Jawaharlal Nehru Smriti Govt. P.G. College is situated on the City-Mandi Road, Shujalpur at a distance of 2 kms. from Shujalpur Railway Station, on the National Highway 752 C. This place is lying by road at a distance of 115 kms. from Bhopal, the State Capital; 70 kms. from Shajapur, its district headquarters; 140 kms. from Ujjain, the Holy city, which is its Divisional Headquarters ( by train 80 kms from Bhopal, 104 kms from Ujjain). It is 160 kms. away from Indore (130 kms by train), the commercial capital of Madhya Pradesh. The nearest Airport is at Bhopal.
Shujalpur falls under Malwa region and the local dialect is Malvi. Before the inception of the college higher education facilities for the students of the region were confined to cities like Bhopal, Indore, and Ujjain all of which are at a distance of more than 80 kms. From this place. The college started functioning on 1st August, 1964. It was founded by a Trust called Mahavidyalaya Sthapna Samiti, Shujalpur under the chairmanship of Shri Liladhar Joshi, the erstwhile Prime Minister of ‘Central India.’ The college was successfully run by the Samiti for seven years with three faculties – Arts, Science and Commerce. LLB Course was opened in 1968. Later on, considering the pace of its development and also its growth potential, the college was taken over by the State government on 22nd February, 1971. Further, taking into account its student strength and the local demand for higher studies, the college was given the status of a PG college in the year 1997 with eight PG Courses – Five in Arts stream, two in Science, and one in Commerce. Presently, with the inception of LL.M. in Session 2022-23, it is running a total of six UG and 14 PG Programmes.
The college has all the potential for further development which is amply visible from the fact that there has been a steady growth in the student strength in the college, particularly in the last fifteen years. In spite of the mushrooming of private colleges in the area, the graph of the enrolment figure has consistently shown an upward trend. In the academic year 2021-22 the enrolment figure stands 6202. Since the college is the premier institution for higher education in the locality, and all the district headquarters are at a distance of 50 to 100 kms., the student strength of the college is expected to be constantly on the rise in the years to come. The projected student strength by 2027 is approximately 8000. The college administration is continuously striving to create enough infrastructural space in terms of classrooms, laboratories, library space, and sports facilities in order to cope with the projected student strength.
The college, as the Vision and Mission statements indicate, mostly caters to the higher educational needs of the rural backward student community. The percentage of female students, SC students and that of the students from OBC enrolled in the college are higher than the national average. The college, therefore, mainly focuses on the development of the student community from these sections of the society.
J.N.S. Govt. College, Shujalpur, got accredited by NAAC. The NAAC assessment took place in December, 2015 and the college was awarded “B” grade with a CGPA of 2.36.
Our Vision
To strive towards turning the college into a leading centre for higher education offering a blend of general and professional programmes and courses with a view to producing employable and entrepreneurial graduates, while ensuring social and gender equity as well as developing national feeling and environmental consciousness.
Our Mission
1. To provide maximum opportunities for employment to the students belonging to socially and economically backward communities.
2. To open up need-based and modern avenues of higher education with consistently good quality.
3. To ensure women empowerment in the areas of employment /entrepreneurship.
4. To inculcate in the students a feeling of national pride, moral values, gender sensitivity and environmental consciousness.