History
Ruparel College was founded in 1952. Its campus occupies 10 acres (40,000 m2) of land in Matunga, an inner suburb of Mumbai. The campus features green landscaping with trees and a botany garden, and is known for its attractiveness. It offers undergraduate and graduate degrees, including Ph.D. programs in chemistry, physics, and zoology, and has an enrollment of around 1,500 students. Ruparel College has been visited by Indira Gandhi, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (former President of India), P.C. Alexander (former governor of Maharashtra) and Ram Kapse (former Lt. Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands).
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