Yeshwant Mahavidhyalaya - Wardha (YMW)

Overview

The College is situated at Wardha, an otherwise insignificant district in Vidarbha, Maharashtra,which owes its historical significance mainly to its association with the names of Mahatma Gandhi and Vinoba Bhave. After Independence,the rural areas of this district, as everywhere in the country, were educationally far backward.Inspired by the teachings of the two great souls, Late Bapuraoji Deshmukh, the Founder President of this institution,devoted himself to the cause of spreading education among the masses; for which he founded the Yeshwant Rural Education Society,Wardha in 1959 and began to open schools and colleges at the villages and towns in the district.