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Chhatrapati Rajaram Maharaj

Chhatrapati Rajaram Maharaj was elected President of the All India Shivaji Memorial Society and took on onerous task of the creation and erection of the statue. He set himself a timeframe of three years for the completion of this arduous mission and fixed 16 June 1928 as the date of unveiling of the statue. As per the date of birth of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj then available, it was believed then, that the Great Emperor would complete three hundred years on the said date. Many members of the Memorial committee were of the opinion that the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj be made in Europe, however Chhatrapati Rajaram Maharaj was confident that Indian Sculptors were capable of producing a statue of equivalent quality here in India itself. Initially he assigned the making of the statue to the renowned sculptor Rao Bahadur Mhatre and the Job of making four historical plaques was assigned to young and upcoming sculptor Nanasaheb Karmarkar. Out of the four plaques, two plaques, one depicting the Coronation Ceremony of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, and, the other depicting the battle of Wani-Dindori, were of size 9 ft x5.5 ft each, each weighing one tonne, were to adorn, either sides of the pedestal, and two plaques of 5.5 ftx3 ft out of which one was of Goddess Bhavani in marble would adorn the front and the other depicting the famous incidence of "Kalyan Khajina" was to be mounted on the rear of the pedestal. Karmarkar completed the making of all the panels, three months before the deadline given to him, while, Mhatre's work had not progressed much. Due to the slow progress of Rao Bahadur Mhatre, and, happy with the job done by Nanasaheb Karmarkar, the entire job including the making of the statue was reassigned to Nanasaheb. The making of the statue was so close to the heart of Chhatrapati Rajaram Maharaj that he had allotted space to Karmarkar within his palace "Shivtirth" at Mumbai for erection of a studio to facilitate making of the plaques as well as the statue of Aai Saheb Maharaj , he was allotted further space, as now with the additional job of the statue, the studio needed to extended. It had to be large enough to accommodate a 60 feet travelling crane, and the entrance to the studio had to be large enough to allow entry of trucks into the studio easily. It took two months for the studio to be ready in all respects. Chhatapati Rajaram Maharaj arranged for his prized Arabian horse 'Shahnawaz" to be brought in from Kolhapur to serve as a model for the horse in the statue! A revolving platform for the horse was made for better visuals of the horse from all sides and angles! The statue was to measure 13.5 ft in height 13ft in length and 3.5 ft in width. A search was started for a foundry equipped with a suitable crane with a capability to lift 15 tonnes or more alongwith the requisite experience of casting 15 to 20 tonnes. Mazgoan Docks foundry was discovered to be only one in India with the requisite capability then! The statue was finally cast on the night of June 01, 1928 at Mazgoan docks by a team of 175 workers pouring molten bronze simultaneously from two barrels containing 8 tonnes of liquid bronze each, hooked to cranes at two ends, to create a single piece casting, for the first time ever, in India! Almost 500 workers waited through the night to witness the successful completion of the casting. The opening of the cast was an unbelievable sight for the on lookers! Dumbfounded, they witnessed the statue come to life. Not only did Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj seem alive but the horse appeared to be breathing! The entire campus of Mazgoan docks reverberated with the echoes of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj ki Jai!

Dr. Abhay Wagh

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Director of Technical Education, M.S., Mumbai

Dr. Prakash Waman Wani

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Member AICTE Nominee / Industrialist / Technologist / Educationalist

Dr. Pratibha Singh

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Member ( University Grants Commission ( UGC ) )

Dr. Shri Shahu Chhatrapati

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Trustee
President, AISSM Society

Dr. Y. P. Patil

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Dean
International Partnership Cell Dean

Dr.A. A. Shinde

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Instrumentation Engineering
Member of the Committee

Dr.A. D. Shiralkar

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Electrical Engineering
Member of the Committee

Dr.A.K.Prakash

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Member ( Govt.of Maharashtra Nominee ) Industrialist / Technologist / Educationalist

Dr.Dyandeo Krushna Shedge

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Professor in Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering

Dr.Pradeep Bajrang Mane

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Member of the National Service Scheme Committee
Principal
Principal AISSMS Institute of Information Technology

Dr.Pramod Ganeshrao Musrif

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Assistant Professor in Physics

Mr. Ganesh Wani

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Member of the National Service Scheme Committee
Department Coordinator

Mr. Pradeep Palkar

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Member of the National Service Scheme Committee
Department Coordinator

Mr. Prashant Wakhare

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Member of the National Service Scheme Committee
Department Coordinator

Mr. Sachin Kokane

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Member of the National Service Scheme Committee
NSS Programme Officer

Mr. Sandeep Raste

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Member of the National Service Scheme Committee
Department Coordinator

Mr.A. J. Mate

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Administrative Officer
Member of the Committee

Mr.Chandrakant Bhange

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Department Coordinator

Mr.Kshitij Rajkumar Thakur

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Final Year Computer Engineering / Member ( Students' Council )

Mr.Vivek Patil

Student Development Organization (SDO) was established in 2008-2009 at AISSM's Institute of Information Technology under the aegis of Board of Student Development (BSD) of Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU). SDO of college looks after the protection of rights and supervises the development activities of the students. SDO promotes and co-ordinates the different students' activities for better corporate life. SDO tries to nurture students' mental, physical, cultural growth with various activities to improve their overall personality and to make them civilized Indian citizens to compete in the globalized world. The activities like Personality Development, Nirbhay Kanya Workshop, Disaster Management Workshop, Special Guidance Scheme, Earn and Learn Scheme etc. are carried out every year under SDO.

Mrs. Amrapali Chavhan

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Member of the National Service Scheme Committee
Department Coordinator

Ms. K. S. Gadgil

The aim of International Partnership Cell (IPC) of our institute is to provide global exposure to our students and staff members and to help them to transform into global citizens. IPC is constantly working for internationalizing the domain of education. It aims to develop opportunities involving student and faculty exchanges that may open up more and more joint research collaborations in future. IPC emphasize on cultivation of strong links with prestigious foreign universities for promotion of various internship programs for undergraduate students. The practice will ensure motivation among students for higher studies and research abroad.

Prof. Anant Govind Gosavi

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Member ( University / State Board of Technical Education Nominee )

Prof.Milind Pralhad Gajare

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Assistant Professor in Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering

Prof.Riyazahemed Abdulgani Jamadar

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Assistant Professor in Information Technology

Rajarshi Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj

Rajarshi Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj had convened a meeting of the committee of the All India Shivaji Memorial Society on 25 May 1922, however fate willed otherwise. A little before 6 am on the morning of 06 May 1922, at Mumbai, Rajarshi Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj, sat up a moment in bed and said, "I am ready to go. I have no fears. Good-bye to all." At 6 am, he, passed away, at the age of 48, one of the greatest Rulers in Indian history.