Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
The Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, an internationally reputed
institution, dedicated to the promotion of education and culture, is a
charitable public trust founded by Dr.K.M.Munshi on November 7th 1938. Amongst
the founding members were Dr.Rajendra Prasad, the first President of free India
and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the First prime Minister of free India.
The school aims at making students grow into
responsible members of the community and useful citizens; attaining moral,
intellectual and physical upliftment. Academic excellence is the one target
today which has changed from the conventional lecture, chalk and dusty board.
The children have days filled with activities in various forms that bring their
understanding of theory to the application in the real world.
The foundation stone of the Kolkata School was laid
down by former President of India Shri Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy in 1984. The
Bhavan’s has since upheld the tradition under the guidance of Bhavan’s Mumbai
Kendra and strives towards development into the future of globalisation. We
march on, balancing the integration of modern technology with the preservation
of cultural and aesthetic values, upholding Swami Vivekananda’s tenet for
Indian Renaissance, “Out of the past is born the present…out of the present is
born the future.”
Amongst other values, the Bhavan’s is well known for
its secular and liberal stance. His Holiness the Dalai Lama has praised the
Bhavan’s promotion of spiritual, ethical, social and educational heritage and
its ‘effort to foster equal respect for all religions’.