| Vidya Bharati | |
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| Type | Educational institution |
| Motto | Sa Vidya Ya Vimuktaye (That Is Knowledge Which Liberates) |
| Established | 1977 |
| Status | Active |
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| Affiliations | Sangh Parivar |
| Website | vidyabharti |
Vidya Bharati (short for Vidya Bharati Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Sansthan) is the educational wing of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). It runs one of the largest private network of schools in India, operating 12,000 schools with over 3.2 Million students, as of 2016[1][2] and has its registered headquarters in Lucknow with a functional headquarters in Delhi and a sub-office in Kurukshetra.[3][4] In the year 2020, the million lives club selected Vidya Bharati as an official member of Vanguard cohort for its contribution to school education.[5]
- ^ "PM Modi urges Vidya Bharati schools to aim for excellence". The Indian Express. New Delhi. Express News Service. 13 February 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- ^ Gupta, Shekhar (21 September 2015). "Confessions Of A Shakhahari". Outlook. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
- ^ Bakaya, Akshay (2004). "Lessons from Kurukshetra the RSS Education Project". In Anne Vaugier-Chatterjee (ed.). Education and Democracy in India. New Delhi: Manohar. ISBN 8173046042.
- ^ Nair, Padmaja (2009). Religious political parties and their welfare work: Relations between the RSS, the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Vidya Bharati Schools in India (PDF). University of Birmingham. ISBN 978-8187226635. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
- ^ "Vidya Bharati Selected as Vanguard Member by the International Development Innovation Alliance IDIA for its Million Lives Club". The Week. Retrieved 10 November 2020.