About Pune

Pune formerly known as Poona, is the eighth largest city in India, and the second largest in the state of Maharashtra, after Mumbai. Situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula and Mutha rivers, Pune is the administrative capital of Pune district and the 7th Metro city of India. Pune is a city that is located in the state of Maharashtra in western India. With a population of four and a half million people, it is the eighth largest city of India. It is located at confluence the Mula and Mutha rivers. You will find that transportation, including air, rail, and road is available from Pune to the other major cities in India.

Industrialisation

industrial centre, growing very fast every year. It is home to one of the world’s largest two-wheeler manufacturers, — Bajaj Auto.

The manufacturing plant of India’s largest Passenger car and Commercial vehicle manufacturer, Tata Motors, is in Pimpri, a suburb of Pune. DaimlerChrysler also has an assembly line for its Mercedes Benz brand in Pune. It is also home to Kinetic Engineering, Force Motors Ltd (previously known as Bajaj Tempo).

The world’s second largest forging company Bharat Forge Ltd is also in Pune. Cummins Engines Co Ltd has a Research & Technology India center in Pune in addition to its manufacturing plant. Other Engineering companies include Alfa Laval, Sandvik Asia, Thyssen Krupp (formerly Backau Wolf), KSB Pumps, Finolex, Greaves India, Forbes Marshall, etc. Whirlpool as well as LG have appliance manufacturing plants near Pune. Frito Lay and Coca Cola also have their manufacturing plants in Pune. In addition, Pune is home to numerous small and medium-sized enterprises.

Pune has a burgeoning software industry. Many of India’s major software players such as Xansa,TCS, Infosys, Tech Mahindra, Wipro, Satyam,  FuzzeLabs, KPIT Cummins, Aztecsoft (Disha) , Persistent Systems, Geometric Software Solutions Private Limited,Neilsoft and Kanbay Software have a major presence in Pune. Global majors like BMC Software, HSBC Global Technology, IBM, Red Hat, Siemens, EDS, I-Flex, Cognizant,Symantec,BuildOnline, Manas Solutions and Zensar Technologies have a major presence in Pune’s various Software Technology Parks and other areas. Some of the prominent IT parks in the city are the Hinjewadi IT Park, Magarpatta Cybercity, Marisoft IT Park (Kalyaninagar) etc. Accenture has recently opened a new facility in Pune. IPdrum which is a new actor in the Voip business has also established a branch office in Pune.

Education in Pune 

One of the great things about the city of Pune is that there are a great deal of educational institutes in Pune. It is filled with a variety of different colleges and universities for you to choose from. Here, we will take a closer look at some of these colleges and universities, to help you narrow down which educational institute of Pune you should choose. All professional colleges in Pune are affiliated to the University of Pune, one of the largest universities in the world in terms of matriculation. Prominent ones include:

• Ness Wadia College Of Commerce
• Deccan College (one of the oldest in western India)
• College of Engineering, Pune (second oldest in the Subcontinent)
• Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, one of the most well known Engineering college in Pune
• IndSearch - Indian Institute of Research and Managment - established in 1973 and Leading Center for Professional Managment and Computer Studies
• Pune Vidhyarthi Griha’s College of Engineering and TechnologyPVG COET,one of the best known Engineering college in Pune
• Pune Institute of Computer Technology, one of the most prominent colleges in Pune.
• Sir Parshurambhau College, established 1916.
• Fergusson College, established 1885 (amongst ten most reputed in India)
• Agricultural College (one of the earliest in the country)
• Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (one of the oldest, and also one of the most reputed institute for research and higher studies in Economics in India)
• Symbiosis Institutes

Transportation

Pune is well connected through flights to the major Indian cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai etc. The railway network is also quite convenient providing an easy access to the important cities in India especially the frequent trains are available for Mumbai and Indore. The road network is excellent with frequent buses and taxis available for Mumbai and Indore. The commutation from Mumbai to Pune or vice versa has become one of the easiest tasks due to the Mumbai-Pune expressway.

Distance from major cities

• Ahmedabad  660 
• Allhabad  1,323 
• Bangalore  835 
• Bhubaneshwar  1,318 
• Calcutta  2,004 
• Chennai  1,166 
• Delhi  1,417 
• Hyderabad  548 
• Mumbai  163 
• Nasik  202 
• Thane  142 

Property in Pune