" We have undertaken this work with firmest conviction and belief that of all agents of human civilisation, education is the only one that brings about the material, moral and religious regeneration of fallen, countries, raises them up to the level of the most advanced nations by slow and peaceful revolutions"
                                                  ..............   Prin.V.S.Apte
(From the speech delivered in the meeting for the inception of the D. E. Society on 24th Oct 1884)