Here is a list of major Academic Institutes in western India  :

                                Maharashtra      Others

 Maharashtra :     

University of  Pune, Pune

Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute, Pune  

Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Pune  

Gokhale Institute of Politics & Economics, Pune  

Bharati Vidyapeeth, Pune  

Indian Institute of  Technology, Mumbai

Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri

International Institute for  Population Sciences, Deonar, Mumbai

Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Versova, Mumbai

Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth,,Akola  

Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani  

Nagpur University, Nagpur  

Swami Ramanand Teerth

Marathwada University,  Nanded  

Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Mumbai

Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad,

Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University, Nasik

North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon

SNDT Women's University, Mumbai

Shivaji University, Kolhapur

Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Deonar, Mumbai

Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli

University of Bombay, Mumbai

Amravati University, Amravati

Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Lonere  

Academic Institutes  :         Maharashtra      Others