HSNC University

The HSNC University is a Cluster university comprising a cluster of the existing prestigious colleges from the Bombay vicinity; namely, H.R. College (as the lead college), Kishinchand Chellaram College (KC College) and Bombay Teachers’ Training College (BTTI) as the constituent colleges with H(S)NC Board as its parent body. It is established under the Rashtriya Uchchatar Shikshan Abhiyan (RUSA) scheme, a funding agency under the purview of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.[1]

• KC College
• H.R. College
• Bombay Teachers Training Institute (BTTI)

The HSNC University, Mumbai, is constituted under sub-section (6) of section 3 of the Maharashtra Public Universities Act, 2016 (Mah. VI of 2017), the Government of Maharashtra vide notification no. Rusayo-2019/CR-186/UE-3 dated 30th October 2019 in the official gazette as a Cluster University.[2]

As of 2020, HSNC University has come into existence. It is a cluster university consisting of three prestigious colleges of the board; namely, KC College, HR College & Bombay Teacher's training Institute (BTTI). The University was officially launched on 11 June by Mr. Bhagat Singh Koshyari, the then-Governor of Maharashtra, in presence of Mr. Uddhav Thackeray, the Then-Chief Minister of Maharashtra.[3]

HSNC University is the second cluster university in the city, after Dr Homi Bhabha State University, which brought together Sydhenham College, Elphinstone College, Secondary Training College and The Institute of Science. The latter, though, was a cluster formed with government colleges alone.[4]