Pravara Rural Education Society

The Pravara Rural Education Society (PRES) was established in July 1964 at Pravara, Loni, a large village in Maharashtra state in India. It is located between Pune to the South and Nashik to the North. The founder, Padamshri Vitthalrao Vikhe Patil, was a leader of the cooperative movement. The society's first school was an English medium school.

Padam Bhushan Sh Balasaheb Vikhe Patil is the chairman of the society, and [Rajendra Bhane Patil] is the executive chairman.

Progress

The Pravara Rural Education Society operates 11 technical colleges, 6 senior colleges, 6 English medium schools including a Sainik School and 32 Marathi medium schools. In all, over 40,000 students are presently on the rolls of these institutions.

Major institutions

Technical colleges

• Pravara Rural Engineering College, Loni
• Sri Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology, Chincholi, Nashik.
• Padamshri Vitthalrao Vikhe Patil Institute of Technology & Engineering, Loni
• Pravara Rural College of Pharmacy, Loni
• Pravara Women's College of Pharmacy, Chincholi
• Pravara Rural College of Architecture, Loni
• College of Pharmacy, Chincholi
• Industrial Training Institute, and Women Industrial Training Institute, Loni
• HAL-Pravara Aviation Institute, Ozar, Nashik

Senior colleges

• Padamshri Vikhe Patil College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Pravaranagar
• Arts, Commerce and Science College, Satral
• Pravara Women's College of Home Science and BCA, Loni
• College of Agricultural Biotechnology, Loni
• Pravara Rural College of Education, Loni
• College of Physical Education, Loni

English medium schools

• Pravara Public School, Pravaranagar
• Pravara Central Public School, Pravaranagar
• Padamshri Vitthalrao Vikhe Patil Sainik School, Loni
• Pravara Girls English Medium School & Junior College, Loni
• Pravara High School, Kolhar
• Padmashri Balasaheb Vikhe Patil International School, Loni