Our Institution established in the year 1978 with the blessings of Rastrapita Mahatma Gandhi and Jayaprakash Narayan.

Rashtrapita Mahatma Gandhi Mahavidyalaya, Khednagar, Tal: Karjat Dist: Ahmednagar, Maharahtra State is a premier educational institution based on social movement established in the year 2001, has to its credit of providing higher education to the rural people. A group of educationists, researcher, academicians, artists and social workers led by Dr. Kumar Saptarshi the stanch follower of Mahatma Gandhi and Jayprakash Narayan established Indian Institute For Social Development and Research in Pune in 1978. He has a long background of social reform and movement against injustice to the rural poor and oppressed castes.

IISDR purchase a 10.5 Hectares (26 acres) of land which was having murm soil with boulders. The rainfall is about 50 cm with high standard deviation (>25 cm). This area observes frequent famine and hence included severely drought affected Zone of Maharashtra. The campus is blessed by great personalities like Jayaprakash Narayan, former Prime Minister Chandrashekhar, Baba Amate, Vikas and Prakash Amate, former speaker Balasaheb Bharade, respected persons like S. M. Joshi, Anna Hajare, Nanasaheb Gore, Film actors Nana Patekar, Nilu Phule and many more from the field of education, social work, Industry and Politics.