Colleges in Maharashtra

Great national leaders and patriots like Vishnushastri Chiplunkar, Lokmanya Tilak, Gopalrao Agarkar and Madhavrao Namjoshi, inspired by the spirit of a nation building ideal of education, laid the foundations in Pune, of the New English School in 1880 and the D.E.Soceity in 1884. The Fergusson college was started in 1885.

Originally named the Shikshan Prasarak Mandal Mahavidyalaya (S.P.M. Mahavidyalaya) and housed in a building called the ” Shree Krishna Bhuwan”, the college was founded by a group of enthusiastic and education – loving local person in July 1961. Though the college had only one faculty(Arts) in its year of foundation, another faculty (Commerce) was added the very next year

Janata Mahavidyalaya, established in 1958, is one of the oldest colleges in the Vidharba region of Maharashtra and the first college in the combined Chandrapur and Gadchiroli districts.Founded by Shri.Shrihari Jiwatode Guruji, B.Sc.( Agri.), an Ex. M.L.A, the college played a very significant role in the socio-economic and cultural development of this backward region by imparting quality education to the ‘Janata’.The college has always been a beacon of hope to students from rural areas, triba...

Rishi Dayaram & Seth Hassaram National College and Seth Wassiamull Assomull Science College, Bandra, Mumbai is one of the oldest institute of higher education situated in the suburbs of Mumbai. The college was first established in Hyderabad (Sind), now in Pakistan, in the year 1921 with the blessings of Dr. Annie Besant and Rishi Dayaram. After partition, the then Principal of this college, Principal K. M. Kundnani, vowed to re-establish the college in Mumbai.

Navgan Shikshan Sanstha of Rajuri Navagan is a reputed institution in education fiedld in Beed district. It is proved to be an institution providing quality education in rural area. It was established in 1963 by Late Mrs. Kesharbai Kshirsagar alias ‘Kaku’, former Member of Parliament. Her vision and insight made the small seed grow into a huge tree encompassing thousands of students of rural and remote area of Beed district seeking primary to higher education.

Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil College, Urun-Islampur was established in 1961 with the aim of providing higher education to the rural society. The college is located on a seven acres plot with well equipped infrastructure. This college is imparting education to near about 7000 students every year from H.S.C. to P.G. level. It offers various regular and distance U.G. and P.G. courses of Shivaji University, Kolhapur and Y.C.M.O.U. Nashik. We aim at developing critical ability, work ethics and personal...

College of Engineering under Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University was established by Dr. Patangrao Kadam in September 1983. This college has truly transcended all boundaries to establish itself as a premier institute where “Supremacy of technology – enabled Learning”, empowers the students to pursue their passion to realize their ambitions, irrespective of their geographical locale.

The Swami Vivekanand Mahavidyalaya is started in 2001 with a meager strength of 19 students, now nurtures the ambitions of more than 1200 students. The college provides graduates and postgraduates courses in Computer Sci., Biotechnology, Library Sci., and Journalism. We prepare students as active professionals. They learn to approach aesthetic, intellectual and technical problems through scholarly and experimental analysis. Concurrently, students develop highly professional attitude towards t...

The college popularly known as Shivaji Science College is a premier institution of higher learning run by Shri Shivaji Education Society. The society has been awarded the Best Education Society Award by the Government of Maharashtra, alongwith Dalit Mitra Awrd and Sant Gadge Baba Award.

College has excellent, highly qualified, energetic and experienced teaching staff, spacious, well equipped laboratories and well stocked library with spacious reading hall facility for students as well as staff. Higher education is expected to produce young citizens, who will be useful to the society and will participate in nation building. We encourage the students to be involved with co-curricular activities, which acts as a central focus for overall indirect learning.

Janseva Shikshan Mandal Murbad founded Arts, Commerce and Science College Shivle in 1989. It was started with Arts faculty only. In 2000-01B.Sc. course was started with Computer and Chemistry. In 2006-07 B.Com. Course was started. The college has started B.Sc. (IT) in 2009-10. The college is a centre of Computer Diploma and Certificate Courses of Y.C.M.O.U. Nashik. In the academic year 2009-10, more than 1800 students are taking education in the college.

The Rizvi Education Society was established by Dr. AKHTAR HASAN RIZVI in the year 1982, who set his heart on the realization of a dream "the establishment of a mini university", catering to a variety of educational interests and aspirations. The Rizvi College of Arts, Science & Commerce was started in the academic year 1985-86. This was just the beginning of a line of successful ventures that were to follow. The amazing speed with which one professional institute followed another was awe-insp...

The Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute was given its present title on January 26, 1997. Founded in 1887, it was then known as Victoria Jubilee Technical Institute. The institute is reputed for excellent training in courses in engineering and technology at diploma and, degree and post graduate levels over three thousand students. Over twenty seven courses are offered at the undergraduate, postgraduate, diploma, postgraduate diploma and post diploma levels.

The college was established out of a very imaginative activity of social workers and cotton-market members. Amongst them were late. President Pundlikrao Choudhari, Late Dr. J. N. Korpe and Late B. B. Bhende. Akot thluka is famous for cotton production. During 1960, above six thousand cotton loaded bullock-carts were brought by farmers in market. Above members requested each farmer to donate one rupee per cart and farmers who were starving for higher education also responded to the mission ent...

The College was founded by Chikitsak Samuha, a club formed of like-minded individuals who were keenly interested in education. The Samuha had already established and successfully run a school in Girgaon for many years before they decided to venture into the field of higher education.

Named after the great Engineer, Statesman & Visionary of modern India, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur (VNIT) was established in 1960 as a joint venture of Government of India and Government of Maharashtra. The college has made steady progress during the past four decades of its existence. Established as a pace setting Institute of Technical Education imparting undergraduate education, it has played a leading role in guiding other engineering colleges in Maharashtra. In ...

The great visionary and champion of the downtrodden, architect of our Constitution, Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar embraced Buddhism on the hallowed and sacrosanct Deekshabhoomi in 1956 and thereafter thought of imparting education to the downtrodden from urban areas. The clarion call was : Educate, Organize & Agitate. This led to the formation of a trust DR BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR SMARAK SAMITI in 1958, which then established this College in the year 1964. The late Padmashri Dadasaheb Gaikwad was the Foun...

Vivekanand Education Society's College of Arts, Science and Commerce was established in June 1979. It has now completed 33 years & is permanently affiliated to the University of Mumbai. Our College has minority status (Sindhi linguistic minority).

Shri Shivaji Vidya Prasarak Sanstha, Dhule has been rendering valuable service in the field of education for the people living in the Dhule and Dhule District, for last 104 years. S.S.V.P.Santhas Dhule selected Shindkheda region and establish the Junior and Senior college namely ssvps Dhule's Late S.D. Patil alias Baburao Dada Arts, Commerce College,s at Shindkheda in the year 1970. The Inauguaration Ceremony of the College was celebrated in 1970 by auspicious hands of Shri. Namdar Sheshrao W...

Shrama Sadhana Bombay Trusts's College of Engineering And Technology is affiliated to the North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon. The College offers Bachelor of Engineering, Master of Engineering and Master of Business Administration courses. Shram Sadhana Bombay Trust runs the COLLEGE of ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY at Bambhori, Jalgaon, which is the one of the important industrial town & district headquarters of Maharashtra state. College is awarded as Best Engineering College of Maharashtra Sta...