Vasantrao Naik college of art and Social Sciences, Nagpur

About Vasantrao Naik college of art and Social Sciences, Nagpur

INTRODUCTION:
Established in 1885 as Morris College, this is one of the oldest colleges in the country. Foundation of the College was laid in December 1806 by Mount Stuwart Elphinston, then Resident (1804- 24 January 1807) of East India Company, appointed at the Court of Raje Raghuj Bhonsale-II (1775-1816). Its name was changed twice before, once as Nagpur Mahavidyalaya until 1885 and since then it is known as Vasantrao Naik Government Institute of Arts and Social Sciences, Nagpur, in honour of the former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Late Vasantrao Naik, who was an alumnus of this College.

The College has eight subjects in its curriculum, viz. Philosophy, Sanskrit, Persian, English, Marathi, Economics and History, but with a view to providing variety of subject combinations to the students, some more classical languages like Arabic, Urdu, Pali and Prakruit, Ancient History and Culture were added. Similarly, some popular subjects like sociology, political science along with some practical subjects like Home Economics, Psychology, Geography and Music were introduced. Thus, presently, 18 subjects are being taught in this Institute.