The Pravara Rural Education Society (PRES) was established in July 1964 at Pravara, Loni, a large village in Maharashtra state in India. It is located between Pune to the South and Nashik to the North. The founder, Padamshri Vitthalrao Vikhe Patil, was a leader of the cooperative movement. The society's first school was an English medium school.
Padam Bhushan Sh Balasaheb Vikhe Patil is the chairman of the society.And Rajendra Bhane Patil is an [ Executive Chairman ]
Progress The Pravara Rural Education Society operates 11 technical colleges, 6 senior colleges, 6 English medium schools including a Sainik School and 32 Marathi medium schools. In all, over 40,000 students are presently on the rolls of these institutions.
Major institutions
Technical colleges Pravara Rural Engineering College, Loni Sri Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology, Chincholi, Nashik. Padamshri Vitthalrao Vikhe Patil Institute of Technology & Engineering, Loni Pravara Rural College of Pharmacy, Loni Pravara Women's College of Pharmacy, Chincholi Pravara Rural College of Architecture, Loni College of Pharmacy, Chincholi Industrial Training Institute, and Women Industrial Training Institute, Loni HAL-Pravara Aviation Institute, Ozar, Nashik
Senior colleges Padamshri Vikhe Patil College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Pravaranagar Arts, Commerce and Science College, Satral Pravara Women's College of Home Science and BCA, Loni College of Agricultural Biotechnology, Loni Pravara Rural College of Education, Loni College of Physical Education, Loni
English medium schools Pravara Public School, Pravaranagar Pravara Central Public School, Pravaranagar Padamshri Vitthalrao Vikhe Patil Sainik School, Loni Pravara Girls English Medium School & Junior College, Loni Pravara High School, Kolhar Padmashri Balasaheb Vikhe Patil International School, Loni
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