Sree Narayana Guru College of Commerce is managed by Sree Narayana Mandira Samiti, a registered educational and charitable trust, which was formed in the year 1963 to perpetuate the memory of Sree Narayana Guru a great saint and social reformer of Kerala.
“Gain freedom through education” is the ideology based on which this institution is functioning. It has been promoting higher education since 1986 among the economically and socially neglected segments of the society.
Gain freedom through education is the clarion call given by Sree Narayana Guru, the great social reformer of 19th century to attain liberty, equality and fraternity. Inspired by this lofty message the Samiti started Sree Narayana Guru High School in June 1975 in Chembur (West) and a Junior & Degree College in 1986.
This area, P.L. Lokhande Marg, has a very close proximity to the slums of Govandi. Prior to this, the entire area was a marshy land with slum dwellings. There was hardly any access to this locality by means of transport. Sree Narayana Mandira Samiti, as trail-blazers has played a vital role in developing this entire area especially the adjoining lanes of P.L. Lokhande Marg in to a residential town. Development of such an abandoned area in to a residential township is the major contribution of Samiti to this State and the first milestone achieved in the service of society. This area is basically inhabited by socially and economically under previleged section of society, whose per capita income and literacy rate are at the lowest ebb.
When the Samiti started the school and college of commerce to maintain continuity of education, it was felt as a great boon by the people. Most of the students are hailing from lower income group and are first generation learners. Sree Narayana Guru College is one of the pioneering institutions in the central suburb to offer education to such an under privileged society for whom higher education is a far-fetched reality. The students are properly groomed from pre-primary to degree level by a band of dedicated and committed teachers.
College aims mainly at academic excellence, all round development of students’ personality, inculcating moral and ethical values in them. The cut off marks at the college level is quite less and students from poor families are given a privilege as they do not get any academic guidance or moral support from their families.
Despite these limitations, the college has carved a niche of its own and has been striving to maintain academic excellence with good results every year. Now the college offers a post graduate program (M.Com) in Accountancy and Career Oriented Certificate and a Diploma Courses in Tax Procedure & Practice to make the students quite competitive in this challenging era. The Samiti also has a computer institute named as Sree Narayana Guru Institute of Information Technology which offers various computer science courses for both Junior and Degree students.
The management has ambitious plans to expand the horizons of this institution. In order to stay in tune with changing times, many tailor-made, job oriented, vocational courses will be started in the near future so as to enable the students to become eligible graduates and meet the challenge of the industries.