Maharshi Karve Stree Shikshan Samstha, (MKSSS), Pune: the 119 year old parent body has been committed to “Empowerment of women through education”. The Institution has a century long history of dedicated work towards making women educated & self - reliant. MKSSS, Pune was established in the year of 1896 by the great visionary & social worker Bharat Ratna Maharshi Dhondo Keshav Karve to provide shelter to destitute women. On 14th June in the year of 1896, in the village ‘Hingne’ near Pune city, Maharshi Karve started a “Home for Widows”, along with a school for Widows, so that they become educated & self - reliant. He fought throughout his life to make this happen. The “Home for Widows” was then named as ‘Hingne Stree Shikshan Samstha’ & the school was named as ‘Mahilashram High School’. Maharshi Karve Stree Shikshan Samstha, (MKSSS), Pune has diversified branches all over Maharashtra in India & about 25,000 girl students are learning in these institutions. Over the period of last 119 years, the Institution has grown like a banyan tree & at present, it is running 62 educational & other units. These units are located at Pune, Satara, Wai, Ratnagiri, Nagpur, Kamshet etc. All these units are meant only for girls or women. Around 25,000 girl students are learning in Kindergarten, Pre Primary, Primary, Secondary, Higher Secondary schools & Higher Technical Colleges. We have established Engineering, Architecture, Management, Nursing, Fashion Technology, Vocational Training Institute, Health Centre etc. These branches strive to develop women into truly performing citizens in today’s globalization era. We also have hostel facilities for students, working women & old age home for senior citizens.

Our Campus:

• Pune
• Satara
• WAI
• Nagpur
• Ratnagiri
• Kamshet

Institutes under MKSSS:

• Cummins College of Engineering for Women
• Shree Siddhivinayak Arts Commerce College
• Dr. Bhanuben Nanavati College of Architecture
• Smt. Hiraben Nanavati Institute of Management & Research for Women
• School of Fashion Technology (SOFT)
• Smt. Bakul Tambat Institute of Nursing Education
• K.B. Joshi Institute of Information Technology
• Parvatibai Adhyapika Vidyalaya (D.Ted), Karvenagar, Pune
• Bhaskarrao Karve Adhyapak Vidyalaya (D.Ted), Erandwana, Pune
• College of Education for Women, B.Ed Shirgaon Ratnagiri
• Cummins College of Engineering for Women, Nagpur
• Shri Manilal Nanavati Vocational Training Institute for Women
• Mahilashram High School
• Maharshi Karve Stree Shikshan Samstha’s Pre-primary School, Primary School, Secondary School
• Vision English Medium School
• Sumati Deshmukh Institute of Foreign languages for women