Chandrashekhar Agashe | |
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Born | 1888 |
Died | 1956 Pune, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation | industrialist |
Known for | Brihan Maharashtra Sugar Syndicate Ltd. |
Chandrashekhar Agashe (1888 - 1956) was an Indian industrialist best known as the founder of Brihan Maharashtra Sugar Syndicate Ltd. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from Fergusson College in 1914, and then a Bachelor of Law degree from the Government Law College, Mumbai in 1921.
The Chandrashekhar Agashe College of Physical Education, the Chandrashekhar Agashe Road in Narayan Peth, Pune and the Chandrashekhar Agashe Museum in the Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum are named after him.
Agashe was survived in business by his son Dnyaneshwar Agashe. He also gave the starting capital to the Deccan Education Society for the founding of the Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce. The college celebrated it's Golden Jubilee in 1993/94 by opening the C.G. Agashe Business Motivation, Training and Research Centre in his honor.