Deccan Education Society's

Fergusson College

(Autonomous)

Affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune University

NAAC accredited “A” Grade (3.62 CGPA) | AISHE Code : C - 41431

UGC Special Heritage Status | UGC - College of Excellence (CE) | DBT - STAR Status

#F. C. Road, Shivaji Nagar, Pune - 411004

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Distinguished Alumni

  • Babubhai J Patel - 6th Chief Minister of Gujarat
  • Balasaheb Thorat - Member, Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra and Current Minister of Revenue and Khar Lands, Government of Maharashtra
  • Bhalchandra Nemade - Famous Marathi writer of books like Kosala,Bidhar,Jhool,Jarila,Hool,Hindu-Jagnyachi Samruddha Adgal
  • Bhaskar Chandavarkar - Composer - Sitar Player
  • Dr. Burgula Ramakrishna Rao- 2nd Chief Minister of the erstwhile Hyderabad State; Activist for freedom of Hyderabad from Nizam's rule
  • Pandit Chandrakant Sardeshmukh - Sitar Player, First Master Fellow of the National Centre for the Performing Arts (India)
  • Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi - Marxist Historian, Indologist, Mathematician,Statistician and former head of the Dept of Mathematics at FC
  • D.R. Kaprekar - Mathematician, Discovered the Kaprekar Constant and the Kaprekar Number
  • Dattatreya Gopal Karve - Economist, First Principal of Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce, Pune
  • Jivatram Bhagwandas Kriplani - Indian Independence Activist, Senior Congress Leader, Founder of the Praja Socialist Party
  • John M. Omenge- Chief Geologist, Ministry of Energy, Kenya
  • Kranti Kanade- National Award winning Film Director & Screenwriter (Gandhi Of The Month, Mahek, Chaitra)
  • Kiran Nagarkar - Playwright, novelist
  • Milind Date Composer - Flautist
  • Vasant Bhalwankar Composer, guitarist and noted international musician
  • Nandini Nimbkar - President, Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute; Member, Senate and Academic Council, Shivaji University
  • P L Deshpande - Playwright, Actor, Icon of Modern Marathi Literature
  • PV Narasimha Rao - 12th Prime Minister of India
  • Padmanabhan Balaram - Professor and current Director of IISc, Bangalore.
  • Pooja Batra - Model, Miss India 1993; Actress
  • Prahalad Kakkar - ad film maker
  • Prahlad Keshav Atre- Playwright (Shyamchi Aai (film)); leader of The Samyukta Maharashtra Movement
  • R. P. Paranjpe – Mathematician (Senior Wrangler) and former Principal of the college
  • Ram Ganesh Gadkari- Playwright
  • Shriram Lagoo, stage and film actor
  • Gautam Joglekar, Film actor and Director, son of noted Film Director, Sai Paranjpe
  • Smita Patil - Actress (Mirch Masala, Manthan, Chakra); Double National Award Winner for Best Actress
  • Sonali Kulkarni - Actress (Mission Kashmir, Dil Chahta Hai, Fuoco Su Di Me),columnist and writer
  • Suresh Kalmadi - MP from Pune
  • Trilokjit Sengupta - Fashion Photographer. Creative Director and Founding Member of Saints and Warriors and Metal Communications.
  • Vasant Kanetkar - Playwright, Padma Shri awardee
  • Vinayak Damodar Savarkar - Indian Independence activist, Icon of the Hindu Nationalism Ideology, President of the Hindu Mahasabha
  • Vishwanath Pratap Singh - 10th Prime Minister of India
  • Vitthal Ramji Shinde- Social Activist; Founder of Depressed Classes Mission in Mumbai
  • Mahmoud Gudra Al anakrih - Jordanian Government
  • Shri.Ranjan Mathai, Foreign Secretary, Government of India
  • Prof. Ganesh Wankhede, Professor and Head, Department of Zoology, Sant Gadgebaba University, Amravati