Adiwasi Arts and Commerce College - AACC Panchmahals - AACC

Adiwasi Arts & Commerce College (AACC) proffers courses such as Bachelor of Commerce. Twenty kilometers away from the Rajasthan border, and eighty from M.P. in the North East of Gujarat, is situated in the lap of the Aravalli hill ranges the small township of Santrampur. Surrounded by verdurous greenery and small rivulets like the Chibota and the Sukhi, this taluka of Panchmahal district was for years considered the heart of darkness. Tribalism and socio-economic backwardness were synonymous. Its remoteness can be judged from the fact that the nearest railway station from Santrampur is seventy kms away and the nearest metro cities of Baroda and Ahmedabad about 165 kms. With a population of 33,000, the main source of income for the people are agriculture and cattle breeding. The geographical situation of the place has its impact on the socio-economic condition: abject poverty and backwardness prevails in this region of Gujarat. In this scenario twenty eight years back Gujarat Adiwasi Vikas Parishad, a branch of the Akhil Bharatiya Adiwasi Vikas parishad, took up the task of kindling the light of education in this area. It started a large number of educational institutions, the college being one of them. The soul mission of the Parishad was upliftment of the Adiwasis with the help of education. With this vision in mind , it started schools and colleges in Sabarkantha, Baroda, Panchmahals and Dahod districts. The President of the Vikas Parishad- a veteran politician, who was M.P. for seven consecutive times, Mr. Somjibhai Damor- laid the foundation of this college on 15th of June 1980. Considering education as a most potent tool for all-round development and growth he has played a pivotal role in spreading it all around India among the wretched and the downtrodden. He consulted the erstwhile Dean of Gujarat University and currently the main trustee of L. J. Commerce College, Ahmedabad, Mr. B. M. Pirzada, and handed him the responsibility to develop the college as an excellent centre of education in this region.