The Parent Institute : Bharati Vidyapeeth, Pune
Bharati Vidyapeeth is one of the largest networks of educational institutions in India. In the year 1964, Dr. Patangrao Kadam established this institution in Pune. His focused objective was to bring about intellectual awakening of the people and to create manpower capable of contributing effectively towards national development. Bharati Vidyapeeth has a very humble beginning but its growth in terms of the educational institutions set up and the academic excellence achieved, is tremendous. It runs more than 176 educational units of various kinds, right from pre-primary schools to postgraduate institutions and University. Among the institutions of higher and professional education are colleges of medicine, Dentistry, Ayurveda, Nursing, Law, Social Work, Hotel Management, Catering Technology, Environmental Science, Arts, Science, Commerce, Computer Science, Fine Arts, Agriculture and Physical Education.
Considering the problems of education of the children in tribal and rural areas, Dr. Patangrao Kadam, with a view of social commitment, set up a school for tribal children at Jawhar, Dist. Thane, with a hostel having a capacity of about 250 students. Similarly, a school, a college and an industrial training center were set up at Kadegaon, Dist. Sangli for girls coming from rural areas. A hostel facility with an intake capacity of 450 girls has enabled these girls to educate themselves. Keeping a humanitarian outlook and the financial situation of the tribal and rural students in view, both these institutions are financially supported by Bharati Vidyapeeth and they have been given all the modern infrastructural facilities. A separate women’s college of Engineering has been set up at Pune. The motto of Bharati Vidyapeeth is ‘Social Transformation Through Dynamic Education’.
Along with an excellent network of educational institutions, our founder, Dr. Patangrao Kadam has established a strong field of cooperative sector especially in agro-based industries. These industries include sugar factory, spinning mill, scheduled bank, consumer store, dairy and a poultry. The great achievement of the founder is that he has brought about coordination between the cooperative sector and the educational institutions. As a part of social commitment, these cooperative institutions are bound by constitution to donate 20% of their profit to Bharati Vidyapeeth for the noble cause of education and also generate job opportunities for the younger generation, thereby helping the socio economic upliftment of rural population.
About the College: Dr. Patangrao Kadam Mahavidyalaya, Sangli.
The College was established on 16th September 1985, as Arts, Science and Commerce College, Sangli, and it was renamed as Dr. Patangrao Kadam Mahavidyalaya, Sangli on 8th January 1999. This is the only college in the city, which imparts education in all the four facilities-Arts, Science, Commerce and Computer Science. The college boasts of a spacious, beautiful building costing more than Rs. 2 Crores. To widen the horizon of education, the junior wing of the college in Arts and Science faculties was introduced in June 1990. Four vocational courses at +2 Level were introduced in 1994 and B. Com. with Computer Application in June 1998. It was followed by B.C.S. as a degree in computer Science in 2001. To guide and inspire the potentials in the students, various co-curricular activities are carried out in the college. The college was granted permanent affiliation in the year 1997, by Shivaji University, Kolhapur and was listed under 2(f) and 12 (B) of the UGC Act. In 1997-98. The college received UGC grants worth Rs. 55 lakhs during the IX plan and Rs. 14 lakhs as developmental grants initially sanctioned in the X Plan. The college has received an amount of Rs. 87,17,470 from the management uptill now.
The motto of our parent institution, ‘Social Transformation Through Dynamic Education’, encompasses goals like achieving the social, economic and political transformation of the society. It is the responsibility of the college to achieve these goals to improve the academic standard of students, promote computer literacy and create social awareness regarding health, hygiene and environment. By providing adequate and modern educational facilities to the rural youth, the college is trying to bridge the disparity between the rural and urban culture and to create awareness against discrimination in caste, creed and gender.
It is a matter of pleasure and pride to record that the NAAC Committee of Banglore assessed the College and accredited it B++ grade.
In 2005-06, our college has been selected as a “Lead College” by Shivaji University, Kolhapur.
Computer Science has been introduced as a subject for B. Sc. Since June, 2005.
From 2006-07, Six Career Oriented Courses (financed by U.G.C.) have been introduced in the college.
In March 2007, UGC sanctioned Rs. 80 Lakhs for the construction of Women’s hostel, in the college premises for the benefit of girl students. |
