About
❖ “P.M. College of Excellence” Government Vivekanand College, is situated in
Maihar district of Madhya Pradesh (which was once a part of Satna district). The
Holy Maa Sharda Temple, the abode of music maestro Ustad Baba Allauddin Khan
and the limestone quarries and cement factories have turned Maihar into a place of
religious, cultural and industrial significance. The famous Oila Ashram of Swami
Neelkanth Maharaj also lies in its vicinity. This College, which was established in
the year 1972 and was subsequently transformed into a Government Degree
College in 1986 under the aegis of Madhya Pradesh Higher Education Department
is affiliated to Awadhesh Pratap University, Rewa on 19/11/1991.
It is recognized
by UGC under section 2(f) and 12(b) on 04/03/1993 and hence has been receiving
developmental grants for the last 21 years. The College has no academic autonomy
and being a government College, under the MPHED, its administrative and
financial matters are governed by the rules and regulations issued by the
Government of Madhya Pradesh. Our college is included in RUSA and World Bank
funded MPHEQIP Scheme.
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This college, which started its journey with a modest number of students,
presently boasts of two buildings (one for the faculty of Science, and the other for
the faculties of Arts and Commerce) and a total capacity of 5000+ students, many
of them being first generation learners who come to study here from remote areas.
The College is located in the semi-urban sector with campus area of 55,000 Sq. m
(5.5 hectare) with existing a building area of 1000 sq. m. (including both new and
old buildings). The College has four faculties viz. Arts, Commerce, Home Science
and Science. It has twelve post-graduate and sixteen Under-Graduate departments.
The A.P.S. University, Rewa has declared the College as a research center for
students in Commerce discipline. This college is also the preferred examination
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center for different university examinations like Makhanlal Chaturvedi University,
Bhopal. The college’s Janbhagidari samiti (Stakeholders Committee), under the
able and enviable leadership of its President, is doing commendable work for the
progress of this college. We also have recently registered an Alumni Association
which organizes meet-ups from time to time.
Although, after its inception the college ran only B.A. and B.com
programmes, but in 1995, post-graduate courses in Arts, Science and Commerce
faculty were included which proved tremendously beneficial for the students. In
2015, a wide range of subjects like History, Geography, Sanskrit, Music, Home
Science and Psychology were introduced in undergraduate courses and English
literature was added to the corpus of post-graduate courses. Presently, most of the
departments are equipped with modern facilities like computers, projectors, coolers
and Wi-Fi, for aiding and enhancing the teaching-learning process. Moreover,
smart classes, laboratories, generator backup, campus safety measures and
improvement of teaching learning facilities are implemented through recurring
funds from grant received from state government. The staffs are also trying to
develop a clean and green-campus within the college premises. To make this vision
a reality we also have formed a Paryawaran Bahini committee. On 15 March
2024, our college was selected as Prime Minister College of Excellence.
The college aims to facilitate and promote studies, research and extension
activities in the emerging areas of higher education in four disciplines, viz., Arts,
Commerce, Science and Home Science. The college has 54 highly qualified faculty
members (Teaching Staffs: Permanent faculty – 33, Guest Faculty – 15,
Janbhagidari – 4, Self-finance – 2). The college offers Master’s degree in 12
subjects and Bachelor’s degree in 19 subjects (including Biotechnology and
Computer Science starting from this session 2024-25). Also, from this session
onwards our college have introduced post-graduate courses in Geography, History,
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Sanskrit, Psychology, Music (vocal) and Computer Science. We also run six
months certificate courses in Judo-Karate and Yoga. Our college also have a
dynamic Placement Cell named Vivekanand Career Marg Darshan Prakosth, that
has helped our students secure excellent positions and attractive packages in
various public and private organizations.
The college not only ensures academic development of the students but also
provides them with opportunities to prove themselves by means of extracurricular
and co-curricular activities. We have extremely active NCC unit (for girls) and NSS
unit (for both boys and girls), along with several other student-faculty initiatives that
help the college render its institutional social responsibilities as well as serve its
responsibility towards the community. Moreover, in the field of sports, the college
has made a name for itself and leads position at district, state as well as at national
level. Apart from that, our college is working continuously towards promotion of
cultural activities and our students enthusiastically participate in intra-college
Cultural programmes and also successfully competes in Youth Festivals held at
University, Regional and National levels.