Founder and President of the College
Late Dr. Abasaheb Shinde
The founder, President & Principal was a prolific writer and wrote many articles in newspapers, magazines etc, He wrote a book ‘The Parallel government in Satara’ on a phase of the Quit India Movement.
His long years of experience in the educational field, both as lecturer and Principal inspired him to overcome the lacuna in small towns of Maharashtra by boldly founding a purely English medium College. D.D.Shinde Sarkar College in Kolhapur on 20th of August 1990.
The Saraswati Shinde Education Society was established on 20th September, 1988 by late founder, President & Principal Dr. Abasaheb Shinde who was born in a small village at Patkhal(Satara) in Maharashtra, and had his early education there. He later graduated from Bombay University, and got his Doctorate from Shivaji University, Kolhapur. The college started when the education department of Govrnment of Maharashtra graciosly granted permission to the society to begin an English medium Arts and Commerce College( D.D.Shinde Sarkar College) at Kolhapur in the academic year 1990-91.