Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan

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. The trust's 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.

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

The Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan is a totally organisation.

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

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

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.

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