Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal’s Usha Pravin Gandhi College of Arts, Science and Commerce is governed by its College Development Committee (CDC). The CDC of the college plans and executes policy and development related matters of the institution by setting effective goals and participative process of decision-making. The same is very important not only to the fulfilment of the vision and mission of the college but also in building the institutional philosophy. 

The Principal, the CDC, IQAC and the teaching staff play a crucial role in the planning and execution of its policies in academic and administrative activities.  

The formal mechanism in the institution to consolidate the academic and administrative planning and implementation reflects back to achieving its vision.  

The vision and mission of the institution:  

Vision Statement

“To be one of the country’s premier educational institutions that helps students to gain contemporary knowledge by innovating, adapting and resetting learning as a more accessible, digital and collaborative experience".

Mission Statements

• To facilitate global exchange initiatives and collaborations.
• To enhance life skills by providing value-based education.
• To foster the scientific spirit of inquiry and strengthen innovation-based learning.
• To encourage connectivity between research, technology and employability.

The vision and mission of the institute are in line with the objectives of the higher education institution. 

Objectives 

• To sharpen students’ focus and build more digital and global experiences for the learners. 
• To empower them for lifelong learning by fostering innovative and independent thinking. 
• To enhance the student’s technological skills by providing greater opportunities for shared, collaborative experiences.
• To stimulate students’ research and entrepreneurial understanding and to mould their passion into a profession. 

The Quality Policies are framed based on the Vision and Mission of the Institution and are driven by the needs of the industry, society and stakeholders. Deployment of the quality policy is done by providing requisite academic infrastructure, learning environment and ICT friendly work culture. The stakeholder's Feedback plays an essential role in framing and revising activities. 

Quality Policy 

• Ensuring the support of all stakeholders enables the college to improve the services offered to the learners. 
• Effective utilization of human and other resources to enhance the quality of education. 
• Providing state-of-the-art infrastructure and ICT facilities to augment the teaching-learning process. 
• Fostering competencies to equip learners to face the demands of a changing world. 
• Inculcating a sense of social and moral responsibilities towards society and the environment. 

IQAC has a well-developed process to ensure quality benchmarks of academic and administrative activities. IQAC formulates a perspective plan taking into consideration inputs from all stakeholders. This plan is presented and deliberated in IQAC under the chairmanship of the Principal to get a consensus. This plan is forwarded to the governing body (CDC) for approval. The Institution's policy believes in the involvement of all staff in decision making. To streamline the same, various committees at the Institute level are formed which look after academic and administrative activities which lead to the realization of the vision and mission of the Institute.