S.N.D.T. Women’s University which has entered into glorious centennial year was established by Bharatratna Maharshi Dhondo Keshav Karve in Pune in 1916, as ‘Indian Women’s University’. Later the University was renamed as S.N.D.T. Women’s University in the memory of the mother of eminent philanthropist Sir Vitthaldas Thackersey who had donated a sumptuous amount and the head office of University was shifted to Churchgate, Mumbai. The University received statutory recognition in 1950.