Chikitsak Samuha's Patkar-Varde College of Arts, Science and Commerce is one of the reputable institutions of higher education in Western suburbs of Mumbai. The College was established in 1964. The College has been Reaccredited with 'A+ Grade' by NAAC (3rd Cycle), with an institutional score of 3.53, and also obtained ISO 9001-2015, The College has been Adjudged Best College in 2016-17 by University of Mumbai and received India's Education Excellence Award 2018 from Berkshire Media LLC, USA. The College has been now Approved for DBT STAR COLLEGE SCHEME and has been granted the Autonomous College Status w.e.f. 2019-20.

The College had adopted a learner-centric and holistic approach aimed at personal, professional and social development of our students. The Vision, Mission and Goals of the Insitution aims at providing affordable quality education to a cross section of society, catering to the diverse needs.

Our College offers a wide range of undergraduate, postgraduate and Ph.D. programmes in addition to the usual course, the College also offers the study in programs the Biotechnology, Bio Informatics, Microbiology, Aviation, Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Science, Actuarial Science, Business Analytics, Management Studies, Banking Insurance, Accounting & Finance, Mass Media, Advertising Communication Design, Hospitality Studies, Business Management, Sports Management.

Our College has taken initiative to develop collaborative research with different Universities. Institutions and organizations. Most of the Science Departments have linkages with prestigious institutes like BARC, TIFR, IIT-Powai, Haffkin Institute, Glenmark, CIBA Research Center, EXCEL, HPCA Lab, among others.

Various cultural activities are organized to create global awareness among the students. Our College has been consistently winning prestigious awards in inter-collegiate competitions. Inter-collegiate events like Spandan, Research in IT, Ignite, Biozest, Biofest, Scimatics, Horizon in Finance, Junoon and Mediatainment are organized and participation of our students in them helps them sharpen their soft skills in organization and management.

To facilitate the fostering of global competencies, the Management strives to provide the latest stateof-art infrastructure facilities on the College campus. We finally believe in what the American poet Robert Frost said;
The woods are lovely dark and deep, But I have promises to keep And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.

Vision

To function as a Centre of education excellence through holistic enrichment of the students for local, industrial, national development and beyond.

Mission

To develop core human competencies for creating harmonious global community.