Seva Bharati
| सेवा भारती | |
| Founded | 1979 |
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| Founder | Balasaheb Deoras |
| Type | Community service |
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Area served
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Health-care, education, basic amenities, rehabilitating differently abled, special needs children and lepers |
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Key people
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Suryaprakash Tonk (President), Rishipal Dadwal (General Secretary) |
| Slogan | Seva Hi Paramo Dharmaha (Meaning: Dedication and selfless service are our basic ideals) |
| Website | http://sewabharti.org/ |
Seva Bharati (Hindi: सेवा भारती) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) working among the economically weaker sections of Indian society with special focus on socioeconomically marginalized, tribal and indigenous communities. It also works among urban slum dwellers and resettlement colonies by introducing a number of welfare and social service programs, such as free medical assistance, free education, as well as vocational training through its nationwide network of more than 10000 centers. It runs about 160,000 activities throughout the year in 602 districts.
In 1979, veteran social worker and the then RSS Sarsanghachalak Shri Balasaheb Deoras addressed a mammoth gathering of volunteers at Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi, on 8 April 1978, where he called upon them to start service activities among the neglected sections of the society. He asked the volunteers to raise self-respect of the socially and economically deprived people of India. This speech is considered to be the initiating first step that led to starting the Seva Bharati. Although the volunteers of RSS and other allied organisations had been informally working for the betterment of the under-privileged, it was opined that a formal structure would help coordinate the service programs all over the country. Seva Bharati was thus established later that year.
Seva Bharati is inspired from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and is the official community service umbrella of allied organisations. The Akhil Bharatiya Saha Seva Pramukh of the RSS guides the organisation and is also represented in the Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha, the highest decision making body of the Sangh Parivar.
Akhila Bharatiya Seva Pramukhs
Yadavrao Joshi (1989–1991)
K. Suryanarayan Rao (1991–1999)
Bhaiyyaji Joshi (1999–2004)
Premchand Goel (2003–2007)
Sitaram Kedilaya (2007–2012)
Suhasrao Hiremath (2012–2015)
Rakesh Kumar Jain (2015- )
The massive relief work carried out by Seva Bharati following the 2001 Gujarat earthquake, the 2008 Bihar flood and the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami came in for considerable appreciation from various quarters. The organisation is also known for its efforts in rehabilitating the victims of terror, especially the children who are rendered orphans by terror attacks.
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