Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Educational Trust

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan logo
Motto Let noble thoughts come to us from every side – Rigveda, 1-89-i
Type Private
Established November 7, 1938
Location Jaipur,Mumbai, India
Website http://www.bhavans.info

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan is an Indian educational trust. It was founded on November 7, 1938 by Dr. K. M. Munshi, with the support of Mahatma Gandhi.[1] The trust's programmes, through its 119 centres in India, 7 centres abroad and 367 constituent institutions,[2] cover "all aspects of life from the cradle to the grave and beyond – it fills a growing vacuum in modern life", as Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru observed when he first visited the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in 1950.[3]

Organisation

The trust operates a number of primary and secondary institutes in India and abroad. It organizes and runs 100 private schools in India.[4] The schools are known as Bharatiya Vidya Mandir, Bhavan's Vidya Mandir, or Bhavan's Vidyalaya.

Ideals

The Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan is a totally apolitical organisation.

Constitution

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's motto is "Let noble thoughts come to us from every side", a quote from the Rigveda. The constitution of the Bhavan lays down the qualities that everyone connected with the Bhavan should develop for the Bhavan's consolidation and sustained growth. They are:

Board members

The current President of the Bhavan is Surendralal G Mehta, and the Vice-President is B. N. Srikrishna.[5]

Some of the honorary members on the Board (past and present) include His Holiness The Dalai Lama, Prince Charles, Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, JRD Tata and Mother Teresa, among others.[5]

List of institutions

Schools

Andhra Pradesh

Chattisgarh

  Bhavan's R. K. Sarda Vidya Mandir,Raipur   
Delhi
Gujarat
Haryana
Karnataka
Kerala
One of the schools in Kerala
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Orissa
Punjab
Rajasthan
Tamil Nadu
Telangana
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
West Bengal
Chandigarh (Union Territory)

Colleges

Other institutions

Institutions outside India

See also

References

External links

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