Editing Birla College of Arts, Science & Commerce

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|name= B. K. Birla College of Arts, Science & Commerce
|established = 1972
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|director = Dr. Naresh Chandra
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|city = [[Kalyan, India|Kalyan]]
|state = [[Maharashtra]]
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|affiliations = [[University of Mumbai]]
|website = {{URL | https://www.bkbirlacollegekalyan.com}}
|address = B. K. Birla College Road, Kalyan (W), Mumbai   
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'''B. K. Birla College''', established in 1972, is an affiliate of the [[University of Mumbai]]. It is accredited by [[National Assessment and Accreditation Council]] awarded with 'A' Grade is a multi-faculty institution of higher education with an enrolment of more than 11,900 students.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bkbirlacollegekalyan.com/ourcollege.aspx|title=B.K. Birla College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Kalyan|website=www.bkbirlacollegekalyan.com|access-date=2019-01-09}}</ref> The campus is spread over {{convert|20|acre|m2}} in the prime locality of [[Kalyan, India|Kalyan]] in [[Mumbai]].The Institution is now known as "B.K. Birla College of Arts, Science & Commerce".

==Academics==
Birla College offers several UG programmes in [[Arts]], [[Science]] and [[Commerce]] and PG Programmes in [[Botany]], [[Biotechnology]], Bioanalytical Sciences, [[Environmental Sciences]], [[Chemistry]], Herbal Science, [[Computer Science]], [[Information Technology]], Artificial Intelligence, Data Science & Data Analytics [[Physics]], [[Microbiology]], [[Zoology]], [[Hindi]], [[Marathi language|Marathi]], [[Commerce]] and [[E-Commerce]] and Ph.D. in Botany, [[Biotechnology]], [[Physics]], [[Microbiology]], [[Chemistry]] - [[Nanotechnology]] and [[Hindi]]. The [[college]] conducts three-year Bachelor of Management Studies (B.M.S.), Bachelor of Science (Information Technology) and Bachelor of Mass Media (B.M.M.), Bachelor in Financial management ( B.F.Mg ) programmes. It has taken initiative to introduce relevant interdisciplinary need-based career-oriented 'Add on' courses. The college also conducts a PGDMLT programme.

The college conducts BA, BCom, B Lib and MBA programme of [[Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University]], Nashik through contact sessions. YCMO University has established Virtual Learning Centre at Birla College which enables the students to receive lectures through [[GSAT-3|EDUSAT (satellite)]]. The college is also a Centre of Institute of Distance Education of the University of Mumbai.

==Facilities==
Birla College has infrastructure to meet the requirement of teaching, research and co-curricular activities/extracurricular activities including sports, [[National Cadet Corps (India)|National Cadet Corps]], [[National Service Scheme]], etc.

==Achievements==
The college has to its credit many outstanding achievements during the last decade.

It was accredited by [[National Assessment and Accreditation Council]] with a 5-Star status in 2002 and was re-accredited and awarded 'A' Grade with CGPA - 3.37.

Birla College was awarded with "College with Potential for Excellence" status for 2010 by the University Grants Commission, the apex body for Higher Education Under Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.

It was awarded with Best College Award by the University of Mumbai for 2008-09.

==Alumini==

Ashish Patil, Bollywood Choreographer - He rose from small suburban area called Shahad on the outskirts of Mumbai to make a name for himself in Marathi and Hindi Film Industry. He is a well known TV personality as well, having appeared and choreographed on a number of dance shows. He has conducted dancing workshops in a host of countries outside India.

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[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1972]]
[[Category:1972 establishments in Maharashtra]]

==External links==
{{Official website|http://www.bkbirlacollegekalyan.com/}}