“If the purpose of life of the educated is only to work, eat and sleep,
Then I think the future of education is at a dangerous turn.”
– Vinayak Deokar (Founder President)
“The real difficulty is that people have no idea of what education truly is. We assess the value of education in the same manner as we assess the value of land or of shares in the stock-exchange market. We want to provide only such education as would enable the student to earn more. We hardly give any thought to the improvement of the character of the educated. The girls, we say, do not have to earn; so why should they be educated? As long as such ideas persist there is no hope of our ever knowing the true value of education.”
-Mahatma Gandhi
The Founder’s Journey
Vinayak Ganpat Deokar was abandoned on the steps of Navrange Anathalay (Pandharpur,Maharashtra) by his biological parents at the age of 3 months. He was adopted by an elderly couple who worked at a quarry and dug out stone to earn a living. When he was 16, Vinayak lost his adoptive father to old age, and adoptive mother to Mouth Cancer at the age of 25. Flunking 10th class board examinations and getting married soon after, changed the course of his life and compelled him to wait tables at a small restaurant and sell lottery tickets to fend for his family. A father of three, Vinayak was diagnosed with a cardiac disease in 2001. Blown and devastated on learning about his condition, it certainly felt like the end of the world to him. A few days later…
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154 Years of Mahatma Gandhi
To honor Mahatma Gandhi’s elaborate life and the priceless teachings of dedicating ourselves to the service of mankind, we distributed wheelchairs to 154 physically disabled people at the hands of Shri Sanjay Katkar, Co-Founder, Quick Heal and Shri Jeetendra Bhandari,...
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The Quest For Peace
In solidarity with the International Day of Peace established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1981 and celebrated annually on the 21st of September, our children humming peace songs and assimilating the importance of harmony.
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An Inspiring Odyssey
Join us in congratulating our Managing Trustee, Ms Richa Deokar, for being appointed as the Director of Gandhi Centre, Mahatma Gandhi Mission Medical College & Hospital, Kamothe, Navi Mumbai.
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A Prestigious Visit
Shri Rajmohan Gandhi, known reverently for his impeccable contribution to the literary world and the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, graced us with his incomparable presence on the occasion of Teachers’ Day on the 5th of September, 2023.
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