The Y. C. M. O. U. Center at our college was started in the year 1990. It was due to painful efforts made by the Principal of the college Late Shri . K. G. Gandhiji, Ex. Principal Shri. B. S. Chandakji.

In the beginning the centre was started with B. A. / B. Com course. The M. B. A. course was started in the year 1993-94 . Dr. N.M. Shah the first coordinator of the M. B. A. Course. Prof. S. R.Updahyay was first coordinator of B. A. / B. Com course also he was first district coordinator of our Y. C. M. O. U. center from the year 1993 to 1998.

Later on due to certain reason the M. B. A. course was closed in the year 2001-02. Dr. S. G.Chapke , Principal of the college and Director of the centre took efforts under the guidance of our present management for started M. B. A. course.

The Open University education system is being accepted by large number of students. It seems that, it may create a threat to the conventional system. This fact is quite evident from the number of students taking admission at our centre . In the year 2018-19 in the Preparatory Course 144 students were admitted. In B. A. / B. Com the number of student were 1923, M. Com. 213 students, M. B. A. 107 students were admitted. DJ and BJ 124 students and for B.Lib and M. Lib. 30 students were admitted.

Y. C. M. O. U. study centre, Akola is an ideal and unique distance learning centre in the state of Maharashtra. Every year the students who wish to take education are responding to come for further education to our Centre.

In the year 2018-19 university awarded ‘A’ grade for B.A. and B. Com. Courses.

The minimum age required to appear for preparatory course is 18 years and having the minimum knowledge of English without any qualification to eligible for B. A. / B. Com. Courses. It’s a good opportunity for those who would like to take higher education without attending the classes. Even though counseling is given to the students on every Sunday by the YCMOU study center. The centre effectively run under the dynamic guidance of Principal Dr. S. G. Chapke as its Director and under the coordinator ship of Prof . R. L. Yeul, Prof. Dr. D. V. Ingle and Dr. J. H. Lahoti.