Sinhgad Technical Education Society, also referred to as STES, is a collection of education institutes operating mainly in the region of Pune, India. It provides education in the fields of Engineering, Management, Pharmacy, Architecture, and Computer Applications. STES was founded by Prof. M. N. Navale in 1993 in response to the increasing education criteria in rapidly growing industry after the Open business strategy policy of Indian government. STES was set up in August 1993 by Prof. M. N. Navale. It began with the formation of Sou. Venutai Chavan Polytechnic Institute in the field of Engineering, offering 3-year full time Diploma courses in Engineering, recognized by the Government of Maharashtra and approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi. From then, STES has been continually expanding. In 1994-95, the Post Graduation MBA course of Pune University was started with just 90 students. And today, there are 180 students taking benefit of this course.