Founder and Trustee
Hon.Sudhakar Ramchandra Paricharak
Ex. MLA & Chairman M. S. R. T.C. Mumbai
Founder
Hon.Prashantrao Paricharak
MLC Maharashtra State
President
Mukund Shamrao Paricharak
Vice-President
Rajgopal Laxminarayan Bhatted
Secretary
Chandragupt Motichand Doshi
Trustee
Bhanudas Shivajirao Jahagirdar
Trustee
Pranav Mukund Paricharak
Trustee
Ramesh Shivdas Lad
Trustee
Dr. D. S. Paricharak
Karyvah
Institute History
Uma Mahavidyalaya, Pandharpur is a leading College, rendering quality education in Arts & Commerce (Senior & Junior) faculties. It is established in 1989 with 60 students by Shri Pandurang Shikshan Prasarak Mandal Pandharpur founded by Hon. Sudhakar Ramchandra Paricharak
Initially it was affiliated to Shivaji University, Kolhapur At present it is affiliated to Punyashlok Ahilyadevi Holkar University, Solapur. Which is established in Aug.2004.At present there are more than 1500 students persuing there education from XI std. to U. G. in different faculties.
Vision-Mission
‘Pandharpur’, devotionally and religiously recognized as ‘Pandhari’, is one of the well - known pilgrim centres, where people from every sphere of life invariably come to have ‘Darshana’ of Lord Vitthal and attain a sense of ‘Bhakti’ and ‘Mukti’-a salvation.
The same town is aptly regarded as the ‘DakshinKashi’ of India. It is such a unique place, where a religious congregation- to describe in the words of the great saint Dnyaneshwar - ‘Mandiyali’ takes place during the various pilgrimages. One can perceive an exquisite amalgamation of devotion ‘Bhakti’ It is a holy town where people throw away the disparity pertaining to caste, creed and culture and feel a sense of ‘Oneness’. It has been regarded that Pandharpur was in existence even before the creation of the universe. River Chandrabhaga is believed to have been flowing even before the holy ‘Ganga’. Pandharpur is thus, undoubtedly, a podium of spiritual democracy and antiquity.
‘Pandurang’, another euphonious and devotionally affectionate name of Lord Vitthal was given to the institution and ‘Shri Pandurang Shikshan Prasarak Mandal’ was established in 1986. A man who set this tiny plantlet of institution is ‘Venerable Sudhakar Paricharak, an ex- MLA of Pandharpur. By virtue of his selfless, ceaseless and stainless mission, Mr.Paricharak has left an unerasable print on the minds of thousands of people and has proved the title-‘Karmayogi’ given to him by these people. ‘Work’ is a psalm of his life. Our institution, therefore, possesses its motto 'Yatna to DevJanava' with a great pride, reminiscent of "Work is Worship".
Our institution has a profound and unflinching commitment to the gospel of ceaseless work spread by our most revered President Mr. Paricharak. ‘Shri Pandurang Shikshan Prasarak Mandal, Pandharpur’ consists of a college named ‘Uma Mahavidyalaya’ imparting higher education in the faculty of Arts & Commerce, one Junior College having Arts, Commerce and Science streams,