Shankarlal
Khandelwal College
Inaugurated at the hands of former President of India, Bharat Ratna Dr APJ Abdul Kalam in 2009, Shankarlal Khandelwal Arts, Commerce and Science College, Akola was started after the demise of Kakaji in his memory. Khandelwal Family had pledged to donate a handsome amount of money in the field of Education in the memory of Shankarlaljialais Kakaji Khandelwal. “PrajwalitoDnyanmyahaPradipaha’ being the guiding principle, Shikshan Prasarak Mandal resolved to start the senior college for the residents of Vidarbha region in his memory. Shri Madanlalji Khandelwal, Gopalji Khandelwal and family members donated the money to SPM and the college was started in the year 1999.
The college offers B.A, B.Com, B.Sc, BCA, MA and Phd programs to students in the field of Arts, Science, Commerce, computers etc.Education for Life and Life for the Nation is the theme principle for teaching students. College emphasizes on 5 core values - Nationality, Quality pursuance, Transparency, Adherence to rules and Cleanliness and strongly believes that we can build a self-reliant and patriotic and principled citizen through this. Students have immense imagination, energy, positivity, creativity and vision. We just try to give them best of the opportunities, infrastructure and platform to unleash their talent. College hosts several National and International seminars and workshops every year. Experts from nation and abroad offer guidance and teaching to students.
College has modern state of art digital classrooms, well-furnished labs, high profile gym, library, sports amenities, seminar halls and auditorium etc.