Mithibai College of Arts and Chauhan Institute of Science was established in1961 by Shri Vile Parle Kelvani Mandal to address the growing need for institutions of higher education in the western suburbs of Mumbai.
With growing demand, Amrutben Jivanlal College of Commerce & Economics was instituted in 1981. The college has been granted linguistic minority status for the Gujarati community. From a modest two-storey building, the college has now grown to a nine- storey edifice that towers over the landscape of Juhu. The college has 22 departments associated with the faculties of Arts, Science & Commerce. There are 16 Post Graduate programs and 10 Research Centres offering Ph.D. programmes. The college is a recipient of grants under Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA-2), DBT and DST.