DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR COMMERCE &
MAHARSHI VITTHAL RAMJI
SHINDE ARTS COLLEGE

In the cultural history of the nation 100 or 200 years are like a drop in a sea. In the Indian society, there are some precious gems, whose births and deaths have caused a great revolution. Among those precious gems, there are same immortal personalities like Mahatma Jyotirao Phule Maharshi Vitthal Ramji Shinde and Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar.

Before 50 years, people were not ready to enter in the campus of ‘Ahilyashram’, but today, thousands of students have been learning in Kinder-Garden, Primary-School, Highschools, Technical School, Arts & Commerce College, Vocational Education, D.B.M., Computer Centre; in the same Campus. Mahatma Jyotirao Phule, Maharshi V. R. Shinde & Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar had a dream of an integrated Indian Society, and our D.C.M. Society has been working for the same purpose.

Many National & International famous personalities have been visited our Institute and approved praised our Goals and works among them was Pop Pias of Vatican. In 1903 he specially visited India to meet to Founder of this Institution Maharshi Vitthal Ramji Shinde. The other famous personalities viz. Jagatguru Shankaracharya, RavindranathTogor, Mahatma Gandhi, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, Pandit Javaharlal Nehru, Subhashchandra Bosh, Ex PresidentBabu Rajendra Prasad, Justice Mahadeo G. Ranade, Honorary GopalkrishnaGokhale, Ex. Prime Minister Indira Gnadhi, BabuJagjivan Ram, Swatyantryavir Savarkar, KarmavirDadasaheb Gaikwad, Barrister Rajabhau Khobragade, Ex Member of Parliament B.C. Kamble, SahityikShankarraoKharat, N. Shivaraj(Ex. M.P., Ex Prisident of R.P.I.), DadasahebRupwate(Ex. M.P.), Hon. R.S. Gawai (M.P.), Hon. Ramadasji Athawale, Hon. NamdeoDhasal, Hon. JogendraKawade, Hon. Mohan Dhariya (Ex. Dy. Chairman Indian Planning Commission), Ex. Prime Minister Chandrashekhar, Hon. Fulan Devi (Ex. M. P.) have visited complimented and guided us.

Depressed Classes Mission Society of India was established on 18th October 1906 and the actual function of the Institution was started on 22nd June 1908 under the guidance and leadership of General Secretary and the Founder Trusty Maharshi Vitthal Ramji Shinde socioeconomic educational and religious of liftment of Dalits in India is the Chief motivation of the Institution.

Today Depressed Classes Mission Society of India, Pune at 896, Nana Peth, ‘Ahilyashram’ Campus, Pune-2 has been providing educational facilities to dalits and destitute children’s it was here on this scared land on 15th March 1852 Mahatma Jyotiba Phule started the First School in India for Dalit children’s. The same memorial School used as Mahatma Phule Library by the college.

The Institution has the following Objectives -