About Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
Founded on November 7, 1938 ( Kartik Sud Purnima, Samvat 1995) by Kulpati Dr. K.M.Munshi with the blessings of Mahatma Gandhi when he felt that Independent India would need the binding force of a pan-Indian movement, a pan-Indian spirit and a pan-Indian ethos which would present to contemporary Indians, a glimpse of the composite magnificence of ancient times.
Bhavan was launched to supplement the political unity of India with the cultural and spiritual unity of India. Bhavan Is a symbol of the intellectual, literacy, education, ethical , cultural and spiritual life of India.
A bridge between science and spirituality & an adventure in faith and work of GOD. Bhavan is a comprehensive national institution with an international outlook, with
- 375 Constituent Institutions,
- 119 Centers in India,
- 7 Overseas Centers
- Comprehensive educational institutions: from kindergarten to post-graduate training in Sanskrit and Vedic studies; Dance Drama and Music; Arts, Science, Commerce, Engineering, Management, Sociology, Life and Health Sciences.
- Publications named Book University which cover a wide range and variety of subjects of ancient and modern thought.
- Bhavan’s Publication with over 2000+ titles
- A 40 years matured & successful Gujarati fortnightly magazine’ Navneet Samarpan’ .
Kulpati Dr. Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi
Born on 30th December, 1887 in the town of Bharuch in Gujarat Kulpati ji Munshi has visualized an Independent India & a body to supplement the politically unity of India with the Cultural and Spiritual Unity of India. His sense of India as the Motherland of the Spirit impressed him irreversibly. And so, as he moved professionally and politically, rung by rung, it was with a sense of pride in the cultural, intellectual and spiritual heritage of India. For him, India was not just a nation but an ongoing civilization; not an accident of history but a design of destiny. For him, the vitality of Indian culture and its self-renewing greatness constituted a flying principle. Munshi showed that a man with pride in the past could also have faith in the future through the instruments of science and technology.
Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan is a movement of culturally rich living & serving with fundamental values of life.
AHMEDABAD KENDRA AND COMMITTEE
Established in 1965, the Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan’s Ahmedabad Kendra is among the oldest academic campus with three colleges, management & communication institute, computer Institute 84 cultural center in Gujarat. The campus is celebrating its 50th year with rich past and present.
Institutions run by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Ahmedabad Kendra:
- Bhavan’s Sheth R.A. College of Arts and Commerce
- Bhavan’s Sheth R.A.College of Science
- Bhavan’s H.B.Institute of Communication and Management
- Bhavan’s Gandhi Institute of Computer Application
- Bhavan’s Cultural Academy & Centre for Arts
- Rajendra Prasad Institute of Communication & Management
Bharitya Vidya Bhavan is at present constituted by the following most learned and noble members of the city’s leading families whose aristocratic, philanthropic and progressive outlook have always proved a boosting force for the development of the Kendra under their command with parental care .
| Shri Mukesh S. Patel | Chairman |
| Shri Prakash K. Bhagwati | Hon. Secretary |
| Shri Gaurav J. Shah | Hon. Treasurer |
| Shri Sudhir I. Nanavati | Committee Member |
| Shri Janak Parikh | Committee Member |
| Smt. Jayshree A. Mehta | Committee Member |
| Shri Rohit Patel | Committee Member |
| Shri P. M. Madkaikar | Committee Member |
| Shri Ashok Patel | Committee Member |
| Ms. Meena Bhatia | Coordinator, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan |
| Dr. Swati Kapadia | Principal, Bhavan’s Sheth R.A. College of Arts And Commerce |
| Dr. Hemant Patel | Principal (Offg.), Bhavan’s Sheth R.A. College of Science |
| Mr. Shyam Parekh | Director, H.B. Institute of Communication & Management |