Shram Sadhana Trust

Shram Sadhana Trust is an Indian charitable and educational trust promoted by Pratibhatai Patil, who later served as President of India. The organization operates as a social-development institution rather than a conventional commercial brand. Its activities described in public reference material combine higher education in Maharashtra with residential support for working women in Mumbai. The trust runs a working-women hostel in Bandra, Mumbai, providing accommodation connected with the needs of women employed in the city. It also manages or operates a group of educational institutions at Bambhori in Jalgaon district, Maharashtra. These institutions include the College of Engineering and Technology, an Institute of Pharmacy, and an Arts, Science & Commerce College. Together, the institutions give the trust a broad post-secondary education footprint spanning engineering, pharmaceutical studies, and general arts, science, and commerce education. The trust’s public identity is closely linked to the Patil family. Pratibhatai Patil is identified as the person who promoted the trust, while Raosaheb, also known as Rajendra D. Shekhawat, is identified as its managing trustee and as Patil’s son. The available reference material does not establish a founding year, a formal corporate parent, a commercial ownership structure, or a separate consumer-facing product brand. Its activities are better understood through its educational and social-service institutions. Shram Sadhana Trust’s operating geography is centered on Maharashtra, with educational facilities at Bambhori in Jalgaon district and a hostel in Mumbai’s Bandra area. No evidence in the supplied material indicates international operations, stock-market listing, or a conventional revenue-generating product portfolio. The trust’s principal public-facing offerings are therefore its educational programs and hostel services. Detailed information on enrollment, faculty, finances, governance beyond the named trustees, institutional launch dates, and current program status is not established by the available source material.

Shram Sadhana Trust was promoted by Pratibhatai Patil, an Indian public figure who later became President of India. The available reference identifies the trust through its educational and social-welfare activities, but does not provide a confirmed establishment year or a detailed chronology of its institutional development. The trust’s work has two principal dimensions. In Mumbai, it operates a working-women hostel in Bandra. This facility reflects a social-support role, providing accommodation for women working in the city. In Maharashtra’s Jalgaon district, the trust operates educational institutions located at Bambhori. These include a College of Engineering and Technology, an Institute of Pharmacy, and an Arts, Science & Commerce College. The institutional mix indicates an emphasis on post-secondary education across technical, professional, and general academic fields. The trust is also associated with the Patil family’s continuing governance. Public reference material identifies Raosaheb, also known as Rajendra D. Shekhawat, the son of Pratibhatai Patil, as the managing trustee. Beyond these named figures, the available material does not document a complete trustee roster, changes in leadership, financial performance, expansion decisions, or the dates on which the individual institutions were established or opened. Unlike a commercial corporation, Shram Sadhana Trust does not have a publicly documented stock listing, ticker, consumer product range, or corporate parent in the supplied sources. Its public identity is institutional and service-oriented: it delivers education through its Jalgaon-area colleges and social infrastructure through its Mumbai hostel. Further details about accreditation, enrollment, campus development, funding, and present-day operations require additional authoritative sources.

• Trust promoted by Pratibhatai Patil

  [1]Shram Sadhana Trusten.wikipedia.org

  Shram Sadhana Trust was promoted by Pratibhatai Patil, who later became President of India. The available source does not state the year of promotion or formal establishment.

• Expansion into higher education

  [1]Shram Sadhana Trusten.wikipedia.org

  The trust operates a College of Engineering and Technology, an Institute of Pharmacy, and an Arts, Science & Commerce College at Bambhori in Jalgaon district, Maharashtra. Opening dates are not specified in the available source.

• Working-women hostel in Bandra

  [1]Shram Sadhana Trusten.wikipedia.org

  The trust operates a working-women hostel in Bandra, Mumbai. The source does not provide an opening date or capacity.

• Rajendra D. Shekhawat identified as managing trustee

  [1]Shram Sadhana Trusten.wikipedia.org

  Raosaheb, also known as Rajendra D. Shekhawat and the son of Pratibhatai Patil, is identified as the trust’s managing trustee.

A Maharashtra-based charitable trust focused on higher education and social support for working women.

• Higher education

  College of Engineering and Technology

  An engineering-focused higher-education institution operated by the trust at Bambhori in Jalgaon district, Maharashtra. The supplied reference confirms the institution’s existence and location but does not specify its departments, degrees, accreditation, enrollment, or founding date.

• Pharmacy education

  Institute of Pharmacy

  A pharmacy education institution operated by Shram Sadhana Trust at Bambhori in Jalgaon district. Available material identifies the institution as part of the trust’s educational portfolio but does not provide details on courses, facilities, accreditation, or launch date.

• Higher education

  Arts, Science & Commerce College

  A general higher-education college at Bambhori covering arts, science, and commerce disciplines. The available reference associates it with Shram Sadhana Trust but does not state its academic programs, student numbers, establishment date, or current institutional structure.

• Social accommodation

  Working-women hostel

  A hostel for working women operated by the trust in Bandra, Mumbai. It represents the organization’s social-support activity alongside its educational institutions. Publicly supplied material does not specify capacity, fees, eligibility rules, or opening date.

1. 1Shram Sadhana Trusten.wikipedia.org