Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute

Pune’s Deccan College Post Graduate Research Institute holds the honour of being one of the most long-established institutions in the history of India’s modern education. For a certain period, the Deccan College functioned as an undergraduate and post graduate centre under the Bombay Government. Keeping in line with the British General Lord Elphinstone’s demand for western education to be imparted during his time, the Deccan College functioned as a centre for western education only.

Due to lack of funds, the college was closed in the year 1934 but made a comeback after five years. This time it emerged as a post graduate and research institute to encourage advanced learning in Indology and Social Sciences. Today, Deccan College is one of the most widely-recognised institutes of the Pune University, equipped with four remarkably successful departments namely the Archaeology, Linguistics, History and the Sociology-Anthropology Departments.

Library

Among several facilities available in the campus the most important treasure trove is its library. The institute’s library has more than 150,000 books, 12,000 rare manuscripts and complete collections of about 150 old and current prestigious journals. These are useful to both the faculty and students of the Institute and to research workers of many other institutions in the country.

Contact Details
Address: Yervada Pune Maharashtra
411006
Phone No: 6693794, 6692982
Fax No: 020-6692104
E-mail: deccan.college@gems.vsnl.net.in