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The magnificent premises of Bharati Vidyapeeth, which is today, one of the largest and leading organizations in India, is a creation of one person: Hon. Dr. Patangraoji Kadam. Under his able, dedicated and visionary leadership, Bharati Vidyapeeth established in Pune in 1964, has made tremendous strides during the last 50 years. The credit of establishment and of astonishing development of Bharati Vidyapeeth and its allied concerns goes entirely to the dynamic leadership and unfaltering hard work of Hon. Dr. Patangrao Kadam sir. He has been so involved in the planning, establishment, development and progress of Bharati Vidyapeeth and its sister concerns that the equation Bharati Vidyapeeth is Hon. Dr. Patangrao Kadam sir and vice-versa is now well established and well accepted.

Hon. Dr. Patangraoji Kadam sir came from a middle level farmer's family in a remote and not so easily accessible small village, Sonsal, in the perennially drought prone area of Sangli District in Maharashtra. Since no educational facilities were available in his village, Hon. Dr. Kadam sir had to walk 4-5 kms, every day to attend a primary school in a nearby village. He did his secondary education up to S.S.C, in a small place, Kundal, where he was staying in a hostel, which had bare amenities.

Hon.Dr. Kadam sir was the first person from his village to have successfully completed the S.S.C examination. After S.S.C., he joined Shivaji College at Satara, run by Rayat Shikshan Sanstha, which was established by a renowned social reformer and educationist, Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil. He was enrolled in the College under its "earn and learn scheme". It is here that fine qualities of head and heart, which he is now known for, took root in him. He took lessons of dedicated social service at the feet of Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil.

Hon. Dr. Kadam sir came to Pune in 1961, where he completed one year Diploma Course in teaching and in 1962, started working as a part time teacher in a secondary school in Pune run by Rayat Shikshan Sanstha. Hon. Dr. Kadam sir obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Law and Master's degree from the University of Pune. Despite his pre-occupation with educational, social and political activities, Hon. Dr. Kadam sir completed his research on the theme "Administrative Problems of Educational Administration in 80s" for which he was awarded a Ph.D. in Management by the University of Pune.

Hon. Dr. Patangraoji Kadam sir established Bharati Vidyapeeth in 1964 when he was hardly 20 years old. From the beginning, his vision was to develop Bharati Vidyapeeth as a distinct educational institution. His vision and ambitions are reflected in the constitution, which was submitted to the Charity Commissioner at the time of registration of Bharati Vidyapeeth as a Trust, wherein he had included "to establish our own University", as one of the objectives of Bharati Vidyapeeth.

He cherished this ambition and visualized this possibility at a time when the concept of Deemed University was yet to emerge and to be accepted. His dream came true when the Government of India, on the recommendation of the University Grants Commission, accorded the "Deemed to be University" status to the 12 constituent units of Bharati Vidyapeeth on 26th April, 1996. Hon. Dr. Kadam sir is nominated as the lifelong Chancellor of Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University. Thus, a boy from a village having no propitious educational background became the Chancellor of a University.

Like education, Co-operative sector is another area in which Hon. Dr. Kadam sir has done commendable work. It is with his initiative that several cooperative units, like Bharati Sahakari Cooperative Bank (multi-state scheduled bank with 18 branches), Sonhira Cooperative Sugar Factory, Sagreshwar Cooperative Spinning Mill, Sonhira Cooperative Kukkut Palan Sangh, Krishna-Verala Cooperative Spinning Mill etc. were established as sister concerns of Bharati Vidyapeeth. Among other cooperative units under the Bharati Vidyapeeth umbrella are: Cooperative Consumer Stores at Pune, Sangli and Kadegaon and Mahila Industrial Cooperative Society at Kadegaon. All these units are doing very well.

Hon. Dr. Kadam sir is a philanthropist of repute. He has established quite a few charitable trusts through which assistance of all kinds is given to needy people, particularly to the students of disadvantaged groups.

Hon. Dr. Kadam sir has been very closely associated with the State Universities in Maharashtra. He was a Member of the Executive Council of University of Pune continuously for 12 years. He was also elected as a member of the Executive Council of Mumbai University with an all-time record of getting the highest number of votes. He was also a Member of Senate of Shivaji University, Kolhapur.

Hon. Dr. Patangraoji Kadam
M.A. LL.B., Ph.D.
Founder, Bharati Vidyapeeth,
Chancellor, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University.

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It gives us immense pleasure to introduce Bharati Vidyapeeth Institute of Pharmacy, Navi Mumbai, an institute that strongly believes in ‘Social Transformation Through Dynamic Education’ and constantly strives to scale the peaks of excellence. A vital link in the chain of prestigious Bharati Vidyapeeth institutions, Bharati Vidyapeeth’s Institute of Pharmacy has came a long way since1985 and we heartily congratulate our competent and devoted faculty members, staff and students for the splendid progress of our institute. On behalf of our institution we welcome you to join us and become a partial member of our Bharati Vidyapeeth family.

Dr. Vilasrao J. Kadam
M.Pharm., Ph.D
Director, Bharati Vidyapeeth Educational Complex,
Sector-8 CBD Belapur Navi Mumbai.

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It gives me immense pleasure to welcome and introduce you to Bharati Vidyapeeth Institute of Pharmacy, Navi Mumbai. BVIOP has a long-standing reputation in providing professional education in the field of Diploma in Pharmacy since 1985. We are the pioneering institute in Navi Mumbai imparting education in the field of Pharmacy.

Our Institute is an important link in the chain of the prestigious Bharati Vidyapeeth institutions established by Hon. Dr. Patagraoji Kadam sir, with a common objective, that is to bring about ‘Social Transformation through Dynamic Education’. Our vision is to become pioneer institute in the field of Pharmacy education by imparting most advanced knowledge and techniques in Pharmaceutical sciences.

With this vision in mind our mission is to set up state of art infrastructure, appoint dedicated and experienced faculty members and committed supporting staff working together to maintain high standard in education. This has reflected in the MSBTE results. The dedicated faculty and staff are contributing to an interactive teaching environment. I heartily congratulate my competent and devoted faculty members, staff and students for the splendid progress of our institute. The caring and sensitized ethos at Bharati Vidyapeeth Institute of Pharmacy has helped our students evolve into caring and achieving members of society. There are many successful entrepreneurs in the field of Pharmacy from our Alumni.

The spacious green campus of BVIOP consists of huge classrooms with modern audio visual aid. Our laboratories are spacious are equipped with the state of art equipment. The computer center is equipped with latest systems, software and 24 hours internet facilities. The library provides multiple national & international editions of books, journals, periodicals & magazines.

There is ample scope in co-curricular and extracurricular activities at BVIOP wherein students are encouraged to show their talent. With this we ensure that the students prove themselves to be not only well qualified Pharmacist but also responsible and ideal citizens of our country at large and are skilled to face the ever changing social, economic landscape of our country.

I look forward to welcome you to Bharati Vidyapeeth Institute of Pharmacy, Navi Mumbai.

Dr. Sagar L. Pol
Principal,
Bharati Vidyapeeth Institute of Pharmacy, Navi Mumbai