph.D. and other research workers.
Past students can take advantage
of Library facility after paying a deposit of Rs.500/- and Rs.100/- per
term as library fee.
All students of the College
can use library and reading room.
Open access facility is extended
to post-graduate students.
Student organisation
and participation.
a) Students'
Council
The students' Council is a
body of representatives of the college to promote social, literary, intellectual
& extra-curricular activities of the students. It arranges lectures,
discussions, debates, tours, excursions and other similar activities.
The activities of the Council are organised by a Managing Committee under
the presidentship of the Principal and Chairmanship of one of the senior
Staff member. Elections to the Council are held as per the University
rules in July/August.
b)
College Annual 'VYAVAHAR'
The College Annual 'Vyavahar'
is published every year sometime in June. It chronicles the life of the
college in all its aspects and also contains articles on economics, commercial
& other subjects. The magazine committee includes students' representatives
also.
c)
College Gymkhana
Physical fitness, leadership
& corporate discipline are valuable assets for active citizenship
& successful career. The Gymkhana aims at promoting these qualities
among the students. The Gymkhana is managed by the committee nominated
by the Principal, who is its President, and the Chairman, who is the member
of the staff.President and Chairman is in charge of sports activities
of the College. The College Gymkhana provides, at present, for the following
games and sports on the premises of the College.
1. Cricket, 2. Hockey, 3. Football,
4. Volley Ball, 5. Major Indian Games and Athletics.
New
Heights of Excellence
Education is only a means to
an end and not an end in itself. The ultimate objective of education is
to make the whole man, an individual who is able to control his social and
economic environment and participate in multifaceted activities of life
with understanding, responsibility and enjoyment. Especially education should
impart to the student following basic set of skills :
(a) Self-help skills; (b) Professional
skills; (c) Social skills (d) Ethical skills.
Our College is the first institution
in Maharashtra State with 600 students from one college of F.Y.B.Com. class
who brought under restructuring for the above purpose from June 1983. The
College aims at developing self-reliant learning habits, creating greater
awareness of the social and cultural environment, developing appropriate
communication skills, application of knowledge through projects and survey
and pursuit of excellence and individual development of personality of making
the whole man, through this programme. Through this restructuring programme,
the College will help the students for developing careers in the following
important areas : Chartered Accountants/ Cost Accounting/ Public Administration/
Tax Administration/ Business Management/ Computer & Systems Management/
Agricultural Management/ Entrepreneurship/ Insurance Management/ Rural Development/
Municipal Administration/ Labour Relations/ Banking & Finance/ Public
Relations/ Marketing/ Advertising etc.
We considered this great opportunity.
It was a prestigious issue and the college has attained new heights of excellence
under this programme.
Now one more opportunity is given
for Vocationalisation at First Degree education. The College will not only
make it a success but will emerge as a lead institution in the country in
making University education entrepreneurial.
Salient
Features
- Established in 1957. Permanently
affiliated to the University of pune.
- College with research
facilities for Ph. D. in Commerce & Management.
- The only post-graduate
college in the faculty of commerce in Maharashtra State with residential
facilities for all courses.
- Facilities for career
guidance, vacation training & work experience.
- Magnificent building with
necessary equipment, highly qualified and experienced staff, excellent
Library and Reading Room facilities, Hostel & Sports facilities.
- Opportunities for promoting
curricular, co-curricular and extra curricular interests through Students'
Council & Gymkhana.
- Special Features : Well-equipped
Computer Centre, Commerce Museum & Research Cell, Industrial Visits,
Seminars, Case Studies, Syndicates & Group Discussions, Field Visits,
Management Games, Role Playing, Workshops.
- Close connection and active
participation of the College in socio-economic and industrial activities
in the region.
- Hundred industrial houses
on roll for project work & campus interviews.
- The only college in the
whole of the state with Computer Applications and Systems Management
as an applied subject at S.Y. & T.Y.B. Com. level vocational subject
at all levels.
- The only college with
Restructured B.Com. degree course in the whole state since June'83.
- The only commerce college
under Vocationalisation Programme in University of Pune from July'94.
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