Viva College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Thane was established in 2000-2001 with affiliation to the University of Mumbai. The college is located in a beautiful pollution free environment of Virar (West) at a distance of about 1 km from Virar Railway Station on Western Railway. Despite the fact that the college is young, it did not lag behind in achieving academic laurels. Not only this, in Extra - Curricular Activities the students of VIVA College & UTKARSHA Junior College have won Top prizes in several of the events organized at Inter - Collegiate, District, State and National Levels.
The Institute offers courses as Master of Science in Information Technology, Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com), Bachelor of Science (B.Sc), Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology, Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Bachelor of Science in Physics, and Bachelor of Arts in Political science.
Viva College of Arts, Science and Commerce also offers diploma curses affiliated to University of Mumbai. These diploma courses include Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing Management (PGDMM), Post Graduate Management Programme in Retail and Operation, and Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management. The institute's infrastructure is modern with well equipped facilities. The institute provides separate hostel facilities for boys and girls. The college has a state-of-art computer laboratory equipped with 60 P-IV nodes on LAN system with free internet access through 512 Kbps broadband facility.
The classrooms/ lecture halls in the college are well ventilated. The Institute has a well-stocked library consisting about 15,000 books and journals. The Institute hosts regular personality development workshops, Regular seminars, workshops and conferences. Viva College of Arts, Science and Commerce runs a placement cell for its student guiding them through the placement process and provides them placement offers and interviews via campus placements. The Institute has collaborated with many multi-national companies for campus recruitment.