Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Sunetra Ajit Pawar, a daughter of Marathwada and a former student of S B college of Arts and Commerce of the city, has become the State's first woman Deputy Chief Minister on Saturday.
-Sunetra Pawar, who is from Dharashiv, has completed her junior college education from Rajarshi Shahu College in Latur in 1978-79.
Sunetra's education and formative years were spent at S B College. She completed her B.Com between 1980 and 1983. During her student days at the college hostel, her discipline, hard work, and determination set her apart from her fellow students.
The office bearers of the education society, along with current and former principals and professors, expressed their joy at her achievement of becoming the first woman Deputy Chief Minister after taking the oath of office.
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Sunetra Pawar was a very good student by nature and I knew her when I was the principal. During her college life, she never showed off that she belonged to a prominent family. Once, S B College teachers, including Mohan Phule, went to Baramati. She specifically inquired and remembered about S B College and staff with affection. She also shared her college memories. We are happy that our student has become the Deputy Chief Minister.
(Jivan Desai, Former Principal, S B College)
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--She was born at Dharashiv in 1963
--Bajirao Patil, her father, was an active local leader
---Her brother, Padamsinh Bajirao Patil, is a prominent figure in district politics during the 1980s.
--There is a WhatsApp group of classmates from the 1980-83 batch of S.B. Arts and Commerce College.
--Names of the her some of the classmates included adv. Rajendra Mugdiya, Dr Satish Surana, Mahavir Patni and Milind Kulkarni.