About Our Institution
Rashtrapita Mahatma Gandhi Arts, Commerce and Science College, Saoli, Distt. Chandrapur is established by Bharat Shikshan Prasarak Mandal, Saoli, in 1994 in socially, economically and educationally backward rural belt. The head quarter of the College is a small Tehsil place, which comes under the Grampanchayat. The aim of the college is to provide higher education to the educationally and economically weaker students of this area irrespective of their caste, creed, religion and region. The Mission of the college is to bring the students into mainstream and make them stand on their own feet by providing required higher education.
The vision of the college is to convert the students into enlightened citizens so as to give their contribution in nation building.
About College
Rashtrapita Mahatma Gandhi Arts, Commerce, and Science College in Saoli, District Chandrapur, was initially started with a single Arts faculty in 1994 by the Bharat Shikshan Prasarak Mandal, Saoli. Situated in a socially, economically, and educationally disadvantaged rural area, the college began its journey as a small institution but now it has grown into a prominent educational establishment by enrolling more than thousand students. Today, it offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Arts, Commerce, and Science faculties. The three faculties- Humanities, Commerce and Management and Science and Technology- of the college have been sanctioned permanent affiliation from the University and 2(F) and 12(B) status from University Grants Commission, New Delhi. It has gone through two NAAC cycles and preparing for its third cycle due in 2026.
The college’s primary aim is to provide higher education to students from economically weaker backgrounds, regardless of their caste, creed, religion, or region. Its mission is to integrate students into the mainstream of higher education and equip them with the skills needed to become self-reliant. Over the period of three decades, innumerable students have settled down in different fields.
Bharat Shikshan Prasarak Mandal, Saoli, the society that governs the college, was founded in 1966 with the initiative of Acharya Vinoba Bhave, the leader of the Bhoodan Movement. Originally, there were two institutions in Saoli, Vidarbha Vidyalaya and Maharashtra Vidyalaya, which later merged to form the present Bharat Shikshan Prasarak Mandal, Saoli. This merger was accomplished through the efforts of the society’s founder, the late Wamanrao Vistari Gaddamwar, a former State Forest Minister. Under his leadership, the college was established in 1994, coinciding with the birth centenary of Rashtrapita Mahatma Gandhi.
Currently, the college hosts twelve undergraduate departments and offers eight self-financed postgraduate courses. It has a dedicated team of twenty-four permanent faculty members, along with ten contributory teachers across various departments. Some of Faculty members have been elevated as Ph.D. Supervisors and Board of Study Members. A Couple of Subjects have been sanctioned CHLR by Gondwana University, Gadchiroli. Both students and faculty actively participate in social awareness initiatives through the National Service Scheme (NSS), non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and various programs organized by the Government of Maharashtra. The college strives to provide responsive and relevant services while fostering a vibrant environment for co-curricular and extracurricular activities on campus.