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Editorial Team
Dr. Suraj C. Kamble
Dr. Shruti Nagar
Dr. Giribala Dewasthale
About the Deccan Education Society and
Institute of Management Development & Research (IMDR®), Pune
The Deccan Education Society (DES) was established in 1884 by the stalwarts of
India’s freedom struggle, like Shri Agarkar and Shri Tilak and later built by great
personalities of the era, like Shri Gopal Krishna Gokhale and Shri. Dhondo Keshav
Karve (honoured with Bharat Ratna). The DES Society adopted a democratic
structure at a time when modern democratic practice was new in India. Teachers’
participation in academic and administrative matters is a unique feature of the DES
institutions, which number 30 today. It became a model of the teacher-managed
institutions in Maharashtra and symbolised People’s Own Initiative in evolving
Education as a means of national regeneration. Institute of Management Development
and Research (IMDR), the oldest centre for management education in Pune!
Established in 1974, IMDR has trained and developed 45 batches of managers and
business leaders. A two-year PGDM program at IMDR takes you from the pristine
green campus in the heart of the city of Pune to leverage the ever-growing
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