Dr. Punjab Rao Desmukh Institute of Management Technology and Research (DPDIMTR) initially known as the Department of Management Technology, was established in the year 1980 by Shri. Shivaji Education Society. The society was setup in 1931-32 by late Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh at Amravati in Vidarbha, Maharashtra. A fledgling society then, it has now developed to embrace a vast world of education which includes the faculties of Arts, Commerce, Agriculture, Law, Medicine, Engineering, Management etc. Over the years, society has been prescribed over by thirteen different heads, the present President is Honorable Adv. Arunkumar Shelke.