Breshna is from Zabul province in southeastern Afghanistan. She studies BBA , Bachelor of Business Administration , at Vivekanand Education Society College of Arts Science and Commerce in Chembur, Mumbai.

The first thing she says about her college is the name it carries. Vivekanand Education Society , named after Swami Vivekananda, the 19th century Indian philosopher who gave the world one of its most enduring calls to action.

Swami Vivekananda and Why the Name Matters

Swami Vivekananda (1863 to 1902) was an Indian philosopher, teacher, and social reformer who became one of the most significant figures in India's modern intellectual history. He is known in the West for his speech at the Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago in 1893. In India, he is known for his call to action , "Arise, Awake, and Stop Not till the goal is reached" , a line that has become one of the most cited in Indian educational contexts.

Vivekanand Education Society was established in Mumbai inspired by his principles: that education is transformation, that human potential should be developed fully, and that learning produces people who are awake, active, and unstoppable. The college in Chembur carries that name. For Breshna, who came from Zabul to Mumbai to understand how business works, the name on the door is a statement she takes seriously.

What BBA at VES College Involves

Bachelor of Business Administration is a three-year undergraduate degree covering the disciplines that understanding and running a business requires. The curriculum includes financial management, marketing, human resource management, entrepreneurship, business economics, organisational behaviour, and business law. The program is applied , students work with real company cases, real market scenarios, and real commercial data rather than purely theoretical frameworks.

VES College is in Chembur, the eastern suburbs of Mumbai. Close to the Eastern Express Highway, accessible to Bandra Kurla Complex (Mumbai's financial district), and embedded in an area with significant commercial and industrial activity. For a business student, the environment around the college is not separate from the curriculum. It is part of it.

Breshna's classmates come from across India and from other countries. The diversity of backgrounds in the BBA program means that business discussions draw on experience from different sectors, different regions, and different ways of thinking about how organisations work. She describes this as one of the most valuable parts of the degree , the room itself teaches as much as the textbook.

Mumbai as a Business Education Environment

Mumbai is India's commercial capital. The Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange are both based here. The headquarters of major Indian and multinational corporations, the Reserve Bank of India, the country's most significant financial institutions, the entertainment industry, the pharmaceutical sector , all concentrated in one city. For a business student, this is not background context. It is the subject itself, present and visible outside the classroom.

BBA students at VES College Chembur are not studying business in isolation from the industry they are preparing to enter. Internship opportunities, industry guest lectures, proximity to working professionals across every sector , Mumbai provides what purely academic environments in smaller cities cannot. Breshna intends to return to Afghanistan with an understanding of how business functions in one of Asia's most commercially active environments. That understanding is earned in the city, not just in the classroom.

BBA vs BMS , Understanding the Difference

fn.mahacet.org lists BBA, BMS, and BBM under the same course category. Afghan students considering a business degree should understand the distinction.

All three are available through fn.mahacet.org under the BBA/BMS/BBM category. BBA is the most internationally recognised of the three. BMS has strong recognition within Mumbai's business sector. Breshna chose BBA at VES College Chembur. Previous Afghan student Zubair from Ghazni covered BMS at Nagindas Khandwala College, Malad, Mumbai.

How She Found VES College on fn.mahacet.org

Breshna found Vivekanand Education Society College by searching fn.mahacet.org , the Government of Maharashtra's official Foreign Candidate Registration Portal. She searched for BBA under the BBA/BMS/BBM course category, selected BBA as the specialization, and VES College appeared in the results. She read the details, chose the institution, and applied directly through the portal.

No agent was involved. Her 12th grade marks were the academic requirement. No entrance exam was required for international students. Her offer letter came through fn.mahacet.org and she arrived in Mumbai for the new semester.

Her Message to Afghan Women Considering Business

Breshna's message is shaped by the name on the door of her college. Arise, Awake, and Stop Not. Afghan women who want to understand business , who want to build something, manage something, lead something, or contribute to Afghanistan's developing private sector , should not wait for permission or a more convenient moment.

The BBA program is listed on fn.mahacet.org. Mumbai is ready. VES College, Chembur has Vivekananda's call to action on its founding. Arise. Awake. fn.mahacet.org.

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Information sourced from fn.mahacet.org. MHT-CET exemption confirmed per MHT-CET 2026 Information Brochure, Section 4, Point 4.