Akole Taluka Education Society, the mother-institution of the college, was established in 1972. After 2 years of consistent efforts the college started with 94 students and 6 lecturers. The college has now 4500 students and 175 staff members. This is an indication of it's growth and expansion. In 1974 it started as an Arts and Commerce College. But in 1987 it's Science wing also started functioning and it became a full-fledged college. It had only undergraduate courses for some time.But after 1995 the college began to offer postgraduate courses in Commerce, Science and Arts also. We also have a Research Centre for Ph. D.in Geography. The college has excellent physical infrastructure spread up over an area of 18 acre (72843.41 sq. mtr.) The total built up area is 8260.07 sq. mtr. that includes administrative block, Classrooms, Laboratory, Seminar Halls, Library, Reading Halls, K. B.Dada Memorial Hall/auditorium, Buwasaheb Nawale Open theatre, Gymkhana, Hostels, Guest House, Canteen, Health Centre, Day Care Centre, Common rooms, Wash Rooms etc. These state-of-art facilities are useful for the curricular, co-curricular and extra-, curricular activitities. The lush green cover of the campus adds to the attraction of the college. To conclude, we would like to mention our rich cultural heritage and that is Sage Agasti . It is well-known that Sage Agasti is the first Arya who crossed the Vindhya mountain ranges and settled at this very place, the south of Vindhyas. Here in Akole we have a famous temple dedicated to Sage Agasti on the bank of the river Pravara. Agasti was the pioneer grammarian of the Tamil language and a social revolutionary who married Lopamudra and it was the first inter-caste marriage. It is in keeping with this ancient tradition of knowledge and wisdom that we are functioning. We welcome you all on this campus on the tune of the SPPU anthem composed by the famous Maharashtrian poet, Mangesh Padgaonkar which goes as follows : “ We pray to the Goddess Saraswati to give us a boon That knowledge should be associated with action And action be accompanied by knowledge Irrespective of caste religion and other differences.

• Dr. Bhaskar Shelke working as Principal of College since last six years.
• Total Teaching and Administrative experience of Dr. Bhaskar Shelke is Thirty-Nine Years
• Dr. Bhaskar Shelke sir guided 24 students for their Ph.D. and 6 students completed M.Phil.
• Completed 3 Major and 3 Minor research projects funded by UGC.
• 21 reference books are authored by Dr. Bhaskar Shelke.