Sadanlal Sanwaldas Khanna Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Prayagraj, was established In the International year for Women, 1975, by the joint efforts of late S.N. Kakkar (Ex- Union Minister, of India), Prof. D. D. Khanna (Ex-Head of Department of Defence Studies, University of Allahabad ) and Sri Shyam Narain Kapoor, members of the Khattri Pathshala Society with the motto “आ नो भद्रा: क्रतवो यन्तु विश्वत: (Let noble thoughts come to us from every side.)”.The college has grown from a single faculty to composite institution where in education is being imparted in the faculty of Arts, Science, Commerce, Teacher- Education and Law. The college is exclusively for women and aims to cater the needs of students belonging to diverse socio-economic backgrounds, with the objective of cultivating moral, intellectual, spiritual, social, and emotional values for all round development of the students.