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Vigyan
Ashram is a center of Indian Institute Of Education (IIE) Pune. A
scientist turned educationalist Late Dr.S.S.Kalbag started Vigyan Ashram in 1983
to find out solution to the problems in education. For us
“Vigyan” means ‘Search of Truth’ and “Ashram” symbolises ‘Simple living and
High thinking for us, a organization where all are equal, it’s a modern
version of old Gurukul system’ Over the
year Vigyan Ashram develops a complete program for giving training to the
youth in rural and urban areas. Vigyan Ashram developed several innovative
technologies and successfully commercialized them by training school
dropouts. To increase
the pace and quality of our education delivery system, ashram adopted new
information technology. Many Govt
and Private organization and individual donor supported the programs of
ashram. Few of the organization which supported us are “CAPART (Min of rural
Development), “Dept of Science & Technology” “Sir Dorabaji Tata Trust”
“Hindustan Lever” "Lend-A-Hand-India", "Association for
India's Development (AID)", "ASHA for Education", "MHRD
"etc. Trustees of
the Indian Institute Of Education looks after the management of Vigyan Ashram
with the help of “Program Organising Committee”. The committee comprises of
Dr. Chitra Naik (Chairperson IIE, Well know Educationalist), Dr. Waghmare
(Ex-Professor, IIT Kanpur), Mr. Vijay Kumar (M. Des), Mr. Sunil Kulkarni (B.
Tech Agri), Mr. Ashok Kalbag (M. Tech) and Yogesh Kulkarni (Executive
Director) & Mrs. Mira Kalbag.. Vigyan
Ashram is located in village Pabal approx 70 kms from Pune. Its situated on
Rajgurunagar - Pabal is drought prone and its truly representative Indian village. Idea of establishing Vigyan Ashram at Pabal is whatever we do at Ashram can be replicated in any part of the country |