Education
Pune has over a hundred educational institutes and more than nine deemed universities apart from the University of Pune, which is the second largest University in the country (based on total number of colleges),[95] students from all over the world studying at the colleges of the University of Pune.
Basic and special education[edit]
Public schools (known locally as "municipality schools") are run by the Pune Municipal Corporation, and are affiliated with the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education. Private schools are run by educational trusts or individuals.
Pune is the largest centre for Japanese learning in India.[96] Other languages, including German, which is taught at the Goethe-Institut, and French, which is taught at Alliance Française, are popular in the city.
University education[edit]
Most colleges in Pune are affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune University, established in 1948. Seven other universities have also been established in the city.[97]
The College of Engineering Pune, now an autonomous institute of the government of Maharashtra, founded in 1854, is the third oldest engineering college in Asia. The Deccan Education Society was founded by several local citizens in 1884, including social and political activist Bal Gangadhar Tilak,[98] and was responsible for founding Fergusson College in 1885. This society maintains and operates 32 institutes in Pune including Institute of Management Development and Research, the oldest business school in Pune.[citation needed]
Symbiosis International University, which operates 33 colleges and institutions in the city, includes colleges such as[99]Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM, Pune), Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies (SIMS), Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resource Development (SCMHRD),Symbiosis Law School (SLS) and Symbiosis Institute of International Business (SIIB) which are ranked amongst the top management and law institutes in the country,[100][101] and Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research (SICSR) which is one of the few colleges in India that promotes open source technology. Pune is also home to Symbiosis Institute of Technology of the Symbiosis family.[102]
ILS Law College, established by the Indian Law Society, is one of the top ten law schools in India.[103] Established medical schools such as the Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC) and Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Medical College train students from all over Maharashtra and India and are amongst the top medical colleges in India. The AFMC consistently ranks among the top five medical colleges in India.[104] Film and Television Institute of India is located on Law College road.
The Lalit Kala Kendra is an undergraduate department of Music, Dance and Drama on the Savitribai Phule Pune University campus that has been operational since 1987. This department features a combination of Gurukul and formal education systems.[105]
Research institutes[edit]
Pune is home to some of India's important research institutes. Some of the major research centres are:
- Agharkar Research Institute (ARI)
- Armament Research Development Establishment (ARDE)
- Army Institute of Technology (AIT)
- Army Institute of Physical Training (AIPT)
- Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI)
- Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute (BORI)
- Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)[106]
- Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (CMET)
- Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
- Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT)[107]
- National Defense Academy (NDA)
- Electronics Test and Development Centre (ETDC) – under the STQC directorate, it is a leading testing and certification centre.[108]
- Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics
- High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL)
- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune (IISER, Pune)
- Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) – scientists at IITM has made significant achievements in tropical weather[109]
- Inter-university Centre for Astronomy & Astrophysics (IUCAA)
- National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS)
- National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA)
- National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) – one of the leading chemical research establishments in India
- National Informatics Centre (NIC)
- National Institute of Bank Management (NIBM)
- National Institute of Construction Management and Research (NICMAR) – India's most reputed institute for Construction Management
- National Institute of Virology (NIV)
- National School of Leadership (NSL)
- All India Institute of Local Self-Government (AIILSG)