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Fergusson College Pune
Fergusson is a degree
college in western India,
situated in the city of
Pune. It was founded in 1885
by the Deccan Education
Society and at that time was
first privately governed
college in India. It is
named after Sir James
Fergusson, the Governor of
Bombay, who donated a then
princely sum of Rs 1,200.
Since 1948, the college has
been under the jurisdiction
of University of Pune and is
the oldest college
affiliated to it.
The college has two
sections; The Junior Wing of
the college is for students
passing out of school.
Courses are offered in Arts
and Science streams, at the
end of which students may
appear for the
Higher-Secondary State
Certificate examination.
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The Senior Wing offers Bachelors
Degrees in 29 disciplines and
Masters Degrees in 16
disciplines, spanning electronic
and computer sciences,
languages, humanities and social
sciences. The college also
offers doctoral and vocational
programs. Fergusson College is
known for its close association
with Indian Politics. Its
founders were amongst the
pioneers of the Indian National
Congress, as well as the Indian
Nationalist Movement, and the
Indian Socialist Movement. The
college has produced, amongst
several ministers and
legislators, two Indian Prime
Ministers.
The 65-acre (260,000 m2) campus
of the college is located in the
heart of the city. It provides
athletic and cultural
facilities, as well as
residential facilities for more
than six hundred students and
faculty.
Awards and Rankings
In 2004, Fergusson College was
awarded an 'A' grade by the
National Assessment and
Accreditation Council (NAAC).
The College also received the
"Best College Award" amongst the
colleges affiliated to the
University of Pune in the
academic year 2004-2005.
Fergusson College has
consistently ranked amongst the
top ten arts and science
colleges in India for the past
twelve years in the annual
survey conducted by India
Today-AC Nielsen-ORG-MARG and
published in India Today, one of
India's leading magazines.
Year Arts Rank Science Rank
2008 7 7
2007 - 9
2006 8 6
Notable Alumni
A partial list of notable alumni
is given below:
Vishwanath Pratap Singh -
10th Prime Minister of India
PV Narasimha Rao - 12th Prime
Minister of India
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar -
Indian Independence activist,
Icon of the Hindu Nationalism
Ideology, President of the Hindu
Mahasabha
Jivatram Bhagwandas Kriplani -
Indian Independence Activist,
Senior Congress Leader, Founder
of the Praja Socialist Party
Babubhai J Patel - 6th Chief
Minister of Gujarat
Prahlad Keshav Atre- Playwright
(Shyamchi Aai); leader of The
Samyukta Maharashtra Movement
Vitthal Ramji Shinde- Social
Activist; Founder of Depressed
Classes Mission in Mumbai
P L Deshpande - Playwright,
Actor, Icon of Modern Marathi
Literature
Pandit Chandrakant Sardeshmukh -
Sitar Player, First Master
Fellow of the National Centre
for the Performing Arts (India)
Vasant Kanetkar - Playwright,
Padma Shri awardee
Smita Patil - Actress (Mirch
Masala, Manthan, Chakra); Double
National Award Winner for Best
Actress
D. R. Kaprekar - Mathematician,
Discovered the Kaprekar Constant
and the Kaprekar Number
Nandini Nimbkar - President,
Nimbkar Agricultural Research
Institute; Member, Senate and
Academic Council, Shivaji
University
Sonali Kulkarni -Actress(Mission
Kashmir, Dil Chahta Hai, Fuoco
Su Di Me,Taxi no9 2 11)
Dattatreya Gopal Karve -
Economist, First Principal of
Brihan Maharashtra College of
Commerce, Pune
Pooja Batra - Model,
Miss India 1993; Actress
Ram Ganesh Gadkari- Playwright
Wranglar Chandratre -
Mathematician
S M Joshi - Indian Independence
Activist; Member, All-India
Congress Socialist Party
Rahul Avasthy - Cyber
security expert
Nanasaheb Gore - Former Indian
High Commissioner in Britain;
literateur
Manjiri Phadnis -
Actress (Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na)
Rohini Bhate - Kathak Dancer
Milind Date Composer - Flautist
Bhaskar Chandavarkar -
Composer - Sitar Player
Prabha Marathe - Kathak Dancer
Arts/Humanities
Economics Masters PhD
English Masters
French
Geography
German
Hindi PhD
History
Logic
Marathi Masters
Mathematics
Philosophy
Politics
Psychology Masters
Sanskrit
Sociology
Statistics
Music
Science
Botany PhD
Biotechnology Masters
Chemistry Masters
Computer Science Masters
Electronic Science Masters PhD
Environment Science Masters
Geology Masters
Mathematics PhD
Microbiology Masters
Physics Masters PhD
Statistics
Zoology PhD
Vocational/Special
Vocational Still Photography &
Audio-Visual Production
Vocational Electronic Equipment
Maintenance
Vocational Biotechnology
Master of Computer Applications
M.Sc.Tech (Industrial
Mathematics with Computer
Applications)
Student Activities
National Cadet Corps
The National Cadet Corps in
India is a voluntary
organization which recruits
cadets from high schools and
colleges. The Cadets are given
basic military training in small
arms and parades. Cadet training
began in Fergusson College in
1921 with the University
Training Corps unit which had
two platoons. In 1926, the UTC
strength of increased from two
to three platoons. In June 1930,
one platoon of the College of
Engineering was transferred to
the Fergusson College and since
then Fergusson College enjoyed
the privilege of contributing
full company- Coy and was
reputed as The Best Drilling
Company.
There are two units of NCC in
Fergusson College- Army wing and
Navy wing In the Army wing,
cadets are trained by the
representative of the Armed
forces at the junior and senior
level. They are seen as future
officers or army personnel or as
possible reserves in the case of
national emergency. In the Naval
wing, cadets are trained as per
the naval rules and discipline
at the senior as well as on
junior level. They are also
considered as reserves, second
in line of defence in case of
the national emergency. Apart
from these, the open units in
the college are Girls Wing, Air
Wing, Signal Wing, Armed
Squadron and Medical Wing. |
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