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Editorial

Team

Dr. Suraj C. Kamble

Dr. Shruti Nagar

Dr. Giribala Dewasthale

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

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