Pune

Pune (पुणे in Marathi), formerly Punavadi and Poona (पूना in Marathi), Maharashtra state, western India, is situated at the confluence of the Mula and Mutha rivers. Called the ?Queen of the Deccan,? Pune is the cultural capital of the Marathi people. According to the 2001 census provisional results, it had a population of 3,755,000 in 2001. This figure includes the population of the city of Pimpri-Chinchwad which is the industrial twin of Pune. The combined population of the metropolitan region would be between 4.5 to 5 million in 2004. Marathi is the language of the majority of the people residing here. This decade has seen a sizeable investment in the software and automobile sector, in the city. This has prompted a huge influx of youth from all over the country. Several suburbs are now completely cosmopolitan, and real-estate prices have boomed.

Internal links and External links

Official websites

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• Pune Municipal Corporation
• Pune Municipal Corporation E-Governance
• Maharashtra Industrial Devoplement Corporation Pune Region
• Pune Police
• Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture

Education

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• University of Pune
• College of Engineering, Pune
• Fergusson College
• Sinhgad College of Engineering
• Pune Institute of Computer Technology
• Maharashtra Institute of Technology
• Vishwakarma Institute of Technology
• AISSMS College of Engineering
• Symbiosis Institute of Business Management
• Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies And Research
• Symbiosis Law College
• Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resource Development (SCMHRD)http://www.scmhrd.edu
• Mahindra United World College of India (external website)

Research

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• Central Water and Power Research Station (CWPRS)
• Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA)
• National Chemical Laboratory (NCL)
• Bhandarkar Institute of Oriental Research
• Agharkar Research Institute
• National AIDS Research Institute (NARI)
• National Institute of Virology (NIV)
• Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI)

News

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• Sakal Papers Ltd.
• Loksatta
• The Times of India
• The Indian Express

Other institutes

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• Canada India Institute-Industry Linkage Project
• Max Müller Bhavan
• Alliance Francais

Other information

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• Tekdi Pune,a grass-roots student environmental organisation
• Fast-Facts
• Biodiversity Documentation Project by RANWA