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ABOUT THE

INSTITUTE

Deccan Education Society (DES), the parent body
of IMDR® , was established in 1884 by Lokmanya
Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Shri Gopal Ganesh Agarkar,
Shri Vishnushastri Chiplunkar, Shri. Mahadeo Ballal
Namjoshi and Shri. Vamanrao Apte– stalwarts of the
freedom struggle in India. DES was ably supported
by Shahu Maharaj of Kolhapur. Its aim was to provide
education as a means of social awakening, nation-
building and character-building. This education was
meant to be inclusive and accessible to all.
The Institute of Management Development and
Research (IMDR®) was founded in 1974 by Late.
Padmashree Dr. Ramesh T. Doshi and Late Shri.
Sumatilal Shah. It is a pioneer in management
education in Pune. The two-year full-time Fellow
Programme in Management offered by IMDR® is
approved by All India Council of Technical Education
(AICTE), New Delhi. It is committed to the kind
of Management Education which contributes to
following the best management practices for
sustainable growth of work organisations. It aims at
creating learning processes which lead to all-round
development of its students so that they become
thoughtful and sensitive professionals – assets for
its industry partners and to the society at large.

www.imdr.edu