A person without education is like a candle without a wick, a plant without roots and perhaps a day without the sun. As impossible as it may seem, an independent, successful and dignified life seems to be impossible without good education. It was this very thought that drove the founder of our Samstha, Maharshi Dhondo Keshav Karve to light the lamp of women’s education and spearhead towards making this the vision and mission of his life.

Carrying the treasure of his dreams on the shoulders with the conviction to fulfill them and at the same time, pursuing the need to be up to date with the educational requirements of today’s world, the Samstha steadfastly marched towards stepping into the arena of providing education, right from pre-school to advanced education till the post-doctorate level, keeping the girls upbeat with the modern ways of life and ensuring self- reliance and independent living for them.

In this voyage, the Samstha ended up starting 20 schools out of which 17 are Marathi medium or semi-English medium schools and 3 English medium schools. It also went on to start several successful colleges catering to higher vocational education, which include the Cummins College of Engineering, Dr. Bhanuben Nanavati College of Architecture, BCA college and School of Fashion Technology, to name a few. As a matter of fact, MKSSS did not restrict itself to Pune, but also spread its wings in other districts of Maharashtra, namely Ratnagiri, Wai, Satara and Nagpur and became the proud parent organization of 76 units.