MKSSS's Cummins College of Engineering for Women (CCOEW) is a private engineering college in

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established in 1991 and run by the

Maharshi Karve Stree Shikshan Samstha Maharshi Karve Stree Shikshan Samstha is an education society engaged in women's education in Pune, Maharashtra, India. It was set up by Dhondo Keshav Karve in 1896 as Hingane Stree Shikshan Samstha. History In 1896, Dhondo Keshav Karve founded ...

History

Started in the year 1991 by the '' Maharshi Karve Stree Shikshan Samshta'', a 113‑year‑old institution, that has a century long history dedicated to the upliftment of women by educating them and making them self-reliant, it was renamed after

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India Foundation gave a substantial donation. CCOEW is affiliated to the

University of Pune Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU), formerly the University of Pune, is a public state university located in the city of Pune, India. It was established in 1949, and is spread over a campus in the neighbourhood of Ganeshkhind. The uni ...

and also offers technical courses affiliated to All India Council for Technical Education (

AICTE The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) is a statutory body, and a national-level council for technical education, under the Department of Higher Education (India), Department of Higher Education. Established in November 1945 firs ...

). The inception of CCEW marked a significant milestone as India's first all-women engineering college to provide affordable and quality technical education to women .

References

External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20120212214804/http://cumminscollege.org/about-us/the-college/ *http://www.minglebox.com/college/M-K-S-S-S-s-Cummins-College-of-Engineering-For-Women-Pune-Cummins-P * {{WikidataCoord Women's engineering colleges in India Women's universities and colleges in Maharashtra Engineering colleges in Pune Colleges affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune University