Notable Alumni

 Lokmanya (A great Indian freedom fighter, national leader and social reformer who advocated or Self Rule)  Gopal Ganesh Agarkar (A social reformer, educationist, thinker from during the British rule)  Gurudev Ramachandra Dattatrya Ranade (A scholar-philosopher-saint of Maharashtra)  Senapati Bapat () (A figure in the Indian independence movement. He acquired the title of Senapati, as a consequence of his leadership during the Mulshi )  Dr. Dwarkanath Kotnis (Also known by his Chinese name Ke Dihua, was one of the five Indian physicians dispatched to China to provide medical assistance during the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1938)  Vishnushastri Krushnashastri Chiplunkar (A Marathi writer, whose writings have had a decisive influence on modern Marathi prose style)  Itihasacharya Vishwanath Kashinath Rajwade (A historian, scholar, writer, commentator and orator from Maharashtra)  Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar (A scholar, orientalist, and social reformer)  Sahityasamrat Tatyasaheb Kelkar (Narasimha Chintaman Kelkar) (A lawyer from Miraj as well as a dramatist, novelist, short story writer, poet, biographer, critic, historian, writer on philosophical and political themes. He was also a literary and political figure in Maharashtra, , and also both editor and trustee of the newspaper Kesari)  Hari Narayan Apte (A Marathi writer from Maharashtra)  Vaman Shivram Apte (A lexicographer and best known for his compilation of a dictionary entitled, The Student's English-Sanskrit Dictionary)  Cornelia Sorabji (The first woman graduate from Deccan College having secured Bachelor of Arts degree in Literature in 1888 with First Class and was India’s very first woman lawyer)  Meher Baba (Merwan Sheriar Irani) (An Indian spiritual master who said he was the Avatar, God in human form)  Shripad Krishna Belvalkar (Professor of Sanskrit at Deccan College. He made varied contributions in the field of Veda, Grammar, Epics, Classical Sanskrit Literature, Poetics, Indian philosophy, and Textual Criticism)  Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande (An Indian musicologist who wrote the first modern treatise on Hindustani classical music, an art which had been propagated earlier for a few centuries mostly through oral traditions)  Moropant Vishwanath Joshi (A leading barrister, social reformer and politician from Amravati, Central Provinces and Berar)  Brahmarsi Annasaheb Patwardhan (Lokmanya Tilak's spiritual guru, a skilled lawyer and medical (Ayurvedic) practitioner, political revolutionary and strong nationalist)  Ganesh Srikrishna Khaparde alias Dada Saheb Khaparde (A renowned Lawyer, Scholar, political activist, closely associated with Bal Gangadhar Tilak)  Vaijanath Kashinath Rajwade (A well known English and Sanskrit scholar and the elder brother of Vishwanath Kashinath Rajwade)  D.R. Bhandarkar (An Indian Archaeologist and epigraphist who worked with the Archaeological Survey of India. He was the son of eminent Indologist, R. G. Bhandarkar)  Bhawani Singh (Brigadier Sawai Bhawani Singh Bahadur) (The titular Maharaja of Jaipur from 24 June 1970 to 28 December 1971 and member 1st Lok Sabha)  Balasaheb Hanumantrao Khardekar (Member 1st Lok Sabha)  Barrister Apa B. Pant (An Indian Prince (the son of the tenth ruler of the Aundh State), Gandhian, writer, freedom fighter and diplomat. He served as the Indian Commissioner at various African countries) Padmashree - 1954  Ramchandra Narayan Dandekar (An Indologist and Vedic scholar from Maharashtra) Padma Bhushan - 1962  Justice P. B. Gajendragadkar (The 7th Chief Justice of India, serving from February 1964 to March 1966) Padma Vibhushan - 1972  Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi (A Sanskrit scholar and a prominent Indologist from Maharashtra) Padma Bhushan - 1975  V.S. Wakankar (An Indian Archaeologist) Padmashree - 1976  Yashodhar Mathpal (An Indian Archaeologist, painter, curator, Gandhian and Rock Art Conservationist) Padmashree - 2006  Bhalchandra Nemade (A Marathi writer from Maharashtra) Padmashree – 2011 Sahitya Akademi Award for Teeka Svayamwar – 1990 Jnanpith Award - 2014