About
In the years after the establishment of the Sanstha, in course of time, along with the industrial development a new section -a class of workers -arose. It was uneducated though trained in trade. This community was predominantly inhabited in the industrial areas. This Pimpri-Chinchwad industrial development sector has been one of them. Perhaps the largest in Asia. Incidentally, it is on the periphery of Pune, the centre of education. However, education was out of reach for the wards of this class. Rayat Shikshan Sanstha, Satara on the line of this, it’s mission, changed the focus form rural to semi urban, & opened new college in this area in 1983. At its inception, it was a two faculty college with limited options of course. With increasing number of students the subject options & number departments increased which led to the development of the faculties right upto post graduate level. Not only this, but acknowledging the needs of the industrial areas, science faculty was introduced in 1992. Today there are as many as 22 departments under the three faculties. The college was renamed with the nomenclature of ‘Mahatma Phule Mahavidyalaya, Pimpri, Pune’ as a homage to the great social reformer Jotirao Phule in Maharashtra.
