Founded in 1931 by Shikshan Maharshi Dr. Panjabrao alias Bhausaheb Deshmukh, the Society made a modest beginning by taking over shri shivaji Martha High school and its hostel. Today, it is by far the biggest Educational Society in Central India ,running college and training centers, schools and kinder-gartens, hostels, numerous workshops, extension services, printing press, gymasia, health clubs and a host of other facilities totalling about 265 in the services of the community at large, along with a 150 bed hospital and Medical Research center.