LAD and SRP College for Women

The Lady Amritbai Daga College for Women of Arts, Commerce & Science and Smt. Ratnidevi Purohit College of Home Science and Home Science Technology is a premier Women's College in Central India in existence for the last 82 years with its goal centered around women's progress in educational, social and cultural fields. It was established at a time when a women's college was considered a path breaking venture. The beginnings were humble. On April 21,1932 a citizens meeting was convened in which Women's Education Society' was formed with Rao Bahadur M.B. Kinkhede as its Founder President, Shri Y.M. Pathak as Founder Secretary and Smt. Ramabai Tambe as the first Principal of the college. The Constitution of the Society was drawn up by Justice W.R. Puranik and Shri T.J. Kedar. Sir Sorabji Mehta was the founder Chairman of the Executive Committee of the society.