THE COLLEGE AT A GLANCE
Smt. Kesharbai Lahoti Mahavidyalaya is one of the best colleges in the region accredited with NAAC grade “A”. Initially it started with B.A. in 1960 by eminent education society Shri Ganeshdas Rathi Chhatralay Samiti and then B.Com was added in 1962.The college offers 04 UG and 5 PG and 11 Ph. D programmes with two PG diploma courses. It also comprises of research centers, well equipped library, canteen and girls’ hostel with Gym, Zumba, Yoga and Aerobics hall. Our college is the only college in the region having five language departments namely English, Hindi, Marathi, Urdu, and Persian and offers instruction in three media namely English, Hindi and Marathi.
During the past six decades, the institute with its vibrant management and supporting staff of one equal temper has been striving to create a milieu that sustains excellence in all the three areas highlighted in higher education viz. Academics, Research and Extension. Kesharbai Lahoti Mahavidyalaya is a melting pot of students from all communities and creeds, thus preserving a secular character while promoting the spirit of equality to achieve academic excellence and service to society. Sports is one of the important tenets of life at KLMV and everyone here works
hard to strengthen this belief. We have been producing 90 plus university Colour holders and an enviable number of championships even at International level every year. The visionary leaders of the Management are always vigilant in forming strategies and implementing initiatives which make the Institute an active agent in reforming the society leading towards building a powerful and prosperous India.
ABOUT THE SOCIETY
Shri Ganeshdas Rathi Chhatralay Samiti, the parent body of the college, was founded in the year 1950 with a generous grant of Rs. 50,000/-by Shri Rai Bahadur Ganeshdasji Rathi, a good Samaritan to provide hostel facility for Rajasthani students from rural areas. The society has a noble mission of removal of the ignorance from the minds of the people by providing them education and nourishing them with selfless work, enlightening learning and compassionate service to humanity. This mission of nourishing the spirit of our ignited minds percolates each and every activity run by the society thereby reflecting effective leadership and humanitarian approach in governance.
Later on, the Samiti felt the need for establishing an institution of higher education which materialized with the establishment of Raj Mahavidyalaya in 1960. The college was later on renamed as Smt. Kesharbai Lahoti Mahavidyalaya after the generous and philanthropic lady from the region, Hon. Smt. Kesharbai Lahoti. The college was founded at such a point of time when thinking of higher education was like asking for the moon especially for the masses, as there were very few educational institutes imparting higher education.
Under the stewardship of the first Principal Shri. G. R. Kotwal, the college added Commerce Faculty on 20th June 1962 to the existing Arts and Social Science Faculties. Education stands for humanism, for tolerance, for reason, for adventure of ideas and for the search for truth. It stands for the onward march of the human race towards ever higher objectives. Having a strong and undeniable faith in this statement, Smt Kesharbai Lahoti College has continued its pious and perennial pilgrimage with the keys that unlock the doors to excellence i.e. the will to win, the desire to succeed and the urge to reach our full potential. The college has the glory of being visited by the stalwarts like Late Shri Atal Bihari Vajapayee, Osho Rajnish, Late Harivanshrai Bachchan and many other eminent personalities. Thus the college has inherited a rich heritage and left an indelible mark in the educational and social life of Amravati and won applause from the general public as well as the discerning persons of the region.
The sapling, which was planted six decades ago, has blossomed into a full-grown tree providing academic opportunities to maximum number of youngsters. The Society being an iota in the vast ocean of Education has definitely been contributing its mite towards the attainment of quality and excellence. Recently, the Society has been recognized as Marwari Linguistic Minority Educational Society by the Government of Maharashtra.