During the early sixties, there was a large requirement of Managers at the top and middle level to manage the industry, Sugar Mills, Spinning Mills, Textile Mills and other business houses. A dearth of such trained personnel began to be felt in Western Maharashtra and became fairly acute in early seventies. The Institutes providing Management education were very few and were located only in bigger cities like Pune and Mumbai.

This gap of trained and skilled personnel was well anticipated and understood by Dr. A.D.Shinde, a renowned Chartered Accountant and Financial Advisor, who has wide teaching experience at Undergraduate and Post Graduate level. Professor Shinde was the Dean of the Faculty of Commerce and Management for nine years, a Member of Executive Council for more than fifteen years, a Member of Academic Council, Commerce Faculty and also of various Boards of Studies and many other Committees of the Shivaji University, Kolhapur. He realized the need of a business school at Kolhapur. His dream of training youth to face the challenges of the new millennium of the twenty first century became a reality when he registered a Charitable Trust "Chhatrapati Shahu Institute of Business Education and Research Trust" under the able guidance of Late Padmabhooshan Vasantraodada Patil, Ex. Chief Minister, Maharashtra State with active support from Late Shri Sripatrao Bondre, Ex. Minister, Maharashtra State.

Chh. Shahu Central Institute of Business Education & Research started imparting management education since 1976 and is a pioneer in the Shivaji University area not only in creating awareness in Management and IT education but also in starting different post-graduate courses at Kolhapur since 1976.

After 1980 the entire economic development has undergone a great deal of change in the country and as a result of rapid development of industry and commerce, the need for efficient and qualified management personnel became all the more pressing, Shivaji University, Kolhapur had no Department of Management Studies in the area except one centre providing management education at Kolhapur.

The trustees of the CSCIBER Trust realized that a number of students were aspiring to take education in professional courses but as the facilities were not available the students from Sangli and rural area were deprived from getting professional education. In entire Sangli district, even though it is industrially developed, there was no facility for getting training in Management Sciences. Taking into consideration the demand from the students, the Trustees of the CSCIBER Trust approached the authorities of the Shivaji University, Kolhapur with a request to grant affiliation to our Institute in order to run different courses in management at Miraj-Sangli area. The University authorities granted the affiliation and permitted us to start the Management courses in 1984. We are proud to state that this Institute is a pioneer in the field of management education in Sangli District.

Initially our Institute was established for conducting MBA Programme only. Subsequently the Institute sought affiliation from the Shivaji University, Kolhapur, for some other Post graduate course in Commerce and Management.

Recently, the Institute has shifted to its own spacious premises on Sangli - Miraj Road at Wanlesswadi, Sangli.

The following courses are conducted by the Institute -

1. Master of Business Administration (MBA)
2. Master of Commerce (M.Com)
3. Diploma in Business Management (DBM)
4. Diploma in Taxation (DIT)
5. Diploma in Hospital Management (D.H.M)

The authorities of the Shivaji University recommended to the Govt. of Maharashtra to grant approval for the below mentioned courses to be run at Sangli. These courses have been started from the academic year 2002-2003.

1. Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)
2. Bachelor of Social Work (BSW)
3. Bachelor of Computer Application (BCA)

The Trust which runs this Institute is not satisfied only with running the said Professional courses but also desires to run different courses in computer education and computer technology. The trustees have decided to establish a well-equipped computer centre and to start different need-based and innovative courses in computer technology. Computer education has acquired importance in all branches of education. In addition to the above said regular courses in computer education, in order to make the computer education available to the rural masses and also to those who are not in a position to join any college and intend to have computer education, the Trustees have decided to start computer courses of YCMOU, Nasik from this academic year. The University authorities are kind enough to allow this institute to start various IT courses. These courses are part time courses and the students who cannot afford to join the college can take advantage of these courses. After the completion of faculty building the Trustee have decided to start courses in Agricultural science and offer extension service by undertaking distance education programmes.