Abasaheb Garware College

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Abasaheb Garware College of Arts and Science
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Main Building of the AGC
Former names
M.E.S College of Arts and Science
Motto
Facta Non Verba
Type Private
Established1945
President Air Marshal Bhushan Gokhale (Retd.)
Vice-presidentDr. Yashwant Waghmare
Students5000[ citation needed ]
Address
Karve Rd, opp. Sahyadri Hospital, Kripali Society, Bharati Niwas Colony, Erandwane
,
Pune
,
Maharashtra
,
411004
,
India
Campus Urban
Affiliations Savitribai Phule Pune University
Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education
Website garwarecollege.mespune.in
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Abasaheb Garware College

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.

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Garware College offers Bachelors, Masters and PhD programs in Arts and Science. Approximately 5000 students study in this college. [2]

Programs offered

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]

Bachelor of Arts

Master of Arts

PhD in Arts

Bachelor of Science

Master of Science

PhD in Science

Campus and Facilities

Public Transport

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Garware College Metro Station

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]

Main Building

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A Statue of Abasaheb Garware on the Ground floor of the Main Building

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.

Library

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]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Celebrations as MES turns 150". dnasyndication.com. 18 November 2009. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  2. ↑ "Courses – MES Abasaheb Garware College, Pune". garwarecollege.mespune.in. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
  3. ↑ "M.E.S. Abasaheb Garware College Pune: Fees, Admission 2025, Courses, Cutoff, Ranking, Placement". collegedunia.com. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Senior College Admission Notices 2025 – 26 – MES Abasaheb Garware College, Pune". garwarecollege.mespune.in. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
  5. ↑ "Pune Metro: Garware College-Ruby Hall Clinic Route Starting in April, List of Stations Here". News18. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
  6. ↑ "MES AGC Library - About Us". sites.google.com. Retrieved 14 September 2025.

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