Established in 1996 by Dr. C.L.Patel, the visionary Chairman of Charutar Vidhya Mandal (CVM) with the aim of imparting quality education in the emerging areas of Science and Applied Science, Natubahi V. Patel College of Pure and Applied Sciences (NVAPS) has gone on to become one of the top-notch premier institutes across the nation in a short span since its inception. NVPAS, an English medium - self financed college, boasts an astounding concourse of state-of-the-art infrastructure, highly qualified academicians, holistic approach to education and techno-scientific ambience. Resultantly, in addition to being certified by IS0 9001:2000 for benchmarking quality standards, NVPAS is the only self-financed college across the state to enjoy UGC section 2(f) and (12) B registration.

AFFILIATION:

The college is affiliated to Sardar Patel University and it is the only self-financed college across the state of Gujarat, which is recognized by University Grants Commission (UGC) under UGC act2(f) and 12(B).

TEACHING STAFF:

Teaching staff consists of duly qualified, competent and experienced teachers of which 40% are with Ph.D. degree. College faculty members are actively engaged in research as a result of which presently three Major Research Projects are going on in the areas of Environmental Science and Microbiology at the College along with nine Minor Research Projects sanctioned by UGC, New Delhi.

WEEKLY AND INTERNAL ASSESSMENT:

The College conducts Practice Test every week on Saturday to measure the understanding and retention level of students in terms of what is taught to them in classes. Moreover, these tests keep the students on the alert throughout the year regarding their studies and help them to gauge and analyze their academic growth. Apart from Practice Tests, the college conducts two lnternal Tests per course in every academic year. Average marks of two tests are counted as the lnternal Marks. If a student does not appear in any one of the lnternal Tests on medical or any other justifiable grounds, it is compulsory for himlher to appear in the Arrear Test, which is conducted after the completion of two lnternal Tests, to safeguard himselflherself from a possible detention.

COUNSELING SYSTEM:

NVPAS Counseling is a unique, interactive and target-oriented system, involving students, teachers and parents, resolved to accomplish optimum educational goals by making the process of graduation smooth and rewarding for students. It specifically seeks to addresses common student concerns ranging from anxiety, stress, fear of change and failure to homesickness and a slew of academic worries by bridging the formal as well as communicative gaps between the studentsand the institution at large. Counselors are trained to act as the guardians of the students at the college level to make up for the absence of their parents. They remain in close touch with the students allotted to them though out the year, cater to their emotional and intellectual needs and convey their growth report and feedback, academic or otherwise, to their parents at regular interval of time.

INTERNAL MARKS:

Candidates should have obtained 15 % marks in the individual heads of passing and 25 % marks in the aggregate of all the heads of passing at internal tests conducted by the college. Candidates who do not fulfill the above mentioned requirement on internal marks will be detained from appearing in the University Examination.

ENTRANCE EXAM PREPARATION CELL (EEPC):

EEPC is an initiative to make the studentsof NVPAS competent & competitive to clear Entrance Exams for securing admission in various P.G. Courses like M.Sc. Biotechnology, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Bioinformatics etc. at a few of India's most premier institutes like IIT, llSc Bangalore, TlFR Mumbai and some Central Universities through JNU Combine Entrance Exam (CEE) for M.Sc. Biotechnology. In the history of NVPAS, a huge number of students have cleared various entrance exams every year due to the spirited efforts made by College EEPC more...