Editing Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics

{{short description|College in Mumbai, India}}
{{Distinguish|text=the London suburb of [[Sydenham, London|Sydenham]]}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2015}}
{{Infobox university
| motto = ''Labor Omnia Vincit (Latin)''<br/> ''Samudyogo hi vishvajita (Sanskrit)''
| mottoeng = ''Work conquers all''<br/> ''Diligent Efforts Conquer the World''
| name = Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics
| image = Stamp of India - 1989 - Colnect 165298 - Sydenham College Bombay - 75th Anniversary 1988.jpeg
| caption = Commemorative stamp of Sydenham College on its 75th Anniversary 1988
| type = [[Government]]
| established = 1913; {{Years ago|1913}} years ago <ref>{{cite web|url=http://sydenham.ac.in/About/}}</ref>
| principal = Dr. Madhuri Kagalkar
| city = [[Mumbai]]
| state = [[Maharashtra]]
| country = India
| colors = 
| coordinates = 
| campus = 
| logo = Sydenham College Logo.svg
| website = {{URL|www.sydenham.ac.in}}
| motto_lang = 
| image_alt = Commemorative stamp of Sydenham College on its 75th Anniversary 1988
| academic_affiliations = [[Dr. Homi Bhabha State University]]
}}

'''Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics''' is a college located in [[Mumbai]],[[Maharashtra]], India. It is the oldest college of commerce in Asia, and is affiliated to the [[Dr. Homi Bhabha State University]]. The college offers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in [[commerce]] and [[management]]. It was awarded a re-accreditation 'A' grade and 3.42 GPA in the second cycle assessment conducted by the [[National Assessment and Accreditation Council]].

==History==
Sydenham College, "the first college of commerce in Asia," was established in October 1913. It was named after the then-[[governor]] of Bombay, [[George Clarke, 1st Baron Sydenham of Combe|Lord Sydenham of Combe]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sydenham.ac.in/our-profile.htm|title=Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics - Our Profile|access-date=2 April 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402090717/http://sydenham.ac.in/our-profile.htm|archive-date=2 April 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> who was instrumental in making the undergraduate degree of [[Bachelor of Commerce]] possible in Mumbai. This makes Sydenham College the oldest degree-awarding institution in commerce. K.S. Aiyar acted as first honorary principal of the college. The economist [[Percy Anstey]] was appointed Principal in 1914, a position he held until his death in 1920. It was only in 1941, twenty-eight years after the establishment of Sydenham College, that any other institute started offering courses in the subject. Indian Jurist and intellectual [[Dr. B.R. Ambedkar]] was a lecturer of the college.

On the college's seventy-fifth anniversary in 1988, the Indian Post Office issued a commemorative stamp.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}} In 1990, ''[[Time (magazine)|TIME]]'' rated Sydenham College as the "Best Commerce College this side of the Suez."{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}

In the year 2019, Sydenham college was de-affiliated from [[Mumbai University]] and affiliated to [[Dr. Homi Bhabha State University]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rao|first=Yogita|date=19 February 2019|title=Sydenham, Elphinstone de-affiliated from Mumbai University|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/sydenham-elphinstone-de-affiliated-from-mumbai-university/articleshow/68055903.cms|url-status=live|access-date=20 March 2020|website=The Times of India}}</ref>

==Location==
* 1913: The college was run from the [[Elphinstone College]] premises in Fort.
* 1914&ndash;1922: The college moved to the Whiteway Laidlaw Building on Hornby Road, near the present-day Handloom House in Fort.
* 1922&ndash;1955: The college was on the premises of the present-day [[Sir J. J. College of Architecture]] in [[Fort (area)|Fort]], opposite the [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus|Victoria Terminus]] railway station. It was then known as the Indo-British Institute.
* 1955 onward: In 1955, Sydenham College moved to its current location on "B Road" at [[Churchgate]], very near the [[Terminal station|terminus]] of the [[Western Railway Zone (India)|Western Railway]] section of the [[Mumbai suburban railway]]. It is close to the [[Marine Drive, Mumbai|Marine Drive]] sea front on the [[Arabian Sea]].

==Courses offered==
; Government aided courses
* Higher Secondary Certificate - Commerce
* Bachelor of Commerce (since 1913)
* Master of Commerce (since 1925)

; Self financed courses
* 
* Bachelor of Management Studies 
* Bachelor of Commerce (Banking and Insurance) (since 2003)
* NSE Certified Market Professional Course
* Vocational Course in Foreign Trade

==Notable alumni==

;Business
*[[Akbar Al Baker]], CEO of [[Qatar Airways]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apex.aero/2016/12/14/akbar-al-baker-group-chief-executive-qatar-airways|title=Akbar Al Baker: Group Chief Executive, Qatar Airways|date=14 December 2016|website=APEX &#124; Airline Passenger Experience}}</ref>
*[[Ashwin Choksi]] Entrepreneur, Non-executive chairman of [[Asian Paints Ltd]]
*[[Keki Mistry]], Vice Chairman and CEO of [[Housing Development Finance Corporation|HDFC]]
*[[Deepak Parekh]], Chairman [[Housing Development Finance Corporation|HDFC]]
*[[Girish Paranjpe]], joint CEO [[Wipro Technologies]]
*[[Krish Iyer]], President and CEO [[Walmart]] India
*[[Kumar Mangalam Birla]]
*[[Dilip Piramal]], Chairman [[VIP Industries]]
*[[Harsh Mariwala]], founder and Chairman of [[Marico]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/it-s-important-to-reinvent-yourself-every-decade-marico-founder-mariwala-119090601222_1.html|title=It's important to reinvent yourself every decade: Marico founder Mariwala|newspaper=Business Standard India|date=6 September 2019}}</ref>
*[[Nimesh Kampani]], Chairman, JM Financial Services Pvt. Ltd.
*[[Niranjan Hiranandani]], Entrepreneur, Co-founder & MD - Hirandani Group
*[[Pramit Jhaveri]], CEO, [[Citi]] India
*[[Rakesh Jhunjhunwala]], Investor & Trader
*[[Ronnie Screwvala]], Chairman, [[UTV Software Communications|UTV]]
*[[Sanjiv Mehta (British businessman)|Sanjiv Mehta]], owner, East India Company London<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/et-cetera/PIO-launches-East-India-Company-in-London/articleshow/6305766.cms|title=PIO launches East India Company in London|date=13 August 2010|newspaper=The Economic Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theeastindiacompany.com/|title=The East India Company - Homepage|website=The East India Company}}</ref>
*[[Uday Kotak|Uday S Kotak]], Chairman [[Kotak Mahindra]]
*[[Yogesh Mahansaria]], Founder and CEO multinational Alliance Tire Group
*[[Bhavin Turakhia]], Founder of [[Flock (messaging service)|Flock]],<ref>{{cite news|last1=Shaikh|first1=Shadma|title=Bhavin Turakhia invests $25 mn in enterprise messenger Flock for expansion|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/money/bhavin-turakhia-invests-25-mn-in-enterprise-messenger-flock-for-expansion/articleshow/57654006.cms|accessdate=24 March 2017|publisher=[[The Economic Times|Economic Times]]|date=16 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Singh|first1=Arti|title=Bhavin Turakhia to invest $25 mn more in enterprise messenger Flock|url=http://www.vccircle.com/news/technology/2017/03/16/bhavin-turakhia-adds-25-mn-more-enterprise-messenger-flock-expansion?logintype=premium|publisher=[[VCCircle]]|date=16 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=VENTURE DEALS|url=http://fortune.com/2017/03/16/term-sheet-thursday-march-16/|publisher=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]|date=16 March 2016}}</ref> [[Ringo (software)|Ringo]], Radix and [[Zeta India|Zeta]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Personally Tech With Ringo Founder-CEO Bhavin Turakhia|url=http://gadgets.ndtv.com/apps/features/personally-tech-with-ringo-founder-ceo-bhavin-turakhia-719339|publisher=[[NDTV]]|date=24 July 2015}}</ref>
;Education
* [[Gita Johar]], Professor of Business, [[Columbia Business School]]
* [[Indu Shahani]], Founding Dean of the Indian School of Management & Entrepreneurship (ISME)
* [[Jagdish Bhagwati]], Economist and Professor of Economics at [[Columbia University]]

;Film, theatre and television
* [[Aditya Chopra]], Director & Producer
* [[Atul Agnihotri]], Actor & Director
* [[Emraan Hashmi]], Actor
* [[Fazila Allana]], notable TV producer, founder and MD of [[Sol Production Pvt. Ltd.]]
* [[Gayatri Joshi]], Indian actress known for her role in Hindi film ''[[Swades]]''
* [[Hrithik Roshan]], Actor
* [[Juhi Chawla]], Actress and [[Femina Miss India|Femina Miss India Universe 1984]]
* [[Karanvir Bohra]], Television Actor
* [[Lymaraina D'Souza]], Indian model and [[Femina Miss India|Femina Miss India Universe 1998]]
* [[Rahul Bose]], Actor
* [[Uday Chopra]], Actor<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mynation.com/bollywood/john-abraham-to-produce-hindi-remake-of-prithviraj-sukumaran-s-ayyappanum-koshiyum-qaxqx9|title=John Abraham to produce Hindi remake of Prithviraj Sukumaran's Ayyappanum Koshiyum}}</ref>
* [[Milan Luthria]], Director<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/a-mumbaikar-never-gives-up-his-or-her-quest-for-quality-milan-luthria/story-NJEd9ORvpQ0hBmuKt0LWDO.html|title=A Mumbaikar never gives up his or her quest for quality: Milan Luthria|date=29 July 2016}}</ref>
* [[Sameera Reddy]], Indian film actress
* [[Sanaya Irani]], Television Actress
* [[Sanjay Gupta (Director)|Sanjay Gupta]], film director
* [[Shamita Shetty]], Indian film actress
* [[Sheetal Mallar]], Indian supermodel
* [[Shiamak Davar]], dancer and singer
* [[Suchitra Krishnamoorthi]], Indian pop singer and actress
* [[Swapnil Joshi]], TV actor-comedian
* [[Vinod Khanna]], Actor
* [[Zeenat Aman]], Indian film Actress
* [[Rajit Kapoor]], Actor

; Politics and government
* [[Meera Sanyal]], politician, formerly country head of [[ABN AMRO]] and [[Royal Bank of Scotland|RBS]]
* [[Milind Deora]], Politician 
* [[Omar Abdullah]], Politician
* [[Praful Patel]], Politician
* [[Vinod Khanna]], Politician & Film Actor
* [[Rais Shaikh]], Politician<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://myneta.info/maharashtra2019/candidate.php?candidate_id=9820|title=Rais Kasam Shaikh(Samajwadi Party(SP)):Constituency- BHIWANDI EAST(THANE) - Affidavit Information of Candidate|website=myneta.info}}</ref>
* [[Julio Ribeiro (police officer)|Julio Riberio]], IPS<ref>{{Cite web|title=From Bombay Boy to Mumbai Super Cop|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbaimirrored/episodes/julio-francis-ribeiro|url-status=live|website=Mumbai Mirror}}</ref>

; Others
* [[Dinesh D'Souza]], Political commentator 
* [[Vijay Merchant]], Cricketer
* [[Jawahar Bakshi]], Gujarati poet
* [[Bhupen Khakhar]], a leading artist in Indian contemporary art<ref>{{Cite news|title=When Bhupen Khakhar came out, through me; Mumbai News|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/view-when-bhupen-khakhar-came-out-through-me/articleshow/65735950.cms|url-status=live|website=The Economic Times|last1=Ganguly|first1=Dibeyendu}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Government Colleges Hostel]]
*[[H.R. College of Commerce and Economics]]
*[[Kishinchand Chellaram College]]
*[[Mithibai College]]
*[[Jai Hind College]]
*[[Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{official|http://www.sydenham.ac.in}}

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