Divekar College of Commerce, Karwar was established in 1970. Its affiliated to Karnatak University, Dharwad (KUD).

by the Kanara Welfare Trust to offer quality commerce education to needy students in and around Karwar, a port city in the forest district of Uttara Kannada. It was the first college in Karwar offering commerce education.

It should also be noted that there was only one commerce college in the entire Uttara Kannada district before the establishment of Divekar College of Commerce. Kanara Welfare Trust is committed to provide adequate infrastructural facilities and human resources like qualified teaching and administrative staff, spacious and functional teaching blocks and other amenities. 

The College was named after Dr. M. R . Divekar, a great philanthropist who donated liberally for the establishment of the college.

Divekar College of Commerce is located on the most beautiful campus that is surrounded by the perennial dark green Sahyadri or the Western Ghat forests and the blue water of the Arabian Sea and the Kali River.

The sun rising in the Sahyadri and setting in the Arabian Sea creates myriad of colours on and around the campus.

VISION

"To be a pioneer in providing excellent education in commerce and in allied streams to the maximum satisfaction of the students and the society"

MISSION

To provide quality education through excellent and competent teaching. To channelise latent potentials of students in right direction."

OBJECTIVES