Seth RCS Arts Commerce College, Durg

About Seth RCS Arts Commerce College, Durg

Seth R. C. S. Arts & Commerce was established in the year 1964. It is managed by the District Education Society Durg. In 1962, Seth R. C. S. Law college was established with a donation of Rs. 50,000/- by Seth Ratan Chand Surana in the name of his wife Smt. Sakhar Bai Surana. All this was possible with the relentless effort of Shri Ratnakar Jha, the first president of District Education Society Durg. After that Seth R. C. S. Arts & Commerce College was established in July 1964. First principal of the college was Shri W. Y. Rardke. The object of starting the college was to cater to the need of higher education in society. In the beginning it is started as a commerce college. The popularity of the college enhanced day by day and in the year 1969 Arts faculty was also started. Now college became Arts & Commerce College. Later, looking the demand of other courses the college started many more courses. Today Seth R. C. S. Arts & Commerce College has Five faculties viz. Arts, Commerce, Physical Education, Library Science and PG Diploma in Computer Application. In PG courses M.A. Political Science and Economics, M. Com. and M.Lib. is running successfully.

To promote the research activities Research Centre in Political Science was introduced in the year 1996 under the guidance of Dr. D. N. Suryawanshi the Principal of the college. About 52 Students have been completed Ph.D. five candidates submitted their thesis and six are registered under guidance of him. Dr. Pramod Yadav also registered as Ph.D. guide in Political Science and Dr. G. N. Kathare for Commerce.

To encourage the students many awards are given to them. The students getting the highest score in Arts, Commerce and Physical Education are given the award in the memory of Kumari Sulbha Pattalwar, Shri Ajay Agrawal, Shri Mangal Das Nagaria, Dr. Bhagwati Prasad Gupta, Shri Gopal Singh Yadav, Freedom Fighter Shri Ramji Mishra and Shri Damodar Prasad Tiwari.

In 1985, Sgt. Sanjeev Gyani and in 2011 UO Tejram Deshmukh were awarded best cadet in India in Army wing NCC and detailed by India Government under Youth Exchange Programme. Under this programme Sgt. Sanjeev Gyani visited Canada for three months and Tejram Deshmukh got chance to visit Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand.

The history of the college in the field of Sports has also been appreciated. Tikendra Sahu played for Indian Kho-Kho Team in Kho-Kho Test Match played between India and England at Jaipur. Bhuvneshwar Sahu participated in Indian Kho-Kho Coaching Camp. Again Tarun Yadav got opportunity for umpiring in Hockey Asia Cup Under 18 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. There are many such students who have made the college proud in different fields.

Vision
Seth R. C. S. Arts & Commerce College, Durg has a understanding of its role in the society as a institution of higher education plays in the Society. Its vision is based on this understanding. It constantly visualizes itself as an effective catalytic agent of Socio-intellectual upliftment of its educationally challenged surrounding through imparting quality education. Besides this, institution strongly believes in the values which are to prove ourselves as an institution which fully carters to the local need of quality higher education and remains wedded to the national goal of producing, productive, morally responsible disciplined and intellectually vibrant citizens and play role for nation building.

Mission
We aim at excellence while working to our full potentially within the constraints of infrastructure and resources. Our mission is to be and remain an institution which does its level best to train our students so as to make them able to avail the job opportunities in the present competitive scenario. This college is on the mission to provide a satisfactory access to higher education for the socially and economically marginalized sections of the society. They constitute the majority of our student intake. We also work through our various academic cultural activities for the all round development of our students and teachers personality. In short, the mission of our college is to make it an institution of higher education of excellence which is known for its disciplined morally, responsible and academically strong products, not just academically but also physically through activities conducted by our Physical Education Department. We also need to improve the research activities for PG students of all departments.