The University’s Strengths

• Recognized by the Government of India.

• Accreditation by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC).

• Recognized University with Potential for Excellence.

• Eminent and professionally qualified faculty with outside exposure through active participation in academic activities.

• Research projects aiming at innovative and analytical studies.

• Practice-oriented education system firmly rooted in fundamentals.

• Continuous assessment of academic progress of students.

• Adopted universally accepted credit system for evaluation.

• Vocationization of education in professional skills for improving employability of students and encourage their entrepreneurial endeavors.

• Soft-skills programs for Personality Development of students.

• Need-based courses in foreign languages, E-learning and distance education.

Research Environment

The University recently took the measured step of inculcating research orientation at the affiliated college level. About 500 research projects from teachers were funded by the University (each receiving from Rs. 50,000 up to Rs. 3 lakh per project), thus disbursing as much as Rs. 8 crore. In the latest budget, a provision of a whopping Rs. 6 crore has been made for this purpose. The University participated in the first ever Inter-University Research Competition for students termed Avishkar, and it was not surprising that the University won the Overall Championship for consecutive years.

Recent Organizational Achievements

• Accreditation with the highest 'Five Star' rating from the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), Bangalore.

• First University in India to get ISO 9001-2000 certification of quality for Finance Branch.

• First University in the State of Maharashtra to introduce credit system in the postgraduate teaching departments.

• First University in the country to lay fibre optics network throughout the campus to provide internet connectivity to all teaching and research departments.

• First and the only University supporting quality improvement in affiliated colleges by providing funds for research to college teachers from its own corpus.

• University having the highest number of international students in the country and striving hard to make its education international in character.

• Identification by the University Grants Commission as the University with Potential for Excellence.

• State level Avishkar Research Competition winner twice.

• Unique management programme MBA++ offering sectoral and functional specialization.