Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan is an Indian educational trust. It was founded on 7 November 1938 by K. M Munshi, with the support of Mahatma Gandhi. The trust programmes through its 119 centres in India, 7 centres abroad and 367 constituent institutions, 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.
Organisation
The trust operates a number of primary and secondary institutes in India and abroad. It organises and runs 100 private schools in India. The schools are known as Bharatiya Vidya Mandir, Bhavan's Vidya Mandir, or Bhavan's Vidyalaya.
The Bhavan significantly grew as a cultural organisation 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.
Book series Bharatiya Vidya SeriesRudradasa's Candralekha, archive.org. Retrieved 4 February 2025. Bhavan's Book UniversityBhavan's Book University (Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan) - Book Series List, publishinghistory.com. Retrieved 4 February 2025. The History and Culture of the Indian People Natya, Nritya and Sangita Series Pocket Gandhi Series Singhi Jain SeriesKuvalayamala, archive.org. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
Board members The current president of the Bhavan is Surendralal Mehta, and the vice-president is Bellur Srikrishna.
See also Universities and colleges affiliated with the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
References
External links
Bhartiya Vidhya Bhavan Sanskratik Kendra