Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan is an Indian educational trust. It was founded on 7 November 1938 by Dr K.M Munshi, with the support of Mahatma Gandhi.[1] The trust 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]

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
EstablishedNovember 7, 1938 (1938-11-07)
TypeEducational trust
Location
Award(s)Gandhi Peace Prize
Websitehttp://www.bhavans.info

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.

The Bhavan significantly grew as a cultural organization and became a global foundation under the leadership of Sundaram Ramakrishnan who took over as the director after the death of Munshi in 1971. The first foreign centre was opened in London in 1972.[5]

Board members

The current President of the Bhavan is Surendralal Mehta, and the Vice-President is Bellur Srikrishna.[6]

See also
  • Universities and colleges affiliated with the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan

References
  1. "President Abdul Kalam to confer Gandhi Peace Prize on Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan".
  2. "bhavans.info". www.bhavans.info.
  3. "Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan". Schoolkhoj. Archived from the original on 26 September 2011.
  4. "bhavans.info". www.bhavans.info.
  5. "Kulapati Munshi - The Man and His Mission by S. Ramakrishnan" (PDF). Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Bangalore. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  6. "bhavans.info". www.bhavans.info.
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