Doodhsakhar Mahavidyalaya, Bidri, Maharashtra was established by the Shri. Doodhsakhar Shikshan Prasarak Mandal under the initiative of Hon. Shri.Dinkarrao Jadhav in 1990, with the aim of imparting higher education, particularly science education to children of the sugarcane farmer-rich villages in and around Bidri. The mission of the institution is to provide a broad platform in higher education for rural youth, to make them aware of the importance of education in the development of other sectors like agriculture and to equip the rural youth with skills for their future. The college started with 96 students and 14 teachers in the existing Junior college wing in 1990. Now college has about 1200 students, pursuing higher education with 30 permanent teachers in different disciplines. The college campus is spread over about 11 acres of land in a rural area with a total built up area of 1909 sq.m. Hon. Shri. Krishnrao P. Patil Ex MLA is the chairman and Hon. Shri. Vithalrao Khorate is the Vice- chairman of our managing committee. Doodhsakhar Mahavidyalaya, affiliated to Shivaji University, is a grant-in-aid college with support from the Maharashtra State Government. The college received permanent affiliation and included in the list of 2(f) & 12(b) under UGC on 23rd March, 2006.

The college is situated in the hilly, rural and remote area of Kolhapur district. This place comes at the centre of four tehsils namely Kagal, Bhudargad, Radhanagari and Karveer. All our students hail from families having agricultural background. Our main aim is to provide them quality education to our maximum ability. Hence we voluntarily participated in the process of accreditation and succeeded in getting C++ grade in the first cycle and B grade with 2.64 CGPA in the second cycle. We are proud to be a member of accredited institutions of India. To keep ourselves competent in the field of higher education, we have initiated the quality enhancement process in our institution by fulfilling the suggestions made by the peer team in their report.