Pemraj Sarda College

Pemraj Sarda College is one of the famous colleges in the Ahmednagar district and is established by Hind Seva Mandal in 1962.The foundation stone was laid by our late Prime Minister Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru. Hind Seva Mandal was established in 1922 with the aim of propagation of education in the Ahmednnagar district. The workers of the institution were the common people of middle class society without any political or economical support, but they had the ambition, will power and sustained efforts to build up the society and consequently the nation for over all upliftment. They were influenced by the images of the great revolutionaries and freedom fighters like Lokmanya Tilak, Mahtma Gandhi and Vir.Savarkar. The activists like Senapati Bapat, Raosaheb Patwardhan, Nanasaheb Nisal etc. gave leadership to this prosperous institution. It is now running 32 different schools, colleges and workshops in the Ahmednagar district. Late Shri Zumberlal Sarda donated Rs.1 lakh in the name of his brother Pemraj. And then the college was stared in a small building of "Anath Vidyarthi Gruh", (an orphanage). The Chief Minister Shri Y.B.Chavan inaugurated this college. Initially, Arts and Science College was started. Soon after commerce faculty was also started along with the post graduation courses in various subjects. In due course, step-by-step, the necessary constructions were made with the help of the generous people and the valuable grants from U.G.C. Even the staff of the Hind Seva Mandal had contributed much for building and for development of this college.