VIVA College is an educational institute run by Late Shri Vishnu Waman Thakur Charitable Trust, established in 2001 in Virar, Maharashtra,

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, affiliated to the

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. It offers under-graduate courses in

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and Arts. Its sister colleges, run by the same trust offer under-graduate courses in Law, Engineering and post-graduate courses in Management and

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History

The Vishnu Waman Thakur Charitable Trust presided by

Hitendra Thakur Hitendra Vishnu Thakur (born 3 October 1961) is an Indian politician from Virar, Maharashtra, India. He is the president of Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi, political party in the Vasai-Virar region of Maharashtra, India. He is the incumbent Member of ...

, the

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from

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, established the Utkarsha Junior College in 1991 to promote the cause of higher education in

Virar Virar (Pronunciation: �iɾaɾ is a coastal city in taluka Vasai and district of Palghar, India. It is clubbed into Vasai-Virar city, administered by Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation. It lies in south part of Palghar District in Vasai Taluka ...

and its adjoining rural area predominantly inhabited by

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population. The college was affiliated to Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education. Later, in the year 2000–2001, the VIVA College was established with affiliation to the

offering undergraduate courses in Arts,

and

. The college is in

(West) at a distance of about from Virar Railway Station. It started an undergraduate course in commerce with an intake of just 148 students. By 2011, it not only has all the 3 basic faculties of Arts, Commerce and Science, but also offers career oriented professional courses such as - Bachelor of Arts in Multimedia ans Mass Communication, BMS,

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(

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( Bio-Technology), Bachelor of Commerce in Accounts,

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and

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alongside a course in

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. Under the name of VIVA IMS, the trust has now started the Master of Management Studies (MMS), a post graduate degree affiliated to

Current situation

Presently, the approximate total enrollments in the college stands around 7000, faculty strength of 150, non-teaching staff of 50. All courses are conducted on no-grant basis with financial support from the trust only.

The College Library

The VIVA College Library contains over 15000 text and Reference books on various subjects for Junior and Senior College students, as well as rare volumes and manuscripts. It has many rare books not available in similar libraries. The library subscribes to over 64 magazines including journals and 15 news papers . It has a spacious and an airy reading hall, which provides seating accommodation for 150 students at a time .

References

{{Reflist Colleges in India Universities and colleges in Maharashtra Affiliates of the University of Mumbai Education in Vasai-Virar Educational institutions established in 2000 2000 establishments in Maharashtra