Abeda Inamdar Senior College

Overview

The Abeda Inamdar Senior College is one of the institutions established and governed by The Maharashtra Cosmopolitan Education Society (M.C.E. Society). The M.C.E. Society, was established in the year 1948 by Late Mr. Abdul Kadir Khan and likeminded educationists, with an objective of providing education to the economically, educationally and socially weaker sections of the society. The M.C.E. Society is an educational society registered under the Society's Registration Act of 1860 and also a Public Trust registered under the Bombay Public Trust Act 1950. It is also registered under section 12 (a) of Income Tax Act 1961 and is exempted u/s 80G of the said Act by the Income Tax Commissioner, Pune. The M.C.E. Society is one of the oldest educational organizations of Pune and has done pioneering work in the field of education. Even though established in the year 1948, right up to 1988 , the 23 acres of Azam Campus which houses most of the institutions run by the M.C.E. Society had only 2 high schools and 2 Primary Schools. The establishment and development of educational institutions actually began in the year 1989 with the establishment of Äbeda Inamdar Junior College. Today the M.C.E. Society governs Twenty-One educational Institutions imparting education in the field of Law, Architecture, Pharmacy,Management, I.T, Dentistry, Education, Arts, Science Commerce and Computer Science at Azam Campus. It has further acquired land at various places in Pune and its process of growth continues. Since 2008 our college has consistently featured amongst the top five colleges of Pune City according to various surveys carried out and published in various issues of India Today. Issue dated 2nd June 2008, 25 th June 2009, 28 th June 1010, and 18th July 2011. It has also been recognized as an A grade College by NAAC, Bangalore. Another feather in the cap of achievement of our college is that we were awarded the Indira Gandhi National Level award for Best NSS Unit and Best NSS Program Officer by the Ministry of Youth Affairs, Government of India, in the year 2004. The year 2015-16 was celebrated by the College as its Silver Jubilee Year. The college has done some path breaking work in making education accessible to the minorities and weaker sections of society. Thus today at 25 years the College stands proudly amongst the leading educational institutes of Pune.