Deccan College Post Graduate And Research Institute

Established on 6 October 1821 as Hindoo College, it is one of India's oldest institutions of modern learning.
The college started functioning on the new campus on 23 March 1868. At this stage, it was renamed as Deccan College in recognition of the enrollment of students from the entire Deccan region. In the next half-century, the University, apart from giving instruction to Postgraduate students and producing a galaxy of Ph.D. Dissertations, carried out outstanding research in Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology, Linguistics, Medieval and Maratha History, Sociology, Anthropology ,and Sanskrit studies.