Pravara Rural Education Society Explained

The Pravara Rural Education Society (PRES) was established in July 1964 at Pravara, Loni, a large village in Maharashtra state in India. It is located between Pune to the South and Nashik to the North. The founder, Padamshri Vitthalrao Vikhe Patil, was a leader of the cooperative movement. The society's first school was an English medium school.

Padam Bhushan Sh Balasaheb Vikhe Patil is the chairman of the society, and [Rajendra Bhane Patil] is the executive chairman.

Progress

The Pravara Rural Education Society operates 11 technical colleges, 6 senior colleges, 6 English medium schools including a Sainik School and 32 Marathi medium schools. In all, over 40,000 students are presently on the rolls of these institutions.

Major institutions

Technical colleges

Pravara Rural Engineering College, Loni^[1]
Sri Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology, Chincholi, Nashik.^[2]
Padamshri Vitthalrao Vikhe Patil Institute of Technology & Engineering, Loni
Pravara Rural College of Pharmacy, Loni
Pravara Women's College of Pharmacy, Chincholi
Pravara Rural College of Architecture, Loni
College of Pharmacy, Chincholi
Industrial Training Institute, and Women Industrial Training Institute, Loni
HAL-Pravara Aviation Institute, Ozar, Nashik

Senior colleges

Padamshri Vikhe Patil College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Pravaranagar
Arts, Commerce and Science College, Satral
Pravara Women's College of Home Science and BCA, Loni
College of Agricultural Biotechnology, Loni
Pravara Rural College of Education, Loni
College of Physical Education, Loni

English medium schools

Pravara Public School, Pravaranagar
Pravara Central Public School, Pravaranagar
Padamshri Vitthalrao Vikhe Patil Sainik School, Loni
Pravara Girls English Medium School & Junior College, Loni
Pravara High School, Kolhar
Padmashri Balasaheb Vikhe Patil International School, Loni

Notes and References

Web site: PRAVARA RURAL ENGINEERING COLLEGE LONI. pravaraengg.org.in.
Web site: Welcome to SVIT, Nashik. svitnashik.in.