S. B. Garda Arts College & P. K. Patel College of Commerce, Navsari

ABOUT

Overview

S. B. Garda College is one of the oldest educational institutions of the South Gujarat region. The College is affiliated to Veer Narmad South Gujarat University and is recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC), India under Section 2 (f) and 12 (b) of the UGC Act. The institute was established in 1945 when a Parsi philanthropist Sorabji Burjorji Garda donated a sum of Rs. 2,00,000/- with an objective of imparting education to all students without any distinction of caste or creed or nationality save and except that preference therein shall be given to Parsis. Prof. A. K. Trivedi, the first principal of the institute proudly and fondly chose the motto of the institute: ˜Words written large in my heart. For them I have chosen the motto: EXCELSIOR. May they in the company of their Professors strive Higher and Higher!” The motto of the college became the status insignia of the institution. The institute progressed and flourished higher and higher afterwards.