The Deccan Education Society (DES) was established in 1884 by the stalwarts of India’s freedom struggle, like Shri Gopal Ganesh Agarkar and Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak and later built by great personalities of the era, like Shri Mahadev Ballal Namjoshi, Shri. Vaman Shivram Apte and Shri Vishnushastri Chiplunkar. 

The DE Society adopted a democratic structure at a time when modern democratic practice was new in India. Teachers’ participation in academic and administrative matters is a unique feature of the DES institutions. It became a model for the teacher managed institutions in Maharashtra and symbolised PEOPLE’S OWN INITIATIVE in evolving Education as a means of national regeneration.

DES Institute of Management Development and Research (IMDR®) is the oldest institute for management education in Pune. Established in 1974, IMDR has trained and developed 47 batches of managers and business leaders. The two-year PGDM program at IMDR takes you from the pristine green campus in the heart of the city of Pune to leverage the ever-growing opportunities in the corporate world