His Excellency, the then Governor of Maharashtra, Shri. S.M. Krishna has initiated a novel inter university research project competition named ‘AVISHKAR’ in the year 2006. This activity, unique in its nature and Savitribai Phule Pune University has taken special efforts to increase the participation of the talented students from rural and urban areas.
Savitribai Phule Pune University has won the overall championship at the state level Avishkar competition ninth times in last consecutive ten years.