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An Eminent Educationist An Ex-Vice Chancellor of a prestigious University whose constituents are ever conscious about excellence and their need to approximate to the greatness of the name it bears, has perecptively noted the achievements of Dr. Shivajirao Kadam in the building up of a new University in the contemporery challenging situation. Prof. R. K. Kanbarkar has in this brief note shows how Prof. Shivajirao Kadam was academically and administractively groomed by his brother and mentor Hon. Patangrao Kadam to take up the onerous task of managing a University with expansive academic and special vista. Prin. R. K. Kanbarkar Ex. Vice Chancellor, Shivaji University, Kolhapur 182 Prin. R. K. Kanbarkar An Eminent Educationist Ex. Vice Chancellor, Shivaji University, Kolhapur

The Kadams of Sonsal in District The Bharati Vidyapeeth has been reaching have left an indelible mark on the political, new heights every year. Today it conducts not social and educational life of . only traditional educational institutions, but Dr. Patangrao Kadam, an able minister in the professional educational institutions of such cabinet and an experienced politician of long as of Pharmacy, medical, Engineering, Den- standing, started his public life as an educa- tal, Law and Management. In this achievement tionist, by establishing an Institution known as Dr. Shivajirao kadam has played an important Bharati Vidyapeeth, to cater for the educational role. needs of the rural and down trodden people. Dr. Shivaji has long experience as an He was a lover of education and believed in administrator and academician. He has 25 education as an effective tool of uplifting the years experience as the principal of the masses. Very soon he created a network of Poona College of Pharmacy. He was pro Vice schools and colleges all over Maharashtra. His Chancellor of Bharti Vidyapeeth, University ideals were Mahatma Jotiba Phule, Rajarshri for 10 years. He has worked on the various Shahu Maharaj, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar committees of the Poona University. Since and Karmveer Bhaurao Patil. Soon Bharati December 2006 he has taken over as the Vidyapeet got developed into a university, with Vice Chancellor of the Bharti Vidyapeeth. He its branches all over Maharashtra. was a member of the University Grants com- Dr. Shivajirao Kadam is an younger mission, New Delhi and Pharmancy Council brother of Dr. Patangrao Kadam, who has very of India. He has repersented UGC on a num- meticulously nurtured him. He was sent to ber of academic and administrative Bodies of College in Poona. where he obtained M.Sc. Educational Institution. He has attended a and Ph. D. degrees in organic Chemistry. His number of conferences, symposiums and research papers in Pharmancy were highly workshop at the national and international appreciated abroad, That enabled him to work levels. He has published more than 150 as the principal of Poona College of Pharmacy. research papers in national and interna- The upshot of all this was that Dr. Patangrao tional journals. It is but natural that such kadam handed over the responsibility of anable administrator and academician should Managing the affairs of the ever ecpanding be honoured with a number of Awards and Bharati Vidyapeeth to Dr. shivajirao kadam, Distinctions, such as the National Law without any hesitation. And Dr. Shivajirao Day Award, (at the hands of H.E.Smt. kadam did not fail his Anna i.e. elder brother. Prathibhatai Patil, president of India) Eminent

183 Educationist Award, the Best Teacher Award, Dr. Shivajirao kadam was appointed Gem of New Millennium Award phule-Shahu- Pro-Vice Chancellor of theUniversity and Ambedkar Vicharavedh Award etc. since 2006, Dr. kadam has taken over as In recognition of the academic excellence Vice-Chancellor of the university. In the safe of the Educational Institutions of Bharti Vidy- and able hands of Dr. Shivajirao kadam, the apeeth, the Human Resource Development university is making remarkable progress. I Department of the Government of India, on wish Shivajirao all success in his endeavour the recommendation of the UGC accorded the to make the dream of his Anna come true. status of University to Bharti Vidyapeeth.

The University is committed to provide continuously updated education to its students in propitious environment created by the rich infrastructural facilities. It offers to its students a very wide range of almost 234 academic programmes at the postgraduate, graduate and diploma levels. Vice-Chancellor Dr. Shivajirao Kadam

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