Shree H. K. Commerce College

Work Flow Shri Harivallabhadas Kalidas Commerce College is the offspring of Gujarat Vidhyasabha and a late one at that. Established in 1968 it was supposed to cater to the rising need for commerce education in a changing society. Gujarat Vidhyasabha was the brain child of a British officer by the name of Sir Alexander Kinlock Forbes who embarked on the mission of enriching the vernacular (the Gujarati) language. His efforts led him to form the Gujarati Vernacular Society with the help and the co-operation of the then existing literati of Gujarati. The altruistic efforts came from the grand old first citizens among them the well-known poet Dalpatram. The efforts were fortified by likes of the foremost citizens of the state the late Shri Dadasaheb Mavlankar Shri Rasiklal Parikh Lt. Balwantbhai Bhatt late Shri Yashwant Shukla and of course the unforgettable late Dr. Chinubhai Nayak. The history of the college dates back to the mid-nineteenth century. The parent Institution of the college named Gujarat Vernacular Society was established on 26 December 1848. The history of the society has been recorded in three volumes of the "History of Gujarat Vernacular Society" published in part 1 2 & 3 by the learned scholar Shri Hiralal Parekh. These volumes can be accessed in the library of Shri B. J. Institute of Learning and Research. The history notes that the Society was set up for the development of Gujarati language and literature dispersal of knowledge and enhancement in education. The Society's name was changed to Gujarat Vidyasabha in 1946. The Society's six-point program was the publication of periodicals library services classification and arrangement of ma