Tilak Maharastra Vidyapeeth

About Tilak Maharastra Vidyapeeth

Tilak Maharastra Vidyapeeth (TMV) is a Deemed University having historical importance. It was in the pre-independence period i.e. 1921, immediately after the demise of Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak 'the Father of Indian Unrest', that his follower Mahatma Gandhi mooted the idea of establishing a university in his memory. The establishment of the Vidyapeeth was aimed towards imparting National Education conceived by Lokmanya Tilak in his four-fold formula (other three were Swaraj, Swadeshi and Boycott). Thus, on 6^th May, 1921 at Maharashtra Provincial Conference under the presidentship of Shrimat Shankaracharya of Karveer Peeth, it was decided to have National University in Maharashtra. The Vidyapeeth being devoted to national education, teachers and students actively participated in the non - cooperation movement in 1930 and 1932 and in the 'Quit India' movement of 1942. As a consequence; the activities of the vidyapeeth were ceased. The Vidyapeeth, however, survived this trying period with the efforts of national - minded institutions and individuals and continued to maintain its unique identity. During the pre-independence period, degrees awarded in the faculties of Arts, Management, Commerce and Engineering as well as the research works in Sanskrit and Ayurveda were world acclaimed and recognized. Similarly, in the post-independence period, the degrees of Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth were equivalent to the degrees of other statutory universities. It was also during post Independence that the Vidyapeeth entered into the discipline of Social Sciences and provided the facilities for Post Graduate Education and Research in it. The concept of non - formal education was first discussed at the national level in the year 1985. Eminent scholars associated with the Vidyapeeth gave a serious thought to the promotion of non - formal education and thus in 1985 itself, the Department of Distance Education (initially known as Mukta Vidya Kendra) came into function.

In the year 1987, the University Grants Commission took notice of significant work of TMV in the fields of Sanskrit, Ayurveda, Social Sciences and Distance Education and thereby on its recommendations; the Government of India conferred the Deemed to be University status upon Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth. With this conferment, the Vidyapeeth gained recognition at national level. The concept of Non-formal Education was first discussed at national level only in the year 1985 and thereby the TMV contributed to this national vision by launching distance education course (B.A.). TMV started distance education programme way ahead of the establishment of IGNOU at national level and YCMOU at state level. The university has been of great significance in promoting and protecting the great Indian heritage and tradition through the study of Sanskrit – the original source of all Indian languages and Sanskrit Sources of Indian History. Later in the year 2000, the Distance Education Council (DEC), New Delhi gave its recognition and offered financial assistance for distance education programmes.

Tilak Maharastra Vidyapeeth Departments

Facilities at TMV

Hostels – The University has separate hostel accommodation facilities for boys and girls at Mukundnagar. The rooms are provided on twin sharing or triple sharing basis for girl’s hostel and single, twin and triple sharing basis for boy’s hostel. All rooms are provided with amenities like bed, cupboard, table, chair, fans and ample lighting. Running hot and cold water is provided in the bathrooms. TV room and indoor recreations are provided separately for boys and girls. 24 hours doctor on call is available in premises. A canteen facility is available in premises supplying all the meals during the day at a reasonable rate

Library - Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth library has a collection of more than 1,00,000 books, 171 periodicals (national & international). It also has a rich collection of 2270 manuscripts. The library is equipped with INFLIBNET facilities. The Library operations are fully automated with SLIM21 software. The library is located on two floors.

Laboratories - The Vidyapeeth is well developed and well-equipped laboratories for the departments of electronics, mechanical engineering, physics, chemistry and biotechnology.

Medical Facilities - An in-house resident medical officer is present on the campus at all times.

Classrooms – The classrooms are well equipped with facilities such as OHP/DLP, slide projector and laptops.

Recreation Room – The recreation room provides indoor Games for the recreation of the students.

Seminar Hall - A spacious Seminar Hall and a large Auditorium helps in holding various seminars, presentations, workshops and so on.

Achievements

• Since its inception, TMV, the public funded university had world renowned scholar Shri Shankaracharya Vidyashankar Bharati alias Dr. Kurtakoti as its first Chancellor. This post has been earlier held by other eminent personalities of great intellect and recognition at the national level such as the great Sanskrit Scholar Bharatacharya Shri. C. V. Vaidya, the first premier of Bombay Presidency Shri. B. G. Kher, Dr. M. S. alias Lokanayak Bapusaheb Aney, a great Sanskrit scholar and a historian Maha Mahopadhyay Datto Vaman Potdar, and Honorable Shri. Y. B. Chavan, Shri. S. B. Chavan, Shri. Shivraj Patil, Shri. Sushilkumar Shinde – all Union Home Ministers.