Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce

Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce is a college affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune University(formerly Pune University). The College was established in 1943, in Pune by the Deccan Education Society. Chandrashekhar Agashe, the Managing Agent of the Brihan Maharashtra Sugar Syndicate Ltd., was instrumental in getting a donation of Rs 2,00,000/- for the college from the Syndicate, hence the name Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce.AboutThe college has two sections; The Junior Wing of the college is for students graduating from school and it offers course in commerce stream for them, at the end of which students may appear for the Higher-Secondary State Certificate examination. The Senior Wing offers bachelor's degrees, Master's degrees in commerce, business and computer applications. The college also offers doctoral and autonomous programs. BMCC offers Masters in Business Administration (MBA) course from the Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University.D. G. Karve, an economist and some time Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India was the First Principal of the College. BMCC has recently earned the award of 'College with potential for excellence' from UGC.HistoryD G Karve, the first principal of the college, stated the mission of the college as "To make a citizen of India as fully endowed materially, intellectually and morally as the citizens of the most advanced country of the world is our collective aim." It started as the College of Commerce in the Amphi theatre of the Fergusson College on June 20, 1943. Sir Ardeshir Dalal formally inaugurated the college on June 24, 1943. Chandrashekhar Agashe, managing agent of Brihan Maharashtra Sugar Syndicate donated Rs 2 lakhs to the college, which was renamed as the Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce. The naming ceremony was performed by Sir Chintamanrao Deshmukh, the then Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, on November 11, 1944.