Pune- The Oxford Of The East

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In the country of India lies a city that is regarded as one of the best educational centers of the world and that city is the Maharashtrian city of Pune. Pune the ‘cultural capital of Maharashtra’ is a city of students, scholars, IT professionals and other professionals who come here to achieve their goal and inspire others along their way as well. The educational city of Pune has some of the best colleges of the world urging aspiring students from around the world to learn from the institutions based in Pune. Back in yester years Jawaharlal Nehru named this education arena as “Oxford of the East”.

Pune houses every aspect of discipline and academics created by the humans, be it defense, engineering, science, commerce, management. Some of the best institutions of this educational city are ILS Law College, College of Engineering, S.P. College and the most famous University of Pune. The University of Pune has more than four-hundred associated colleges and over two-hundred recognized research institutions. It is India’s topmost institution and nests students not only from India but is the house of thousands of ...
... foreign students. These institutions have one of the best team of professional teachers of the world who know how to impart knowledge to the students and understand them as well.

The University of Pune as well as the other institutions of the city are influenced by modern thinking and attitude to life, however, the cultural aspect of the city also plays a great influence. The friendly environment, cool and pleasant weather acts in favor of the students who work hard in the day to imbibe the knowledge imparted by their professors and at night to earn some extra pocket money. Pune also has great clubs and chill out zones where students can relax and enjoy the nightlife after a tiring day of hard work, although they are more engrossed in studying than spare any time for partying or shopping or entertaining themselves with the different pleasures of life.

This attribute of students towards their education makes Pune a fully fledged educational city giving it a brand in terms of education unintentionally. It is a better to say that the city is a city of students and professionals more than the other local citizens as it is almost impossible to differentiate the limits of the institutions from the rest of the city. The colleges, however, are not limited to the boundaries of education only; they give training on multiple indoor and outdoor games making students efficient in other parts of life. They also organize cultural programs in which the students take part to refresh and relax from their daily routines.

If you are a hard working student and want to achieve something in life then opt for one of the institutions of Pune and don’t forget there are many places to visit in Pune, so don’t miss out on the fun part of the city even.

Author is a traveller and adventure seeker and loving her work roam around a number of travel destinations around the world. Currently she is responsible for writing places to see in Pune and managing Pune tour packages.