Vidya Prasarak Mandal (VPM) is a premier Educational Trust in Thane which was established in August 1935. Ex. President Late Dr. V. N. Bedekar had a dream of creating an “Island of Knowledge” (Jnandweepa) in Thane. In 1969, Vidya Prasarak Mandal’s College started functioning with all three faculties i.e. Arts, Commerce and Science on a 13 acre piece of land which was marshy, muddy area inundated by water of the nearby Thane creek during high tide.