While inaugurating the new building of the Sanstha’s Mahilashram Highschool, Junior college and vocational division on Friday, Vishwas Deval, chairman of the Sanstha, made this announcement.

“The all women’s college that will be located at Hingna — the industrial area of Nagpur — will have a total intake of 240 students in the first year for four engineering branches — mechanical, electronics, computers and information technology,” said Deval. The construction of the college will begin on January 28 and will be ready for this year’s admissions, he added. While Cummins India Limited has already donated Rs 8 crore for the building, the entire project is expected to be of Rs 27 crore, said Anil Kulkarni, vice chairman of MKSSS. The Sanstha has also received permission to start a D.Ed College at Khamla Road in Nagpur from this academic year. “We have recently received permission to admit 100 students at the upcoming D.Ed College. The construction of its building will also begin along with the one in Hingna,” Deval said. In another venture, the Sanstha is also constructing a new building for its Shakuntala Nargundkar College of Nursing, also at Nagpur along with a students’ hostel with a capacity of 200, he cited. The hostels at Wai and Ratnagiri are also being expended for 100 and 72 more students respectively, Deval added.

The Sanstha has named its vocational training division ‘Kusum Patki Vocational Education Department’ after philanthropist late Kusum Patki. Shashank Paranjape, managing director of Paranjape Schemes Construction Limited was the chief guest as Deval presided over the function.

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