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Year of Publication – 2020

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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 Gopal Ganesh Agarkar and Shri Lokmanya Bal
Gangadhar 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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Editorial Team
Dr. Suraj C. Kamble
Dr. Shruti Nagar
Dr. Giribala Dewasthale