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{{Short description|Indian educational trust}}
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{{Infobox organization
|name = Bharatiya Vidya Bhavans
|image = Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (logo).jpg
|image_size = 150px
|caption = Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan logo
|motto = Let noble thoughts come to us from every side – [[Rigveda]], 1-89-i
|established = {{Start date and age|1938|11|07}}
|location = [[India]]
|type = educational trust
|website= http://www.bhavans.info
|awards= [[Gandhi Peace Prize]]
}}

'''Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan''' is an Indian educational trust. It was founded on 7 November 1938 by Dr K.M Munshi, with the support of [[Mahatma Gandhi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/archieve/lreleng/lyr2003/rmar2003/17032003/r1703200314.html|title=President Abdul Kalam to confer Gandhi Peace Prize on Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan}}</ref> The trust programmes through its 119 centres in India, 7 centres abroad and 367 constituent institutions,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bhavans.info/|title=bhavans.info|website=www.bhavans.info}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan|url=http://schoolkhoj.com/schools/details/kolkata/-/44/bharatiya-vidya-bhavan/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926061140/http://schoolkhoj.com/schools/details/kolkata/-/44/bharatiya-vidya-bhavan/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-09-26|publisher=Schoolkhoj}}</ref>

==Organisation==
The trust operates a number of primary and secondary institutes in [[India]] and abroad. It organizes and runs 100 private schools in India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bhavans.info/kendra/index.asp|title=bhavans.info|website=www.bhavans.info}}</ref> The schools are known as Bharatiya Vidya Mandir, Bhavan's Vidya Mandir, or Bhavan's Vidyalaya.

The Bhavan significantly grew as a cultural organization and became a global foundation under the leadership of [[Sundaram Ramakrishnan (social activist)|Sundaram Ramakrishnan]] who took over as the director after the death of Munshi in 1971. The first foreign centre was opened in London in 1972.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bhavankarnataka.com/article-1.pdf|title=Kulapati Munshi - The Man and His Mission by S. Ramakrishnan|website=Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Bangalore|access-date=21 October 2018}}</ref>{{citation needed|date=December 2011}}

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

* An understanding of the aims of the Bhavan and a sense of identification with them, expressed in continuous efforts to realise them in every field of activity.
* A spirit of dedication to the Bhavan which will prompt everyone to ask, not "what can I get from the Bhavan?" but "what can I do for the Bhavan?"
* A faith in the culture of our land, particularly in the Epics and in the teachings of the [[Bhagavad Gita]].
* The habit of daily prayer, in private and in congregation and the practice of invoking the grace of God before any work is begun and to so do it that it is fit to be offered to Him.
* A passion for the [[Sanskrit]] language, to study it oneself and to popularize it among others.
* The development of a healthy mind that is neither [[wiktionary:petrified|petrified]] by custom nor capering at the call of every fancy, but which is rooted in the past, draws [[wiktionary:sustenance|sustenance]] from the [[wiktionary:ennobling|ennobling]] elements in the present and strives for a more radiant future.

==Board members==
The current President of the Bhavan is [[Surendralal Mehta]], and the Vice-President is [[B. N. Srikrishna|Bellur Srikrishna]].<ref name="bhavans.info">{{cite web|url=http://www.bhavans.info/vision/staff.asp|title=bhavans.info|website=www.bhavans.info}}</ref>

Some of the honorary members on the Board (past and present) include the [[Dalai Lama]], [[Prince Charles]]{{cn|date=April 2022}}, [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel]]{{cn|date=April 2022}}, [[JRD Tata]] and [[Mother Teresa]], among others.<ref name="bhavans.info"/>

==See also==
* [[:Category:Universities and colleges affiliated with the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan|Universities and colleges affiliated with the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
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* {{Official website|http://www.bhavans.info|Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan official website}}
* [http://www.amritabharati.com Amrita Bharati website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090619083121/http://pmindia.nic.in/speech/content.asp?id=413 PM Manmohan Singh's remarks on visit to Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in 2006]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100911213840/http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/1997/apr97/indiama.mspx Bill Gates makes personal donation to Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's computer initiative]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090430151035/http://www.hindu.com/2009/04/27/stories/2009042759300500.htm Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan to start scholarship scheme for students]
* [http://www.visitlondon.com/attractions/detail/234291 Visit London: The Bhavan Centre – Institute Of Indian Arts and Culture]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090828182404/http://bhavansbhelhyd.in/bhavans/UI/Home/home.aspx BVBPS BHEL Ramachandrapuram's Official Website]
* [http://www.bvbdelhi.org/publication/ Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Book University]

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