Vidya Pratishthan, Baramati.
For over three decades of its existence in quality education, Vidya Pratishthan (VP) is now synonymous with sheer excellence. It is an outstanding conception of visionary Hon. Shri. Sharadchandra Pawar,.Presently the Minister for Agriculture at the centre. Beginning with its first institute in 1973, Vidya Pratishthan is sincerely dedicated to prepare the Indian youth for challenges of the competitive global marketplace while fostering a socio-economic sensitivity in their perspective.
The following institutions are a part of VP imparting education with the utmost zeal:
- Six Schools including Marathi as well as English Medium, following State, CBSE & ICSE Curricullums .
- College of Education.
- Arts, Science, Commerce & Computer Science.
- Law College.
- Institute of Information Technology.
- College of Engineering.
- School of Biotechnology.
Vidyanagari provides state-of-the-art infrastructure complimented with a host of facilities for its students & Staff. The amemities are- a centrally air-conditioned library, ladies hostels, gents hostels, staff quarters, a museum, conference halls, gymnasium for ladies and gents, a huge stadium and two cafeterias. In Pune, Vidya Pratisthan has set up two hostels namely The Boys' Hostel at Gokhale Nagar and the luxurious Ladies' Hostel, Sharada Niketan at Karve Nagar.
Some Unique Features of the College:
- The College of Education, with its new three storey building and vast infrastructural facilities is one of its kind in the country.
- From the year 1997, college is organizing university level seminars, workshops & National Conferences, consistently every year, which are funded by NAAC or NCTE.
- During the year 2002-2003 our college was a centre for refresher course in education. The college also conducted a second refresher course in Education (by the Academic staff college of the University of Pune) in the academic year 2003-2004 and then in 2005-2006. The refresher course were in IT related Teaching Learning Methodology.
- Looking at our Best IT facilities Intel has selected us for Project Based Learning (PBL), and Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) projects and the Regional visits and guides us for preparation of these projects.