D. D. Shinde Sarkar College, Kolhapur

D.D. Shinde Sarkar College, Kolhapur was established in 1988 by Dr. Abasaheb Shinde, founder of Saraswati Shinde Education Society. It is affiliated to Shivaji University, Kolhapur and accredited by NAAC with B grade. The college started when the education department of Government of Maharashtra graciously granted permission to the society to begin an English medium Arts and Commerce College at Kolhapur in the academic year 1990-91.

• To offer quality education
• To impact education in English medium
• To mould them to play a meaningful role in the reconstruction of our nation

Departments

• Department of English
• Department of Hindi
• Department of History
• Department of Economics
• Department of Political Science
• Department of Sociology
• Department of Psychology
• Department of Commerce
• Department of Physical Education

Extracurricular Activities

• NCC: The College has the only college to have the Naval NCC Unit in the jurisdiction of Shivaji University, Kolhapur. The College enrolls 50 Boys and 10 Girls in our Naval NCC Unit every year
• NSS: The strength of the unit of NSS is 100. The N.S.S. unit undertakes various social activities like Blood Donation Camps, Tree Plantation, rallies for creating social awareness on such issues as ‘Save Girl Child’, Save Environment. AIDs Awareness and also organize special Social Service camp for ten days at the village level etc
• Socratic Club: The primary objective of this Club is to bring about all round development of students. In this Club students and teachers discuss everything under the sun, within the bounds of decency. The Club makes the students of our college confident, modern in their outlook, thought and action and proficient in public speaking.

Scholarships

The various scholarships given to students are as follows:

Government of India’s Scholarships

• National Merit Scholarship
• Cultural Talent Search Scholarship
• Sports Talent Search Scholarship
• Merit Scholarship to children of Primary and Secondary School Teachers
• Scholarship to students belonging to Backward classes/Lower Income Groups
• Scholarships- Educational concessions to children of Defense Services Personnel – Ex-Servicemen
• Scholarships- Educational concessions to children of Freedom Fighters

Government of Maharashtra Scholarships

• Free studentship to students belonging to Backward Classes
• Free studentship to students belonging to Economically Backward Classes

Shivaji University Merit Scholarships