About Cummins College of Engineering for Women, Hingna, Nagpur

The 128-years old parent body has been committed to “Empowerment of women through education. The Institution has a century long history of dedicated work towards making women educated and self-reliant. MKSSS, Pune was established in 1896 by the great visionary and social worker Bharat Ratna Maharshi Dhondo Keshav Karve to provide shelter to destitute women. On 14th June in the year 1896, in the village ‘Hingne’ near Pune city, Maharshi Karve started a “Home for Widows, along with a school for Widows, so that they become educated and self-reliant. He fought throughout his life to make this happen. The “Home for Widows was then named as ‘Hingne Stree Shikshan Samstha’ and the school was named as ‘Mahilashram High School’.

The Founder of the Institution:

Prof. D. K. Karve founded an Institution in a village called “Hingne near Pune City. The Institution was named as “Hingne Stree Shikshan Samstha. Later, the Institution was renamed as “Maharshi Karve Stree Shikshan Samstha. Prof. Karve founded this Institution with an aim to uplift, emancipate and educate the destituted and downtrodden. Prof. Karve dedicated his whole life for this humanitarian cause with great determination and courage. He was awarded “Bharat Ratna the highest national award for his sacrifices and dedicated social work and his contribution to the noble cause.

Development of the Institution:

Maharshi Karve Stree Shikshan Samstha, (MKSSS), Pune has diversified branches all over Maharashtra in India and about 25,000 girl students are learning in these institutions. Over the period of last 128 years, the Institution has grown like a banyan tree and at present, it is running 60+ educational and other units. These units are located at Pune, Satara, Wai, Ratnagiri, Nagpur, Kamshet etc. All these units are meant only for girls or women.

Around 25,000+ girl students are learning in Kindergarten, Pre-Primary, Primary, Secondary, Higher Secondary schools and Colleges. We have established Engineering, Architecture, Management, Nursing, Fashion Technology, Vocational Training Institute, Health Centre etc. These branches strive to develop women into truly performing citizens in today’s globalization era. We also have hostel facilities for students and working women and old age home for senior citizens.

Purpose of Establishment:

In the 18th century, social pattern in India was such that no women were going to schools for education. With the purpose of upliftment, emancipation and education of women, who formed a major section of the socially downtrodden, Maharshi D. K. Karve founded an Institution called “Hingne Stree Shikshan Samstha, in the year 1896. Prof. Karve dedicated his whole life for this humanitarian cause with great determination and courage.

Vision of the Parent Organization:

Bharat Ratna Maharshi Karve, a revered Visionary with extraordinary legacy of work in the field of women emancipation and education, is the inspiration and guiding soul behind the MKSSS’s vision of “Empowered Women playing equal role in Society and Nation building. In keeping up with the vision, MKSSS strives to build a society of equal opportunities, social justice, a society where women will have their due importance, can live an enriched quality of life, a life of freedom and personal fulfilment. MKSSS works towards empowerment and enrichment of women through education, innovative training for life skills and job skills, pioneering the entry of women in new technology areas and new job domains. MKSSS’s vision also includes facilitating self-employment, awareness and sensitivity to women issues in society.

Quality Policy of the Institution

Maharshi Karve Stree Shikshan Samstha, (MKSSS), Pune is committed to Quality, a defining element in education and governance, leading to an all-round sustainable progress of the Institution. The Quality Policy of MKSSS is controlled by transparency and accountability of our efforts and is monitored through suitable combination of self and external audits.

Meaning of the Institution:

Name of the Institution is in Indian language. In this name, Karve is the name of the founder. He was called as Maharshi which means a great sage. Stree means women, Shikshan means education and Samstha means Institution. This is an Institution dedicated for women’s education.

Vision

“Empowered women play important role in building of society and nation Empowerment and enrichment of women professionals through education; innovative training of life skills and job skills; for pioneering the entry of women in the latest technological areas and job domains; encouraging self-employment and sensitizing awareness for women’s issue in the society.

Mission

To develop technically and academically sound women professionals, having strong work-ethics and good human-being characteristics.

About the Institute

Maharshi Karve Stree Shikshan Samstha’s Cummins College of Engineering for Women, Nagpur is the leading engineering institutes in central India. The institute aims at delivering quality education through innovative practices and quality placements through Industry Interaction and support. It is spread over 22 acres in the lush green environment near the bank of river Vena at Hingna in Nagpur district. It is affiliated to RTM Nagpur University, Approved by AICTE and NAAC accredited with A+ Grade. The institute was established in the year 2010 with the generous financial grant from Cummins India Limited. It has made remarkable progress in the past decade and still going strong with the new achievements in Academics and Placements. It offers engineering education in Computer Engineering, Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. It has a well-developed infrastructure which includes classroom equipped with ICT tools, advanced laboratories, a central library with huge collection of books and journals, indoor and outdoor playgrounds, green initiatives and many more. The institute also offers in-campus hostel facility with mess and gym for the outstations candidates. It has well qualified and experience staff, dedicated Training & Placement cells and other important cells and clubs for better university results, industry interactions and placements. The institute is keenly interested in bringing the all-round development of its students and hence provides all the necessary and advanced facilities to its students. The clean, serene and pollution free environment here makes learning enjoyable and also has positive effects on students’ physical and mental health.

Core Values

1. Give due respect to all students and ladies staff.

2. Enhance professionalism with good human values.

3. Promote team spirit and healthy competition.

4. Create healthy atmosphere for effective teaching–learning process.

5. Promote creativity and innovation in all activities.

6. Promote equality and integrity.

7. Value individual differences and dignity of labor.

8. Sharing of experience, knowledge and skills.

Institutional Strength

1. Rich legacy of the parent organization “Maharshi Karve Stree Shikshan Samstha in the field of education

2. Transparent and proactive management represented by persons from industry, field of social services and education.

3. Strong association with industries such as Cummins India Ltd, Persistent Systems P. Ltd and HCL and with NGOs like Manav-Seva Samiti, Rotary Club, Janakalyankari Samiti, Vijnana Bharati, MOHAN Foundation, Jeevan Jyoti Blood Bank, Dr. Hedgewar Blood Bank.

4. Adequate and well-maintained infrastructure for academics and on campus residence for students.

5. Provision of Industry & Institutional (Samstha) scholarships for needy and deserving students.

Institutional Weakness

1. Students are from remote places and know only vernacular language.

2. Participation of alumnae in overall development of college is inadequate.

3.Revenue generation is insufficient

Institutional Opportunity

1. To emerge as a role model in the field of Women Engineering Education by adapting best pedagogic practices

2. Involvement of industries in students’ projects, internships, and mentoring.

3. Improvement in entrepreneurship / innovation related activities with the help of industries and government organizations

4. To contribute towards improving gender diversity in the field of Mechanical Engineering

5. To enhance the technical activities in association with professional societies

6. Effective implementation of NEP 2020

Institutional Challenges

1. Seek research grants from funding agencies.

2. Faculty and student exchange program with renowned Colleges and industries

3. To increase number of patents and transfer of technology into products

The institution works towards the excellence by taking steps towards the following

1. Governance

   The institution has a Governing Council and LMC (Local Management Committee) which look after the day-to-day functioning of the Institution. The committee works to

•  To Boost the stakeholder’s trust and confidence
• Facilitate the smooth execution towards excellence
• Nurture employability and foster startup ecosystem
• Embrace innovation in teaching and learning
• Ensure consistent quality assurance through the governance

2. Resource Generation

   The institution takes efforts to improve the financial enablers by

   Prioritizing sources of funding such as grants, projects consultancies ,Patents , alumina donations sponsored projects, endowment ,philanthropic contributions
   Budget allocation
   Staff salaries
   Student services
   Research initiatives

3. Academic Enablers

The institution takes following efforts to make the strong academics

• Robust strategy

• Faculty retention

• Performance analysis

• Choice based curriculum

• Skill development programs

• Use of ICT tools for teaching and innovative teaching

4. Research, Intellectual Property, and Support

• Collaboration with industry

• Quality Research Programs

• IPR related activities

• Offer Internship

• Provide training programs

• Inculcate Research custom

• Entrepreneurship and Innovation

5. Physical Facilities

The institution provides the best facilities for the students which includes

• Hostel and Mess

• Bus Facility

• Wi fi enabled campus

• Lift

• Playgrounds

• State of the art Laboratories

• Library

• Green Gym

• Green Campus

Future Plan

The institution aims to have the following in near future :

1)NBA Accreditation: 2026 ( +2 Programs)

2)NEP-20 Implementation :

• RTMN University Guidelines

• Autonomy

• Explore Major-Honor / Minor Degree

3) Quality Placement / Internship (PPO): >75 %

4) Emerging Thrust Area UG Program: 2026

5) Startups (at least 2): 2026  

6) Project Funding (1 per department): 2025

7) NIRF Ranking : 2027

8)International Collaboration: 2027-28