Shikshan Prasarak Mandali Explained

The Shikshan Prasarak Mandali, Pune, is one of the private educational societies in Maharashtra. It was established in 1883 with the aim of imparting western education in Marathi language but without any help from the then British government. The Nutan Marathi Vidyalaya (NuMaVi) was established by this society in the same year in the memory of Marathi writer and scholar Vishnushastri Chiplunkar. In 1916 it went on to establish the New Poona College (later named as Sir Parshurambhau College) for arts.^[1]

Lokmanya Tilak, Gopalkrishna Gokhale, N. C. Kelkar and Datto Vaman Potdar were closely associated with its rapid growth and development.

Institutes

The society runs about 40 educational institutions in Maharashtra and Karnataka.^[2]

• Nutan Marathi Vidyalaya, Pune (est. 1883)^[1]
• Sir Parshurambhau College, Pune (est. 1916)^[3]
• Haribhai Deokaran High School, Solapur (est. 1918)^[4]
• Tilak College of Education, Pune (est. 1941)^[5]
• Ramnarain Ruia College, Mumbai (est. 1937)^[6]
• Ramniranjan Anandilal Podar College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai^[7]
• WE School, Mumbai (est. 1977)
• S.P.M. Public English Medium School, Pune (est. 2010)^[8]

Notes and References

1. Book: South Asian intellectuals and social change: a study of the role of vernacular-speaking intelligentsia . Heritage . Malik, Yogendra K. . 1981 . 48 . 28 July 2015.
2. News: File cheating case against SPM trustees: City court . . 23 December 2010 . 28 July 2015 . Jadhav, Ashish.
3. News: Pune's SP College set to turn 100, celebrations from Sunday . . Pune . 10 June 2015 . 28 July 2015.
4. Book: Studies, Issue 46 . Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics . 1965 . 17 . 28 July 2015.
5. Book: The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's Who . Bennett, Coleman . Sir Stanley Reed . 1954 . 820 . 28 July 2015.
6. News: आजपासून विष्णुशास्त्री चिपळूणकर स्मृती व्याख्यानमाला . Marathi . . Mumbai . 22 January 2014 . 23 July 2015.
7. News: RA Podar College of Commerce and Economics . https://web.archive.org/web/20150723180007/http://www.hindustantimes.com/chunk-ht-ui-campuscalling-collegeprofiles/ra-podar-college-of-commerce-and-economics/article1-317116.aspx . dead . 23 July 2015 . . 29 May 2009 . 23 July 2015.
8. Web site: SPM Public School Wonder..Learn..Grow . 2022-06-12 . www.spmpublicschool.com.