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About Vidya Prasarak Mandal (VPM), Thane
Vidya Prasarak Mandal, Thane (VPM) was established to take up the national humanitarian cause of the urge of young and old underprivileged section of society to have access to primary and secondary education. VPM as on Today is a pioneer education institute in Thane, enthusiastically and zealously catering to the basic needs of education to nearly 14000 students across faculties in Arts, Commerce, Science, Law, Polytechnic and Management studies.
Various institutes which come under VPM umbrella are: Dr. Bedekar Vidya Mandir, Sau. A K Joshi English Medium School and B N Bandodkar College of Science, VPM’s College of Arts and N G Bedekar college of Commerce, VPM’s TMC Law College, VPM’s Polytechnic, VPM’s Advance Study Centre, VPM’s Polytechnic IT Centre, Maharshi Parshuram College of Engineering-Velneshwar and Dr. V N Bedekar Institute of management Studies.
Dr. V N Bedekar had a dream of making Thane a hub of management education par excellence. In order to provide quality management education, he established Department of Management Studies on 3rd July, 1973.
Dr. V V Bedekar fulfilled the dreams of his father Dr. V N Bedekar in the Academic year 2005-06 by establishing Dr. V N Bedekar Institute of Management Studies (DR. V N BRIMS)
His drive and leadership resulted in the institute getting approval from AICTE to conduct the Two Year Full Time PGDM program in 2010. Due to his determination and vision, the small sapling planted by Dr. V N Bedekar in 1973 has now grown into a tall tree producing qualified management professionals every year.
VPM Group Institutions
VPM's Dr. Bedekar Vidya Mandir (Marathi Medium School)
VPM’s Sau. A K Joshi English medium School
VPM’s B. N. Bandodkar College of Science
VPM’s K G Joshi College of Arts
VPM’s N G Bedekar College of Commerce
VPM’s TMC Law College
VPM’s Dr. V N Bedekar Institute of Management Studies
VPM’s Polytechnic
VPM’s Advance Study Centre
VPM’s Polytechnic IT Centre
VPM’s Centre for Foreign Language Studies
VPM’s Department of Defense and Strategic Studies
VPM’s London Academy for Education & Research
VPM’s Academy of International Education & Research
VPM’s Maharshi Parshuram College of Engineering, Velneshwar
VPM’s Institute of Distance Education
VPM’s Centre for career and Skill Development
VPM’s Council of Senior Scientist's