Deccan Education Society

Logo of Deccan Education Society.

The Deccan Education Society is an organisation that runs 43 education establishments in Maharashtra, India. It is based in Pune.

History

In 1880 Vishnushastri Chiplunkar and Bal Gangadhar Tilak established the New English School, one of the first native-run schools offering Western education in Pune.[1] In 1884 they created the Deccan Education Society[2][3] with Gopal Ganesh Agarkar, Mahadev Ballal Namjoshi, V. S. Apte, V. B. Kelkar, M. S. Gole and N. K. Dharap. Soon afterwards,they established Fergusson College with Tilak and Agharkar as early lecturers.

Institutes run by the Deccan Education Society include:

College Established
Fergusson College, Pune 1885
Willingdon College, Sangli 1919
Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce(BMCC), Pune 1943
IMDR, Pune 1974
Kirti M. Doongursee College, Mumbai 1954
Chintamanrao College of Commerce, Sangli 1960

References

  1. ↑ Johnson, Gordon (1973). Provincial Politics and Indian Nationalism: Bombay and the Indian National Congress 1880-1915. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 68–78. ISBN 0-521-20259-0. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  2. ↑ Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Abingdon. UK: Routlege. 2008. pp. 166–167. ISBN 978-0-7007-1267-0. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Bal Gangadhar Tilak". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Retrieved 2 June 2015.


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