Abasaheb Garware College

Abasaheb Garware College of Arts and Science (commonly referred to as Garware College or AGC) is a college located in Pune, India. It is run by the Maharashtra Education Society, a private education institution founded by Vasudeo Balwant Phadke, Vaman Prabhakar Bhave and Laxman Narhar Indapurkar in 1860.^[1] The college was established in 1945 and named as "M.E.S College of Arts and Science". It was later renamed to its present name in the 1970s after a charitable donation by the industrialist Abasaheb Garware to the society.

Abasaheb Garware College of Arts and Science

Main Building of the AGC
Former names	M.E.S College of Arts and Science
Motto	Facta Non Verba
Type	Private
Established	1945
President	Air Marshal Bhushan Gokhale (Retd.)
Vice-president	Dr. Yashwant Waghmare
Students	5000[citation needed]
Address	Karve Rd, opp. Sahyadri Hospital, Kripali Society, Bharati Niwas Colony, Erandwane , Pune , Maharashtra , 411004 , India
Campus	Urban
Affiliations	Savitribai Phule Pune University Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education
Website	garwarecollege.mespune.in

Garware College offers Bachelors, Masters and PhD programs in Arts and Science. Approximately 5000 students study in this college.^[2]

Programs offered

Garware College is an Arts and Science college. The college offers 11th & 12th grade studies (10+2) as well as undergraduate and postgraduate programs in the fields listed below.^[3]

Bachelor of Arts

• BA in English
• BA in Marathi
• BA in Hindi
• BA in History
• BA in Economics
• BA in Sociology
• BA in Geography
• BA in Political Science
• BA in Psychology^[4]

Master of Arts

• MA in English
• MA in Hindi
• MA in History
• MA in Economics
• MA in Political History
• MA in Psychology
• MA in Journalism and Mass Communications^[4]

PhD in Arts

• PhD in Economics
• PhD in Hindi^[4]

Bachelor of Science

• BSc in Botany
• BSc in Zoology
• BSc in Biotechnology
• BSc in Microbiology
• BSc in Chemistry
• BSc in Physics
• BSc in Mathematics
• BSc in Statistics
• BSc in Electronic Sciences
• BSc in Computer Sciences
• BSc in Cyber Security
• Bachelors in Computer Applications^[4]

Master of Science

• MSc in Organic chemistry
• MSc in Analytical chemistry
• MSc in Biotechnology
• MSc in Biodiversity
• MSc in Microbiology^[4]

PhD in Science

• PhD Chemistry
• PhD Electronic Science
• PhD Microbiology
• PhD Mathematics
• PhD Physics
• PhD Environmental Science^[4]

Campus and Facilities

Public Transport

Garware College Metro Station

Abasaheb Garware College boastes several modes of Public Transport, supported by Infrastructure such as Bus Stops and the Garware College Metro Station, an elevated metro station on the east–west corridor of the Aqua Line of the Pune Metro, which was opened on 6 March 2022.^[5]

Main Building

A Statue of Abasaheb Garware on the Ground floor of the Main Building

The Main Building Houses Several Departments like Physics, Botany, Zoology and Chemistry- Consisting of Laboratories and Classrooms. The College Office, as well as the Staff Room are Situated here.

Library

The AGC Library was started in 1945 along with the establishment of the college and continues to works as an important central support system for the entire college. It caters to the academic and research needs of the disciplines of Arts and Science, and serves as a center of knowledge for Junior, Senior, Post Graduate students as well as Researchers of all the Departments in the college. The 'Bachelor of Library and Information Science' course was started in AGC in 1992. Later, looking at the increasing demand of the students, the college later started the 'Master of Library and Information Science' course in 2009.^[6]

Facilities for the Differently Abled

An audio notice board was set up in the college for the visually impaired in mid-2018, allowing the students to listen to and keep up with college notices and announcements. The audio notice board, consisting of a pair of headphones, and a set of buttons for the students to choose their respective college year to listen to the test-to-speech translation of the notices put up by the college was designed by Nandan Gawte and Ankita Pawar, both former students of AISSM's College of Engineering.^[7]