Jai Hind College is a public college in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, affiliated to the University of Mumbai. It was established in 1948.
In 2000, India Today included the college in its list of top colleges in Mumbai city for arts, sciences and commerce.
It was established just after independence, by a small group of teachers who were displaced from D. J. Science College of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan under the supervision of Dr. Mohinder-Miles Morton.
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History
Jai Hind College started as an arts and sciences college. Many new courses and subjects were introduced after its founding — the faculty of commerce was introduced in 1980, management and computer science were introduced in 1999, mass media and biotechnology in 2002, and banking and insurance in 2003.
Campus
The college is located on 'A' Road, near Churchgate Railway Station in Mumbai. The college is located across from the Arabian Sea Marine Drive promenade in South Mumbai.
Academics
Jai Hind College has both a Junior College and Regular Degree College. This means that students enroll after 10th grade for the higher secondary examination. It offers all three subject streams of Science, Commerce, and Arts for the 12th grade (Second Year Junior College/ SYJC) board examination. It is affiliated with the Maharashtra Board of Higher Education.
The college also offers bachelor's degrees in science and commerce, and Bachelor of Arts (three-year courses) and is affiliated with the University of Mumbai. It has been granted 'Autonomous' status by the University of Mumbai in 2018/19. In 2023, the college was granted 'Empowered Autonomous' status by the University of Mumbai.
Jai Hind College now also offers MSc in Big Data Analytics powered by TCS.
Notable alumni
Aishwarya Rai — Indian actress
Priyanka Chopra — Indian actress
Kiara Advani — Indian actress
Nushrratt Bharuccha — Indian actress
Kajal Aggarwal — Indian actress
Preeti Jhangiani — Indian actress
John Abraham — Indian actor
Riteish Deshmukh — Indian actor
Shaan — Indian singer and actor
Ashnoor Kaur — Indian Actress
Chanda Kochhar — former CEO and MD of ICICI Bank
Ajay Piramal — chairman of Piramal Group
Sagarika — Indian singer, songwriter and actress
Plabita Borthakur — Indian singer and actress
Vishal Dadlani — Indian singer and composer
Rishi Vohra — author
Sadhana Shivdasani — Indian actress
Sunil Dutt — Indian actor
Minoti Vaishnav — American songwriter
Kunal Kamra — Indian comedian
Shweta Shetty — Indian singer