Dr Ambedkar College Of Arts Commerce Science, Chandrapur

About Dr Ambedkar College Of Arts Commerce Science, Chandrapur

Dr. Ambedkar College of Arts, Commerce and Science, Chandrapur established by Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Memorial Society, Chandrapur in 1970 with just 420 students, has now grown into a large banyan tree. Today, about 4500 students are learning in this College. It is our endeavour to impart quality education to the poor and underprivileged students and to inculcate among them human values of liberty, equality and fraternity incorporated in the preamble of Indian constitution. Our vision is to serve the poor by providing them best educational facilities, to enable them to compete successfully and uplift themselves in all spheres of life. Our goal is to develop the college into a centre of excellence to meet industrial requirements and socio-economical needs of Vidharbh.

Dr. Ambedkar College of Arts, Commerce and Science, Chandrapur is run by Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Memorial Society, Chandrapur. This Society was formed on 21st June 1970 by Late Bar. Rajbhau Khobragade. The College is situated on the sacred "Deeksha Bhoomi" in the heart of Chandrapur city where about 3 lac followers of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar converted to Buddhism on 16th Oct 1956. The main objective of forming this Society was to educate the Bahujan Samaj, which was denied the right of education for ages. The students of this college are practically implanting the slogan of "Shika, Sanghatit Vha, Sangarsh Kara" in their minds and feel enriched. The society is trying hard to live up to the principles of Dr. Ambedkar.

The present President of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Memorial Society, Hon`ble Arun Ghotekar, is striving hard for the intellectual and spiritual upliftment of the Bahujan Samaj students. The society organizes two-day programme on 15th & 16th October every year at "Deeksha Bhoomi". On this auspicious occasion, intellectuals and Buddhist monks from home and abroad give spiritual guidance to lacs of devotees.

The devotees get inspiration from the teachings of Lord Buddha and Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar. All the members of the Society, Principal and Staff of the college work in unison to make the programme successful.

The staff and students participate in the organization, planning and execution of Annual Dhamma Chhakra Anuvartan celebrations on 15th and 16th October every year.

Dr. Ambedkar College of Arts, Commerce and Science was established on 21st June 1970 and is run by Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Memorial Society, Chandrapur. The college was accorded a Buddhist religious Minority Status in 2012. It is situated in the heart of Chandrapur, known as the city of "Black gold". The founder member of this college, Late Barrister Rajabhau Khobragade was the Vice- President of Rajya Sabha in 1960. The primary aim of establishing this college is to eradicate illiteracy among Bhahujan Samaj. The college mainly caters to SC/ST/NT and other backward category students from rural and tribal areas. The college has a vast campus with facilities like boys hostel, girls hostel, spacious playground, gym, sports facility, canteen, auditorium, library, laboratories, Dr. Ambedkar study centre, NCC, NSS, Career Guidance Cell and Women's Cell. The college has Arts, Commerce and Science faculties and PG courses in English, Marathi, Economics, Political Science, History, Sociology, Geography and Commerce. It also successfully runs PG courses in Electronics, Botany, Zoology, Maths and Chemistry.

The Junior Wing of the college has Arts, Commerce and Science. It also runs higher secondary certificate vocational courses. The college functions efficiently under the guidance of the present Principal Dr. Rajesh Dahegaonkar. The college has efficient and scholarly teaching staff. The teaching and the non-teaching staff work for the betterment of the students.

The college which started with just 420 students has now over 4500 students studying in various courses. The dream of founder members seems to have been fulfilled.