The Higher Education Review

Education institutes play a key role’ when it comes to shaping the future of the country, shaping minds, and nurturing them with values, and information is itself a big responsibility. Believing in gearing students with life skills and grooming students to lead the world, Indira College of Commerce and Science is determined to bring the best out of its students. ICCS as a dedicated institute offers a holistic environment, engaging learning, and affordable education, catering to its learners with several undergraduate and postgraduate programs in commerce and computer science streams.

Located in Pune-Mumbai Highway, Indira College of Commerce and Indira College of Science was established in the year 2001, under the banner of Shree Chanakya Education Society (SCES). Thereafter, in the year 2007, both the colleges were merged and formed as Indira College of Commerce and Science. The institute is affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune University and accredited with A GRADE from NAAC. The institution for higher learning desires to impart an entrepreneurial attitude and competency skills for the all-round development of students inclusive of access to quality education for the students. Besides the Undergraduate and Postgraduate programs, ICCS offers an array of industry-oriented courses. The academic curriculum of the college is a perfect blend of theoretical as well as practical aspects of the subject matter which enhances the cognitive potential of the learners.

Developing Future Professionals
According to the academic vision of ICCS, the institute is hustling to be the centre of excellence in higher learning shortly. It is the belief of this institution to provide the right skills and knowledge to students will motivate them to strive for excellence in life adding to its belief, value-based learning systems, motivating academic excellence, and establishing a society that respects and values democratic values. The well-defined academic curriculum of the college is outcome-based which enables students to have an in-depth knowledge of different industrial domains.

The well-organized academic structure of ICCS offers learners

bachelor’s and master’s degree programs which constitutes bachelor’s in commerce, bachelor’s in business administration, Bachelor in computer application, BBA in computer application , B.sc. in Computer science & M.sc. in computer science. Apart from the aforementioned degree programs, ICCS offers professional certificate programs which are GST, Product Licensing (monetizing your product idea through commercialization), digital marketing, Advanced excel, Tally, Tour planning, Crew Management, Air hostess, Safety and Fire management other than these some of the certificate courses like GDS - Galileo, Amadeus, and travel operator are under process to be implemented.



Mentors play a major role in identifying the budding talent in terms of their future goals, inculcating with knowledge thereafter guiding for their aspirations. The faculty of Indira College of Commerce and Science are experts in their respective fields holding years of experience and mastery. The teachers of ICCS are experts from different industries, academia, and government bodies passing on their wisdom to the learners. We provide our students with a perfect combination of core faculty and experts from the different industry domains to deliver their lectures using student-centered pedagogy and a state-of-the-art learning management system.

To encourage the competitive spirit along with exposure to the practicability ICCS conducts various events like GUSTO, i-MUN, industrial tours, case studies, exhibitions, and other classroom competitions. The board of studies is a faculty council specially formed to keep a track of the industrial activities with the help of industry leaders based on which the board of studies designs the syllabus and related activities which suit the academic needs.

Opening New Doors Of Opportunities

The partnership of ICCS with various industries is proving advantageous to students in grabbing their dream jobs, the placement team of the college stays dedicated to guiding students with upcoming job opportunities. The placement team has done a phenomenal job by helping numerous students to get placed in renowned companies with a good salary package. The students of Indira College of Commerce and Science got the highest placements in the tourism sector as this sector is growing at a steady pace and increasing domains. The placements cell maintains a proper accord with various companies such as Sula Wines, Express in hotels, Sun Tourism, Elite tours, Ruby Trips, Vatican Edu Tours for live projects, internships, and placements.

“Tourism is the fastest sector growing all over the world and contributing to providing highest number of jobs in service sectors. This sector is also facing a lot of challenges in terms of technology and skilled based employees, who have lack of knowledge in their perspective. Bachelors of business administration in Hospitality and tourism management will be beneficial for students who want to run their own business in the travel and tourism sector. These courses focus on recent trends in the tourism industry with continued growth with steady phase and increasing activity in both public and the private sector”, says Dr. Janardan Pawar, Principal incharge, Indira College of Commerce and Science.

"Indira college of commerce and science aspires to become an apex institute for students who are willing to commence their careers or looking forward to being an entrepreneur in the tourism and travel sector"

Indira College of Commerce and Science aspires to become an apex institute for students who are willing to commence their careers or looking forward to being an entrepreneur in the tourism and travel sector. The institute is aim-driven so expects the same from its students to keep working hard until they achieve what all they are aspiring for. The college looks forward to inspiring and guiding young individuals to go for big roles in various domains of the hospitality, travel, and tourism industry.