D. R. Mane Mahavidyalaya, Kolhapur

D. R. Mane Mahavidyalaya was established in 1984 by The Kagal Education Society. It is affiliated to Shivaji Universit, Kolhapur. We primarily offer formal education through traditional disciplines of Arts & Commerce at senior level and Arts, Commerce & Science through our junior wing and Vocational Courses through MCVC wing, along with a few career oriented and professional courses run on self financed basis for students. The College is accredited by NAAC with B Grade.

• To motivate the socially and poor students from rural area for education
• To inculcate introspective, scientific, and rational attitude amongst students and to enhance the value for dignity of labour in them
• To create awareness amongst students about the current social, economic and material conditions of society, and to enable to face the future challenges confidently

Departments

• Department of Sociology
• Department of Political Science
• Department of History
• Department of Hindi
• Department of English
• Department of Economics
• Department of Marathi
• Department of Geography
• Department of Psychology
• Department of Accountancy
• Department of Industrial Management

Extracurricular Activities

• National Cadet Corps (NCC): The basic objective of NCC is developing leadership, courage, sportsmanship, discipline etc. amongst the cadets.  The college NCC units enroll 50 students
• National Services Scheme(NSS): The objective of NSS giving them a sense of the existent conditions of the society and the circumstances around them, which may help for their all round personality development
• Student Welfare Fund: The needy students are helped by the student- aid fund and sometimes by the college staff and the institution
• Vivek Vahini: This unit in the college which aims at the eradication of superstition and promotion of scientific approach works in consistent collaboration with the Andhashraddha Nirmulan Samiti

Curricular Activities

• Geography Association: The major objectives of this association is to develop the awareness about the pollution and understand importance of environment
• Economics Association: The main purpose of this association to develop interest among the students in the context of the subject by organizing group discussion, seminar, quiz, easy competition
• English Literacy Association: This association works for the overall personality development of the students
• History Literacy Association: This association provides up-to-date knowledge of the subject to students and  encourage the students to conduct historical research and to develop interest in and aptitude for history

Facilities

Library

• More than 20,000 books available
• Subscribes over 50 periodicals, 823 back volumes of important periodicals
• More than 165 audio-visual materials available

Scholarships

• National Merit Scholarship, offered by The Central Government
• N.C.E.R.T Scholarship, offered by The Central Government
• State Merit Scholarship, offered by The State Government
• Physically Handicapped Scholarship, offered by            The State Government
• Sainik (Ex Service man) Free ship, offered by The State Government
• College Open Merit Scholarship, offered by The Institution
• College Students Aid Fund, offered by The Institution