College Profile

     A.B.M.S. Parishad, founded by a team of renowned educationists and leading social reformers of Maharashtra aims at educating the masses and spreading education among those who have been deprived of it for generations. We follow the footprints of these leaders. Shri Shahu Mandir Mahavidyalaya, established in 1960, is one of the attempts of the A.B.M.S. Parishad to take education to the masses. It is one of the several educational units of the A.B.M.S. Parishad spread all over Maharashtra. The Parishad aims at reaching out to people, creating awareness about the importance of education and the college is an offspring of such efforts. Students from lower stratum of society and rural background are our main target group. We try to provide quality education to the students who are socially, economically and academically backward, as a result of which even a student of average intellect gather sufficient confidence to meet the demands of the world by the end of his/her graduation.

     Inspired by the great legacy of our institution, keeping in view the objectives of the national policy on education and seeking the fulfillment of the needs of society, our college is determined to achieve the following goals:

1.To promote education among the masses particularly among the rural and urban downtrodden, socially and economically backward sections of society.
2.To develop overall personality of the students.
3.To make students physically strong and spiritually and academically sound.
4.To promote values of democracy, secularism, national integration, gender equality, protection of environment etc. among the students.
5.To ensure that students develop knowledge, skills and attitudes for gainful employment and self-employment.
6.To promote women education.
7.To improve the quality of academic and administrative staff.
8.To promote healthy academic atmosphere and welfare of students.
9.To interact with staff, farmers, workers, industries, business organizations, social and charitable organizations so as to understand their basic needs, problems, views etc.

     The college offers degree courses in B.A., B.Com., BBA, BBA (CA)., Post-graduation in Commerce, English, Marathi, & Economics. The College also offers employment oriented Short Term Courses like Tally, Basic Beauty Culture, Spoken English etc. The College is affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune University. The college has NCC, NSS, a competitive examination center, central library, two computer laboratories, Commerce computer laboratory, language laboratory, Vidyarthini Manch, Adult, Continuing Education and Extension department, Extra Mural Board, Literary Association, Gymkhana, hostels, canteen, vehicle parking, grievance redressal cells, welfare schemes, earn & learn scheme, employees’ Cooperative Credit society etc.

The College campus is spread over a vast area of 67 acres and has a very beautiful and picturesque campus covered with a large number of trees which provide shade, beauty and a very invigorating environment for serious studies. The college has very large sports ground with the background of Parvati hill. There is a long, closed loop walking track. It is a wonderful sight at every dawn and dusk to see a large number of people jogging on this track surrounded by beautiful landscape and also spending their leisure time in the beautiful garden around the majestic statue of Rajarshi Shahu Maharaj.