Pravara Rural Education Society

The Pravara Rural Education Society (PRES) was established in July 1964 at Pravara, Loni, a large village in Maharashtra state in India. It is located between Pune to the South and Nashik to the North. The founder, Padamshri Vitthalrao Vikhe Patil, was a leader of the cooperative movement. The society's first school was an English medium school.

Padam Bhushan Sh Balasaheb Vikhe Patil is the chairman of the society, and [Rajendra Bhane Patil] is the executive chairman.

Progress
The Pravara Rural Education Society operates 11 technical colleges, 6 senior colleges, 6 English medium schools including a Sainik School and 32 Marathi medium schools. In all, over 40,000 students are presently on the rolls of these institutions.

Technical colleges

 * Pravara Rural Engineering College, Loni
 * Sri Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology, Chincholi, Nashik.
 * Padamshri Vitthalrao Vikhe Patil Institute of Technology & Engineering, Loni
 * Pravara Rural College of Pharmacy, Loni
 * Pravara Women's College of Pharmacy, Chincholi
 * Pravara Rural College of Architecture, Loni
 * College of Pharmacy, Chincholi
 * Industrial Training Institute, and Women Industrial Training Institute, Loni
 * HAL-Pravara Aviation Institute, Ozar, Nashik

Senior colleges

 * Padamshri Vikhe Patil College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Pravaranagar
 * Arts, Commerce and Science College, Satral
 * Pravara Women's College of Home Science and BCA, Loni
 * College of Agricultural Biotechnology, Loni
 * Pravara Rural College of Education, Loni
 * College of Physical Education, Loni

English medium schools

 * Pravara Public School, Pravaranagar
 * Pravara Central Public School, Pravaranagar
 * Padamshri Vitthalrao Vikhe Patil Sainik School, Loni
 * Pravara Girls English Medium School & Junior College, Loni
 * Pravara High School, Kolhar
 * Padmashri Balasaheb Vikhe Patil International School, Loni