Main Building of the AGC | |
Former names | M.E.S College of Arts and Science |
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Motto | Facta Non Verba |
Type | Private |
Established | 1945 |
President | Air Marshal Bhushan Gokhale (Retd.) |
Vice-president | Dr. Yashwant Waghmare |
Students | 5000[ citation needed ] |
Address | Karve Rd, opp. Sahyadri Hospital, Kripali Society, Bharati Niwas Colony, Erandwane , , , 411004 , |
Campus | Urban |
Affiliations | Savitribai Phule Pune University Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education |
Website | garwarecollege |
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Abasaheb Garware College of Arts and Science (commonly referred to as Garware College or AGC) is a college located in Pune, India. It is run by the Maharashtra Education Society, a private education institution founded by Vasudeo Balwant Phadke, Vaman Prabhakar Bhave and Laxman Narhar Indapurkar in 1860. [1] The college was established in 1945 and named as "M.E.S College of Arts and Science". It was later renamed to its present name in the 1970s after a charitable donation by the industrialist Abasaheb Garware to the society.
Garware College offers Bachelors, Masters and PhD programs in Arts and Science. Approximately 5000 students study in this college. [2]
Garware College is an Arts and Science college. The college offers 11th & 12th grade studies (10+2) as well as undergraduate and postgraduate programs in the fields listed below. [3]
Abasaheb Garware College boastes several modes of Public Transport, supported by Infrastructure such as Bus Stops and the Garware College Metro Station, an elevated metro station on the East-West corridor of the Aqua Line of the Pune Metro, which was opened on 6 March 2022. [5]
The Main Building Houses Several Departments like Physics, Botany, Zoology and Chemistry- Consisting of Laboratories and Classrooms. The College Office, as well as the Staff Room are Sitauted here.
The AGC Library was started in 1945 along with the establishment of the college and continues to works as an important central support system for the entire college. It caters to the academic and research needs of the disciplines of Arts and Science, and serves as a center of knowledge for Junior, Senior, Post Graduate students as well as Researchers of all the Departments in the college. The 'Bachelor of Library and Information Science' course was started in AGC in 1992. Later, looking at the increasing demand of the students, the college later started the 'Master of Library and Information Science' course in 2009. [6]
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