Vaikunth Mehta National Institute of Co-operative Management, Pune is pioneer in management studies. Vaikunth Mehta National Institute of Co-operative Management is approved by AICTE. The institute provides postgraduate programmes. It is well known that the Cooperative Movement envisaged to provide answers to the problems of rural credit in India, owes its origin to the sponsorship of Government. Beginning with Sir Fredrick Nicholson's Report in 1885 on the issue of training to the Cooperative leadership entrusted with the duty of building up the Cooperative Movement, has always been emphasized. But, it was not until 1945 that the Saraiya Committee on Cooperative Planning recommended the establishment of a Cooperative Training College at the State level and Central level. The institute provides quality education with experienced faculty members. The vision & mission of the institute is to facilitate building cadres of professional managers to man key positions in the ever-growing number of co-operatives through management development, training, education, research and consultancy. VAMNICOM is conceived as an intellectual nerve centre for the co-operative movement. It caters to management development through training, education, research and consultancy needs of various co-operative organisations, government departments and other national bodies.