Chapter one · The name
Sane Guruji
A teacher, writer and freedom fighter whose thought guided the Mandal's founder — and whose name the Mandal carries.
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Since 1969 · Shahada, Nandurbar
A doorway to education, opened in the heart of the Tapti Valley.
Poojya Sane Guruji Vidya Prasarak Mandal has built colleges and institutes in Shahada so that young people from the farming and tribal families of North-West Maharashtra can pursue higher education in their own region.
- 1969The Mandal is established under the Public Trust Act
- 12Institutions, including six colleges that each run their own website
- ShahadaDist. Nandurbar, Maharashtra — about 450 km from Mumbai
- 1923–2014Annasaheb P. K. Patil, founder-president
Our Story
The story behind the name
Two people and one place explain why this campus exists.
Chapter two · The founder
Annasaheb P. K. Patil
Freedom-movement participant, cooperator and educator, who founded the Mandal in 1969 and is remembered as Sahakar Maharshi and Shikshan Maharshi.
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Chapter three · The place
Why Shahada mattered
A remote, largely tribal and agricultural corner of Maharashtra, between the Tapti river and the Satpura hills — and why bringing colleges here mattered.
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The Institutions
An ecosystem of institutions
Six colleges run their own websites — choose one to go straight to it. The Mandal's other institutions and its Foundation are introduced on this site.
Colleges with their own websites
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Arts · Science · CommerceS. I. Patil Arts, G. B. Patel Science & S. T. K. V. Sangh Commerce College (psgvpasc.ac.in, opens in a new tab)
Multidisciplinary undergraduate and postgraduate education.
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Engineering & TechnologyD. N. Patel College of Engineering (coeshahada.ac.in, opens in a new tab)
Professional engineering education for the region's students.
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Diploma & TechnicalGM Chaudhari Polytechnic College (psgvpgmcpoly.ac.in, opens in a new tab)
Diploma-level technical education and applied learning.
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PharmacyCollege of Pharmacy (psgvppharmacy.ac.in, opens in a new tab)
Pharmacy education for healthcare and professional practice.
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AgricultureK. V. Patel College of Agriculture (psgvpagri.ac.in, opens in a new tab)
Agriculture education for the Tapti Valley region.
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Teacher educationCollege of Education (psgvpceducation.ac.in, opens in a new tab)
Teacher preparation and professional education.
All the Mandal's institutions
Institutes, schools and study centres without a website of their own are introduced on the Institutes page, alongside the six colleges above.
Shree P.K. Anna Patil Foundation
श्री पी के अण्णा पाटील फॉऊंडेशन, शहादा
Part of the wider PSGVPM ecosystem. A dedicated Foundation website is planned separately. Every 9 October, the founder's birth anniversary, the Foundation presents the Purushottam Puraskar to an individual and an organisation.
देतो तो देव
“The one who gives is God.”
A principle Annasaheb P. K. Patil often voiced, according to the Mandal's own records — and one that drew farming families across the region to give toward education.
Leadership
Guided by public service and educational commitment
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FounderLate Shri Annasaheb P. K. Patil
Founder-President
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Shri Bapusaheb Dipakbhai P. Patil
President
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Shri Jagdish G. Patil
Vice President
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Smt. Jayashreetai Dipak Patil
Hon. Secretary
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Shri Makarand Nagin Patil
Coordinator, Academic & General Administration
Visit or write
Reach the Mandal office
For institutional queries, partnerships or general administration, contact the Mandal directly. For admissions, please go to the college you are interested in.
- Address
- Poojya Sane Guruji Vidya Prasarak Mandal, Shahada, Dist. Nandurbar – 425409, Maharashtra
- Phone
- +91-2565-229576
- info@psgvpmandal.com