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IMDR’s Journal of Management Development and Research 2022-23
Editorial
Dr.Shilpa Kulkarni
Dr.Shruti Nagar Team
Prof . Pratik Potdar
The Deccan Education Society (DES) was
established in 1884, registered on 13th August DES’ Institute of Management
1885 by the five towering personalities of the Development and Research (IMDR®), Pune
Indian freedom struggle, Lokmanya Bal was founded by late Padmashree Dr.
Gangadhar Tilak, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar, Ramesh T Doshi and Late Shri. Sumatilal
Vishnu Shastri Chiplunkar, Mahadeo Shah and was established as a constituent unit
BallalNamjoshi, and VamanraoApte& was of Deccan Education Society in May, 1974.
ably supported by Shahu Maharaj of Kolhapur. IMDR is the first management institute
In the pre-independence era these visionaries started in the Pune. IMDR offers two years
realised that the education which prevailed in fulltime Post Graduate Diploma in
India under the rule of the Britishers was to Management approved by All India
create products only to serve the Britishers. The Council of Technical Education (AICTE),
system did not teach the people to question, New Delhi and recognized by Director of
criticise, create, and reflect their thoughts. It was Technical Education (DTE) Maharashtra.
simply a system that perpetrated the slave
mentality. Hence the common mission for IMDR is a community of students, staff
establishing DES was to reverse the then and faculty striving to be vibrant with
existing scenario and give rise to a progressive learning processes in which individuals
mindset. discover themselves while being productive
with their capabilities and creative with their
In the view of the founders, ‘Education energy.
was the means of rousing the intellect, the We also nurture relatedness with the world
drooping will, and the slumbering conscience of outside so that we grow by sharing the wealth
their fallen countrymen’. At a time when the of knowledge and experience
concept of democratic practice was just being IMDR is committed to the kind of
conceived in India, DES decided to adopt a Management Education which contributes
democratic structure for its own governance. to enlightened management practice and
Thus, it became a model for teacher-managed sustained growth of work organisation. Our
institutes in Maharashtra and symbolized the students should be helped to become
‘People’s Own Initiative’ in evolving education thoughtful and sensitive professionals, with a
as a means of national regeneration.DES’ commitment to simultaneously contributing
Institute of Management Development to the environment and the self.
and Research (IMDR®)
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