Dr P A Inamdar University

Dr. P. A. Inamdar University is located in Pune, Maharashtra, and was founded by P. A. Inamdar, an Indian educationist born on 28 December 1945. Inamdar completed his BA (Honors) in Arts from Shivaji University, Kolhapur, and was appointed by the Government of India to the Planning Commission's working group on higher education for the twelfth five-year plan period (2012–2017). He has worked extensively to improve education among minorities in India. Besides founding Dr. P. A. Inamdar University, he also established the Inamdar Multispeciality Hospital, a centrally located hospital in Pune, and Abeda Inamdar Senior College, also in Pune. Inamdar has held several positions, including membership on the National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, the Management Council of Hamdard University, the Management Council of Aligarh Muslim University, and the Senate of Jamia Millia Islamia Central University. He has also served as a Director of the College of Visual Effects, Design and Art. Inamdar has been involved in several notable legal cases, including a landmark Supreme Court judgment in 2005 that abolished state quotas in private unaided professional colleges.