Bhavans is a charitable public trust, dedicated to the promotion of Education, Art and Culture. In his inaugural address of Bhavans, Shri Munshiji said, “For many years it had been the dream of the Sahitya Sansad to crystallize its work, by creating a centre in which the ancient learning and modern intellectual aspirations of this land could combine to create a new literature, a new culture. The Bhavan will be a new association which will organise active centres where ancient Aryan learning can be studied and where modern Indian culture will be provided with a historical back-ground.” Today, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan is a very well-known institution with a large number of colleges, schools, cultural centres, and other institutions within and outside of India. Through these institutions, it makes a significant contribution to the academic, cultural, and social development of the entire nation.
The Bhavan provides education in a variety of subjects, including Arts, Science, Commerce, Engineering, Modern Management, Mass Communication, Information Technology. Even in foreign languages like French, Spanish, Russian, German, and Japanese, through its numerous schools, colleges and institutes dispersed throughout India. They range from kindergarten to postgraduate and research levels. Additionally, they also promote National Integration and Communal Harmony, Purity in Public Life and Rural Regeneration.
The Bhavans is registered under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860 and the Bombay Public Trust Act of 1950. Bhavan’s has 367 constituent institutions, 119 Kendras (branches) in India and 6 centres abroad.
