Sydenham College of Economics is a college located in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is affiliated to the Dr. Homi Bhabha State University. The college offers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in management. It was awarded a re-accreditation 'A' grade and 3.42 GPA in the second cycle assessment conducted by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council.
History
Sydenham College was established in October 1913. It was named after the then-governor of Bombay, Lord Sydenham of Combe, K.S. Aiyar acted as first honorary principal of the college. The economist Percy Anstey was appointed Principal in 1914, a position he held until his death in 1920. It was only in 1941, twenty-eight years after the establishment of Sydenham College, that any other institute started offering courses in the subject. Indian Jurist and intellectual B.R. Ambedkar was a lecturer of the college.
On the college's seventy-fifth anniversary in 1988, the Indian Post Office issued a commemorative stamp.
In the year 2019, Sydenham college was de-affiliated from Mumbai University and affiliated to Dr. Homi Bhabha State University.
Location
1913: The college was run from the Elphinstone College premises in Fort. 1914–1922: The college moved to the Whiteway Laidlaw Building on Hornby Road, near the present-day Handloom House in Fort. 1922–1955: The college was on the premises of the present-day Sir J. J. College of Architecture in Fort, opposite the Victoria Terminus railway station. It was then known as the Indo-British Institute. 1955 onward: In 1955, Sydenham College moved to its current location on "B Road" at Churchgate, very near the terminus of the Western Railway section of the Mumbai suburban railway. It is close to the Marine Drive sea front on the Arabian Sea.
Courses offered
Government aided courses
Higher Secondary Certificate - Commerce
Bachelor of Commerce (since 1913) Master of Commerce (since 1925)
Self financed courses
Bachelor of Management Studies
Bachelor of Commerce (Banking and Insurance) (since 2003) NSE Certified Market Professional Course Vocational Course in Foreign Trade
Notable alumni
Business
Akbar Al Baker, CEO of Qatar Airways
Ashwin Choksi Entrepreneur, non-executive chairman of Asian Paints Ltd
Keki Mistry, vice chairman and CEO of HDFC
Deepak Parekh, Chairman HDFC
Girish Paranjpe, joint CEO Wipro Technologies
Krish Iyer, president and CEO Walmart India
Kumar Mangalam Birla
Dilip Piramal, Chairman VIP Industries
Harsh Mariwala, founder and Chairman of Marico
Nimesh Kampani, Chairman, JM Financial Services Pvt. Ltd. Niranjan Hiranandani, Entrepreneur, Co-founder & MD - Hirandani Group Pramit Jhaveri, CEO, Citi India Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, Investor & Trader Ronnie Screwvala, Chairman, UTV Sanjiv Mehta, owner, East India Company London Uday S Kotak, Chairman Kotak Mahindra Ashok Vaswani, MD & CEO-designate of Kotak Mahindra Bank Yogesh Mahansaria, Founder and CEO multinational Alliance Tire Group Bhavin Turakhia, Founder of Flock, Ringo, Radix and Zeta. Education Gita Johar, Professor of Business, Columbia Business School Jagdish Bhagwati, Economist and Professor of Economics at Columbia University
Film, theatre and television
Aditya Chopra, Director & Producer
Atul Agnihotri, Actor & Director
Emraan Hashmi, Actor
Fazila Allana, notable TV producer, founder and MD of Sol Production Pvt. Ltd. Gayatri Joshi, Indian actress known for her role in Hindi film Swades Hrithik Roshan, Actor Juhi Chawla, Actress and Femina Miss India Universe 1984 Karanvir Bohra, Television Actor Lymaraina D'Souza, Indian model and Femina Miss India Universe 1998 Rahul Bose, Actor Uday Chopra, Actor Milan Luthria, Director Sameera Reddy, Indian film actress Sanaya Irani, Television Actress Sanjay Gupta, film director Shamita Shetty, Indian film actress Sheetal Mallar, Indian supermodel Shiamak Davar, dancer and singer Suchitra Krishnamoorthi, Indian pop singer and actress Swapnil Joshi, TV actor-comedian Vinod Khanna, Actor Zeenat Aman, Indian film Actress Rajit Kapoor, Actor