Deccan Education Society founded Fergusson College at Pune in 1885. It is a degree college in western India, situated in the city of Pune and was the first privately governed college in India. Professor Vaman Shivram Apte was the first principal of the college. Social reformer, journalist, thinker and educationist Gopal Ganesh Agarkar served as the second principal of the college from August 1892 till his death in June 1895.
