A premier institution of education like the Rayat Shikshan Sanstha, known and
honored far and wide, not only at the national level, but at the global level too, needs
no introduction. The institution itself is regarded as a noble mission, a noble cause,
so earnestly and so endearingly pursued by its founder- father Karmaveer Bhaurao
Patil, the educator of the educators and his legendary wife Sou. Laxmibai Patil with
her exemplary sacrifices made to turn the mission into a reality.
The Rayat Shikshan Sanstha is one of the leading educational institutions in Asia.
The value of its contribution to education in general is enormously great as it has,
from the very beginning, tried all its best to lay emphasis on the education of the
down-trodden, the poor and the ignorant that really form the major bulk of society.
The founder of the institution, late Padma Bhushan Dr. Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil,
was a man of the masses who devoted all his mind and heart to the cause of their
education. He had an incisive understanding of the social ills that beset his times and
fully realized the dire need of the spread of education. He believed that education
alone could correct the social ills such as caste-hierarchy, money-lending, illiteracy,
untouchability, superstitions and social and economic inequality. Throughout his life
he tried to translate this belief into reality. He was the champion of the poor, the
weak, the dispossessed and left no stone unturned for their up-liftment. He was a
great humanitarian who endeavored hard to educate the masses to bring a kindly
light of hope in their lives of misery and ignorance. He realized that the social ills
could be remedied through the education of the masses alone and laid the
foundation of the Rayat Shikshan Sanstha by opening a Boarding House at Kale
(Tal-Karad, Dist.-Satara) in 1919. Soon, however, in 1924 he shifted the head-
quarter of his educational institution to Satara.
Today, Sanstha runs 42 senior colleges, a newly added 1 research institute, 438
secondary schools, 8 training colleges, 42 primary schools, 31 pre-primary schools,
80 cosmopolitan hostels, 7 administrative offices, 8 Ashramshalas, and 57 ancillary
branches. It is spread over in 15 districts of Maharashtra and 1 district of Karnataka
with 14627 employees belonging to various castes and communities and 4, 54,165
students. Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil Cluster University, established on 27 th October
2021 under the parent institute Rayat Shikshan Sanstha, Satara.
The seven Colleges of our parent institute has granted autonomous status by UGC, New Delhi. The details of these colleges are given below.