Mr. U.T.Punde
Hon. Treasurer
Mr. B. V. Javalekar
Hon. Secretary
Mr. A. V. Bhosale
Hon. Vice-Chairman
Mr. W. D. Sancheti
Chairman
We have great pleasure to state that the Camp Education Society is rendering yeoman service in the cause of education in Pune almost for a long period of One Hundred & Thirty Six Years with seven high schools, seven primary schools & five Junior colleges and one Senior college with BCS (Bachelor of Computer Science). We have also started MBA (Master of Business Administration) in Nigdi complex, which is named after Dr. Arvind Telang Education Complex. In this complex Industrial Training is also started. In the Cantonment (including Pune city) & Nigdi as many as 15,000 students are on the rolls of the schools, Junior and Senior Colleges of the Society at present. It may be mentioned here that the bulk of the students are from backward, working and neglected families particularly in the Eastern part of Pune. It would be more correct to say that most of the students are the children of the workers’ employed in several industrial units in the vicinity of Pune.
We feel very proud & happy to place before you a brief resume of the origin, history, development of schools and educational activities from year to year, from decade to decade of Camp Education Society, Pune - 1.
At the time when the need for education of the children of the masses and need for school for the purpose was very keenly felt, a band of social thinkers and leaders of community in the Cantonment, where education was confined to a few missionary schools conducted by philanthropic persons from Christian and Parsi communities, came together and established Camp Education Society in Pune Camp in the year 1885. Amongst them prominently the late Shri. Rajanna Lingoo Polas, the late Shri. Balkrishna Sayanna Motadoo, the late Shri. Gangadharbhau Mhaske and the late Shri. Lokhande took active part and started a Marathi Primary School in Camp area of Pune. The efforts of these leading men were blessed by the great social leader, Late. Mahatma Jyotiba Phule. A tiny, fragile, attractive and fascinating branches under the shade of which thousands of boys and girls were receiving drops of nectar of good education day after day.
In the year 1929, the Late Shri. Acharya P. K. Atre came to this Society’s High School in Camp, chose to make it his ‘Karmabhumi’ and worked assiduously against many odds for full 17 years as Head Master and brought himself and the school into lime light. His contribution to the development of the academic standards of the school was indeed handsome and significant. By sheer dint of his efforts and enterprising spirit he brought the unique and single distinction of conducting B. T. Classes at this institution in 1929. There after in 1934 the society launched an additional high school in Rasta Peth, Pune under the name of Raja Dhanarajgirji High School. Then Late Dr. R. K. Naidu rendered yeoman service to the society as Chairman of its Managing Board. The Society purchased a six acres plot at No. 1 Solapur road for providing a playground to the students. Shri. Acharya Atre had the honour to inaugurate this play ground in 1961.
In order to ensure education of the girls in this area adequately, a separate building project of putting up a three stored building was planned in 1962 and in the diamond jubilee year of the Society in 1965 the girls Section, ‘Kanya Shala’ was started in the new imposing 3 storeyed building which was inaugurated under the President ship of the Late Shri. Yeshwantraoji Chavan, then Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
The efforts of the Late Shri. D. B. Agarwal, the then Chairman of the Managing Board in making this project a grand success deserves special mention.
The then Chairman of the Managing Board Late Dr. A. B. Telang by his commendable persistence and painstaking endeavor has added another imposing 3- storeyed building for the new primary school in the compound of Raja Dhanrajgirji High School, Pune 11. This new building was inaugurated by the former Honorable minister for Urban Development and Housing, Maharastra State Mr. M. N. Kamble on 20.6.1983. Dr. Telang completed this project in record time with incredible speed against heavy odds.
The Society can now reasonably boast 7 High Schools, 7 Primary Schools, 7 Pre-Primary Schools, 5 Junior Colleges and 1 Senior College with about 15 thousand students on the rolls and a staff of 600 teachers and non-teaching personnel. The high percentage of academic results are registered by the schools and junior colleges of our Society year after year speak highly of their satisfactory progress.
Several past students of our schools and colleges have had the honour of being Mayors of Pune City and Vice-Presidents of Pune Cantonment Board.
The useful contributions made by the Head Masters, the Late Shri. Sarvashri Mamasaheb Deogirikar, Shri. P. K. Atre, Shri. K. R. Bhat, Shri. Wagholikar, also Shri. Sarvashri G. P. Sohoni, Shri. V. K. Bavre, Shri. V. K. Shotriya, Shri. K. B. Kulkarni and Shri. S. D. Nilegaonkar towards the successful management of the schools has to be remembered gratefully.
Particularly, the work done by Late Dr. R. K. Naidu, Late Mr. A. B. Setna, Late Mr. D. B. Agrawal and Late Mr. L. E. Ganla as Chairman of Managing Board was devoted, outstanding and greatly helpful in carrying the Society forward year after year.
The present management is comprised of 50% of alumni of Camp Education Society’s Schools. The present Managing Board consists of –
| 1 | Hon. Shri. Walchand Devichand Sancheti | Hon. Chairman |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Hon. Shri. Annasaheb Vithalrao Bhosale | Hon. Vice-Chairmann |
| 3 | Hon. Shri. Baburao V. Javalekar | Hon. Secretary |
| 4 | Hon. Shri. Uday Trimbak Punde | Hon. Treasurer |
| 5 | Hon. Smt. Mohini Arvind Telang | Member |
| 6 | Hon. Shri. Subhash Dayashankar Agarwal | Member |
| 7 | Hon. Shri. Dilipkumar Hiralal Saraf | Member |
| 8 | Hon. Dr. Imtiyaz Sirajuddin Mulla | Member |
| 9 | Hon. Dr. Milind Arvind Telang | Member |
| 10 | Hon. Adv. Bhagwan Pandharinath Bendre | Member |
| 11 | Hon. Shri. Jawaharlal G. Bothara | Member |
| 12 | Hon. Shri. Shashikant Vasant Pawar | Member |
The Educational activities at Nigdi Pradhikaran were started in the year 1988-89 with the opening of Classes of Jr. K. G., Sr. K. G. and 1 Std. having just 98 students in Marathi Medium. Simultaneously, Abhiman English Medium Primary School was started on 24th June 1988. Prerana High School’s inauguration was done at the hands of the Hon. Minister for Education, Mr. Patangrao Kadam in June 1992 while the inauguration of Prerana Junior College was done in June 1994 by the President of Society, Principal Amarsingh Rane. In just a short span of 10 years full-fledged units of Nursery, Primary, Secondary and Junior College have been established and all the units have Government approval. All these classes are housed in well-designed attractive 3-stored buildings having 50 classrooms.
The development of Abhiman English Medium Preprimary, Primary, Secondary School and Junior College has established in the above fashion in the last 10 years and their classes are conducted in the morning session.
To add color to this rapid development of educational activities a Senior College, College of Arts, Science and Commerce was opened in the academic year 1998-99 and the inaugural celebration was done at the hands of Shri. Sharad Pawar, Leader of Opposition in Parliament on 12th July 1998. Simultaneously, a separate Building of I.T.I. was constructed for housing Mechanical Draftsman, Electrical Wiring and Welding trades and the inaugural function was held on 12.8.93 with great excitement and enthusiasm.
Society is actively involved in the Nehru Rojgar Yojana from 1990 with specific aim imparting education and training to economically weaker students and helps them to achieve necessary skills to get jobs or start small business on their own.
The Society started hotel management institute in Chinchwad (PCMC), in the name of CES’s Dr. A. B. Telang Institute of Hotel Management and Catering Technology in the year 2005, starting an era of catering to professional education.
Management Institute in the name of CES’s Rasiklal M. Dhariwal Institute of Management was started in 2012 in the Nigdi Educational Complex catering to the need of Management Education.
Govt. of India under its new Educational Policy has envisaged vocational Education having minimum competencies in various fields enabling students to acquire various skills and get jobs or start their own business. Camp Education Society was one of the first institutes to implement this policy, and since 1988 eight courses are being conducted at its two Jr. Colleges as under:
Krech & Pre – School Management
Institutional Housekeeping
Marketing & Salesmanship
Repairs & Maintenance of Electrical appliances
Medical Lab. Technician
Travel & Tourism
Banking
Auditing
The society has also started following special trainings in the Camp High School:
- Technical Education at High School level
- Computer Training at High School and Jr. College Level.
- B.C.S. at Senior College & M.C.M. at New Building at Nigdi.
Over all development of students is our priority and we are teaching the students to make lifelong friendship with Books.
On 06.05.2000 Camp Education Society’s Jr. College celebrated its Silver Jubilee Function & on same occasion a foundation stone was led for construction of a new stadium for Senior College by Shri. Vilasrao Deshmukh, Hon. Chief Minister of Maharashtra State & the programme was presided by Hon. Shri. Sushilkumar Shinde, the then Member of Parliament. Other Honourable guests who graced the occasion were Hon. Shri. Ramkrishna More, Minister for School Education, Sports, Youth Farewell Culture, Hon. Shri.Dilip Valse Patil, Higher & Technical Education Minister, Hon. Shri.Vasant Chavan, Minister of State’s Production Medicine Material.
On 01.10.2006 the inauguration of a new building was led by Hon. Shri. Ajitdada Pawar, Minister for water Resources, State of Maharashtra, at Camp Education Society’s Dr. Arvind B. Telang Institute of Hotel Management, plot No G/p-159, G Block, MIDC, Chinchwad, Pune-19 & the occasion was presided by well-known Chef Shri. Sanjeev Kapoor.
On 01.10.2007, Pradhikaran, Sector No. 27/A, New Building of ‘Master of Computer Management’ was inaugurated by Hon. Shri. Sharad Pawar, Central Agricultural Minister of India. Special mention is essential that Camp Education Society is creating a bright future & developing confidence among young generation. Society’s Rasta Peth Chaitanya English Medium School’s renovated building was inaugurated on 01.10.2008 by Hon. Shri. Satyapal Singh, the then Police Commissioner of Pune. Shri Prataprao Pawar, Chairman of Sakal Paper Group was the Chief Guest for this function. On this occasion Society’s Students, Teachers, Non-teaching staff & Society’s Board handed over fund of Rs. 325521/- to Sakal Relief Fund towards the helping hand for Bihar Flood Victims. Society’s this branch was the first to implement Intelligent Class Room Project. Through this project students were rendered to the most advance Computer Education system & since 2009 onwards the same project was implemented in all the schools belonging to the Society.
The year 2009-2010, Camp Education Society celebrated its 125th Anniversary & various activities were organized on this occasion. Specially on establishment day of 1st October 2009, Child Artist Master Sharad Goyekar of National Award winning famous Marathi Film ‘Tingya’ was felicitated & given a gift as a token of love amounting to Rs.50,000/- for his future Education by Camp Education Society’s Teachers & Employees and 18.12.2009 Acharya Atre Sahitya Premi Shri. Suhas Bokil exhibited the rare pieces of literature & Posters as ‘Lakha Molachi Thev’ which was inaugurated by Pune Zilha Krushi Utapadan Bazar Samiti Administrator Shri. Shailesh Kotmire.
On 09.01.2010 Society’s ex-student Hon. Shri. Ramesh Bagawe, Home Minister of Maharashtra State was felicitated, he too opined that ‘how successful he might have become he will never forget his Alma Mater & its Sacrifice’. Seeking this opportunity a documentary film on Society’s 125 years establishment was released.
On the occasion of 125th year a lecture on the legendary Personality Shahu Maharaj & his work was arranged by veteran Artist Rahul Solapurkar, for the students.
Inauguration of Camp Education Society’s Master of Business Administration Institute was held on 09.08.2010. This programme was graced by Hon. Shri. Rajesh Tope, Minister for Maharashtra State’s Higher Technical Education. Reputed well known Businessman & Chairman of Mharatta Chambers of Commerce, Hon. Shri.Mukesh Malhotra graced the function as the Chairperson of the programme. At the time of inauguration of M.B.A institute Hon. Shri. Rajesh Tope opined that Camp Education Society has been taking lot of efforts to groom & nurture students for vocational & Business oriented Courses.
On 21.07.2013, inauguration of Camp Education Society’s E-learning class room was graced by Hon. Shri. Rajendra Darda, Minister for Education, Maharashtra State. He proudly opined that E-learning Course will be very helpful for the economically backward students from std 1st to 10th.
At the closing ceremony of Camp Education Society’s 125th year publication of Souvenir ‘Shatkottar Rajat Rang’ was blessed on 09.12.2012 by Hon. Smt. Pratibhatai Patil, the then President of India. She expressed her gratitude towards Camp Education Society as they gave her this opportunity to be the guest of Society’s 125th year closing Ceremony Programme.
A Preprimary, Primary and High School were started in Moshi Pradhikaran (PCMC) in the name of CES’s Motilal Talera English Medium School in the year 2015. The school is housed in state of the art infrastructure providing facilities like swimming, skating and other indoor and outdoor sports.
Following Special Training is provided to the students of Camp Education Society:
- Vocational Courses at Secondary and Higher Secondary Level.
- Most advanced Computer Education from Pre-Primary School to Senior College.
- B. Sc Hospitality Studies (Institute of Hotel Management) at Chinchwad.
- Master of Business Administration this new (MBA) programme at Nigdi.
The Society’s first priority is student’s intellectual & overall development & aim to groom & nurture students who really work hard & has a dream of bright future.