Kirti College

“Deccan Education Society’s, Kirti M. Doongursee College of Arts, Science and Commerce, located in Dadar (West) [AUTONOMOUS], Mumbai-400028, in the state of Maharashtra is affiliated to the University of Mumbai. The University Grants Commission has recognized the College under the Section 2(f) and 12 (B) of the UGC Act of 1956. 

The College has been certified with ‘A’ grade thrice by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), Bangalore. As a mark of its Diamond Jubilee, Deccan Education Society sowed the seeds of Bombay College in the city of Mumbai. The foundation stone of Bombay College was laid by Maharshi Dhondo Keshav Karve, the great reformer and champion of women’s cause in India, and college commenced its activities in the year 1954. In the year 1960 (the 75th anniversary of D.E. Society), Bombay College was rechristened as Kirti M. Doongursee College. 

The naming ceremony was presided over by the then Vice-President of India and eminent educationist, Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan. The Society received a handsome donation of ₹2,00,000 from Seth Manoobhai Doongursee in memory of his late son Kirti M. Doongursee, who was a student of this college. 

While Kirti College is a constituent college of Deccan Education Society, it also belongs to the family of affiliated colleges of University of Mumbai. The objectives of the college resonate firmly with the objectives of Mumbai University and hence the college was decorated with the prestigious ‘Best College’ award in the urban area by University of Mumbai in 2006.