About Us nbsp The origin of the Vidyapeeth dates back to the pre-independence period - when immediately after the demise of Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak his follower Mahatma Gandhi mooted the idea of establishing a university in his memory As we all are aware one of the postulates of the four fold formula conceived by Lokmanya Tilak was National Education the other three being Swaraj Swadeshi and Boycott of Foreign Goods The delegates of the first Maharashtra Provincial Conference on th May under the Presidentship of Shrimat Shankaracharya of Karveer Peeth decided to have a National University in Maharashtra and thus the present day Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth TMV was established Since it s inception TMV the public funded university had world renowned scholar Shri Shankaracharya Vidyashankar Bharati alias Dr Kurtakoti as its first Chancellor This post has been held by other eminent personalities of great intellect and recognition at the national level such Read More