From the Desk of the Principal

It is now a passage of century, passed in the annals of time that the Nashik Prasarak Mandal is founded and this Institution is entering the post century passage of time. Similarly, two decades have gone in since the establishment of the Late Bindu Ramrao Deshmukh Arts and Commerce Women College administered by this institution. I am very much elated to record the succeeding arches of our college on this occasion. This college of ours has fulfilled the needs of the girls from this Nasik Road area; the needs of higher education, to create the possibilities of employability, and subsequently to empower these girls in every sense and in every field. The college has a convenient location, specious premises, a well established building with the good library, gymkhana, and a computer training centre. We have two Post Graduate Departments i.e. M.Com and M.A Economics. The college ensures an excellent academic record to prove the competitive efficiency of student in today's competitive world. This Institution has been delivering this pious work in the education field and it has been possible for us to deliver the best only because of the solid support of the Management. It is a thing of pride for me to mention that we have experienced and most qualified staff in our college, besides, the efficient non-teaching staff, the newspapers, periodicals, reference books, encyclopedias are availed of through the rich library updated systems, the student-centric teaching and the learning pedagogy; at the same time, several varied organization of programmes enriching the consciousness of the students and helping them to become knowledge-seekers and in course of time, achieve the Multiplicity of perception to encounter the hurdles of life confidently- these are some of the outstanding features of our college. I must mention it categorically and with a sense of pride that our college has received the Best College Award bestowed by the Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune. This is a thing of pride for us and a certificate, marking our contributions in the field of education. Therefore, we are expected to shoulder now several graver responsibilities to deliver in the near future. I must therefore mention that we are trying hard to deliver the best teaching facilities, organization of cultural programmes, sports, trekking, mountaineering, elocution, debates, essaywriting, promoting research writing, poetry-recital programmes, encouragement for creative writing through the platform of the college Annual, the Prarthana Sabha enhancing the confidence-level of students, and the Surya-Namaskar Drive for the physical and spiritual enrichment of the students, programmes like Earn and Learn helping the students to achieve economic independence, the soft skill programmes to widen their communication skills, courses helping them to produce environment awareness, the NSS, which is a link to associate themselves with the rural life and the questions erupting in these regions - these and many more of this kind have helped us to widen the consciousnesses of our students. Besides, I am sure, these have definitely helped us to prove that our students are a little different from the other. I am also sure that my colleagues shall make an effort to achieve the objectives of this institution and participate in bringing about the social and cultural transformation of the region that we are looking forward to achieve. The college has intended to co-relate with the social welfare. The goal of our college is all round development of the students. College continuously makes efforts to create ideal citizens. Finally, I express my best wishes to the students and the parents who have played key roles in enriching the success columns of this college.

Dr. Leena Pandhare