Chintamanrao College of Commerce, Sangli

About Chintamanrao College of Commerce, Sangli

The College has been named after Raja of Sangli-Late Padmabhushan Shrimant Chintamanrao Patwardhan. The College is being run by the Deccan Education Society, Pune and is affiliated to the Shivaji University, Kolhapur. The college is situated on Sangli-Miraj road and a fair frequency of city-bus service conveniently connects it with both the cities. Separate divisions have been started for students desiring to receive instructions in English medium. This is the only Commerce College in this area offering the English medium facility. The college is committed to provide quality education to the students and make continuous, systematic efforts for achieving improvement in the quality of education. CCCS had successfully conducted DBM course after 1970 for almost 25 years. MBA was also launched in this college in the year 1984. This college was the first institution, which pioneered management education in Sangli District. Hundreds of students from all over India had taken management education from this college. These courses were transferred to a new sister institute.

Deccan Education Society, Pune was established in 1884 and was registered on 13th August 1885 by four patriotic visionaries - Vishnu Shastri Chiplunkar, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar and Mahadev Ballal Namjoshi - who were already recognized as the pioneers of new education in India with the launch of New English School in Pune in the year 1880. This was a revolutionary step, because in those days Government Institutions and Christian missionaries were the only agencies involved in educating masses. Private enterprise in education was often discouraged. It was also pointed out by these nationalists that there was no education available to generate leadership, for industrial regeneration of India, or for defense of the motherland i.e. education required by the people of a self-governing nation. It was with the idea of filling these voids that the DES came into existence. In the view of its founders, education was the means of rousing the intellect, the drooping will and the slumbering conscience of their fallen countrymen. They began with a modest aim of facilitating education at low costs by starting schools and colleges.
In the year 1885, the renowned Fergusson College was started. In the year 1919, DES established Willingdon College in the southern region of Maharashtra at Sangli on a 125 acre campus. Recognizing the need for commerce education, the Society started Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce in 1943 in Pune followed by Chintamanrao College of Commerce in Sangli in 1960. In the year 1954, Kirti M. Doongursee College was established in Mumbai. The Society entered in the field of technical education too with the launch of Technical Institute in Pune (1937). DES started management institute viz. IMDR in 1974 at Pune and IMR at Sangli in 1996. The year 2003 witnessed addition of DES Law College and the year 2007 DES started Physiotherapy College. DES also runs an autonomous institute in the field of Vocational Training at Pune. With a view to imparting basic education, the Society has started many schools at various places in the state. The DES management is trying to expand its educational activities as per the requirements of the society in general, guided and aided by educationists, visionaries, philanthropists and ex-students, in order to pursue its goal "KNOWLEDGE IS POWER"