The Modern Education Society, Pune was established on 15th February, 1932, to meet the demand for education by the residents of the eastern part of the city of Poona. The efforts of its founder, Prin. V. K. Joag, and of the Wadia brothers, Sir Cusrow Wadia and Sir Ness Wadia,

The Modern Education Society came into being as a regular registered Educational Society formally at a meeting of its founder members at the Cowasjee Dinshaw Library Hall.

True to Its credo 'For the Spread of Light', the Society pioneered efforts to open the portals of higher education to the residents of eastern parts of Pune and pursued them tirelessly through the last eighty resplendent years. The Society today has seven institutions in the bustling cities of Pune and Mumbai. Over the years, they have become the first choice to acquire an all-round quality education for many promising young men and women all over the country and abroad.

It was at this meeting that the First Senate of the Modern Education Society was formed and the Senate decided on the recommendations of it’s Finance Council and Academic Council to establish from June 1932, a college affiliated to a University in the Poona Suburban Area. Thus, came into being, the ‘Nowrosjee Wadia College’ named after the Late Mr. Nowrosjee Wadia, father of Sir Cusrow Wadia and Sir Ness Wadia. Today the seven Institutions of the Modern Education Society in Pune and Mumbai are well known all over India and abroad as institutions of excellence in education, sports and in extra-curricular activities and are most sought after as educational Institutions of excellence by students from all over India and several countries abroad.

True to its credo 'For the Spread of Light', the Society pioneered efforts to open the portals of higher education to the residents of eastern parts of Pune and pursued them tirelessly through the last eighty resplendent years. The Society today has seven institutions in the bustling cities of Pune and Mumbai. Over the years, they have become the first choice to acquire an all-round quality education for many promising young men and women all over the country and abroad.It is a unique education society since the Board of Life members, the supreme decision making body of the Society and its Institutions, is made up entirely of teachers of these institutions, the management is intensely aware of the strengths, weaknesses and requirements of the Institution. As a result, the policies of the management are made keeping in mind the interest of the teachers, the non-teaching staff and the students.

Sir Nusli Wadia

It gives me great pleasure to communicate with you the young, fresh minds, who are preparing to embark on a career in the world of commerce and Industry, having completed your education at Ness Wadia College of Commerce, Pune

I hope that during your time at the Institute you have not only had the opportunity to imbibe and be equipped to face the world with confidence in the discipline that you choose but that the college has provided you with the value system with which you will conduct yourselves wherever opportunity takes you.

I am sure that over the years ahead you will make this Institute proud of your accomplishments and achievements. The institute would greatly appreciate that you not only continue your connections with it but when you progress in life you bring back to Institute your learning’s, in order to share them with the students and faculty of the time.

I am sure that you will make the contribution which all citizens need to, in whatever their field to, the society and the nation of which this Institute can be justly proud of. With all good wishes for a long, happy and successful life!

Mr. Ness Wadia

Since its inception in 1969, MES Ness Wadia College of Commerce,Pune , Pune has risen to new heights and turned into a well known and renowned B-School in Pune and in India With more than 1000 students on its roll, many of them from abroad, Neville Wadia Institute of Management Studies & Research , Pune true to its motto ‘For the Spread of Light’, is known for imparting its unique blend of value added education, combining sound basic knowledge together with its enviable culture of modernism, cosmopolitanism and secularism.

MES Ness Wadia College of Commerce,Pune tradition always ensures that our students assimilate the best of knowledge from the formal system of education. The Institute, equally known for its achievements in Placement, Leadership skill and Extra-curricular activities, strives to instill in students, the true Wadian spirit embodied in the phrase ‘ Excellence’ on and off the field’. Neville Wadia Institute of Management Studies & Research caters to the holistic development of students, who, after a thorough training in theory, practice, life skills, personality development and attitudinal grooming, are sent out not only as promising brand ambassadors but also as confident leaders in the making.

The spirit of “Earning Supremacy” through deserving means , percolates down to each and every student member. I wish the Institution, my Alma-mater, immense success in all its endeavors.