Anantrao Pawar College of Architecture is being run by Akhil Bhartiya Maratha Shikshan Parishad which was established in the year 1907 (114 years old)
- The Akhil Bhartiya Maratha Shikshan Parishad(ABMSP) is the oldest educational institute founded in the first decade of the 20th Century.
- Great personalities behind the initiation and spread of ABMSP
- Mahatma Jyotiba Phule,
- Rajarshi Shahu Maharaj of Kolhapur,
- Shrimant Sayajirao Gaikwad of Baroda and Shrimant Alijabahadur Madhavrao Maharaj Shinde of Gwalior, who had a great desire for social welfare.
Today all over Maharashtra, A.B.M.S.P. has a great network of educational institutions.
All these institutions have their roots in the A.B.M.S. Parishad, Pune.
- Shri Shivaji Maratha Society, Pune
- Maratha Vidya Prasarak Samaj, Jalgaon
- Maratha Unnati Samaj, Nagpur
- Shri Shivaji Maratha Society, Amaravati
- Shri Shahu Maratha Boarding, Baramati
- Many institutes have been functional at Mumbai, Nashik, Dhule, Dharwad, Jabalpur, Zat, Akkalkot, Ichalkaranji, Bhusawal etc.
