SP College

Situated midway between Swargate and the Deccan Gymkhana is the Sir Parshurambhau College, which offers degree courses in the arts, science and commerce streams. The college has well-equipped laboratories to help hone the experimental skills of the students. There is a separate library building having more than one hundred thousand books and over 85 periodicals.

An Olympic sized swimming-pool as well as a gymnasium are open to the students of the college. There are various science associations and debating unions that conduct activities such as quiz competitions, study tours, etc., for the over-all development of the students. There is a co-operative store located on the college campus where students can buy all kinds of stationery. The college has been implementing the National Service Scheme since 1969, engaging students in various social work activities.

The college has an NCC (National Cadets Corps) unit with Army and Naval wings. The college was started on 14th June 1916 and was then called the New Poona College. In 1920 it became a full-fledged Arts College providing education up to the Post Graduate level. The science stream was added in 1927 while the Commerce stream was added almost fifty years later in the year 1978. The college came to be called as S.P. or Sir Parshurambhau after the name of the father of the then Raja Saheb of the Jamkhandi State in whose memory he donated Rs Two lakhs to the Shikshan Prasarak Mandali, the parent body which governs this college.

Address: SP College, Tilak Road, Sadashiv Peth, Pune 411 030
Phone: 4332029 / 1316