A multifarious institution working in the fields of Education, Research, Rural Development, Women Power, Youth Organisation, National Integration and Health, with a view to Motivation Building and Attitude Formation of every person in all age groups to Change the Face of India for Better.
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Innovative Experiments to transform curricular academics into ‘Man-making’ Education as envisaged by Swami Vivekananda. A Statewide Social Movement in Non-formal Education Gurukul system redesigned both for city and rural areas.
Development of Tests for measuring 120 factors of Intelligence, verified on different socio-economic strata Research on Motivation, Creativity, Rapid Reading, Decision-Making, Empathy and Group Dynamics Study of Influence of Ancient Indian Culture on Asia.
Character and Capacity Building of Leadership for Social Change Women Empowerment Rural Development activities with River Valley as a Unit.
Publication of Reformed versions of Ancient Sacraments with Marathi/English translation Training of Priesthood both to men and women from all castes and creeds Efforts to build bridges across different social, economic and religious denominations.
Awareness-Building for Preventive Health Measures Promotion of Competitive Sports through ‘Kreedakul’ Hospitals with ultra-modern Technology but with a Human Face and Ethical Economics Projects in Integration of Ayurveda, Yoga and Psychotherapy.
The founder of Jnana Prabodhini, Late Shri V.V. alias Appa Pendse was an Educationist, Social organizer, Patriot and an Active ideologue. In 1962, he envisioned an organization for putting into practice the thoughts of Swami Vivekanand — his inspiration — of changing the face of the Nation, through Man-making Education. Traditionally, this effort follows the concept of ‘ Dharm-Sansthapana ‘ i.e. societal resurgence and reconstruction, a cyclic phenomenon propelled by our ancient heroes and saints. Centuries ago, this was advocated by Saint Ramdas and reiterated in the recent past by Maharshi Dayanand, Swami Vivekanand and Yogi Aurobindo.
A complete metamorphosis of our ancient society into a vibrant Nation, with spirituality at its core and manifestation of excellence and modernity into an outwardly diverse yet internally integrated human life, is the vision of Jnana Prabodhini. A new integration has been envisaged for this. Combining spirituality with modern technology; human potentials like intelligence and giftedness are to be harnessed into leadership abilities and social concern. It is believed that while triggering one’s achievement motivation, it could be possible to submerge its outcome into service of humanity with compassion. This also matches with the concept of ‘Trusteeship’ propounded by Mahatma Gandhi.
Knitting an organization of selfless workers, leading directly and in-directly the social movements to transform their respective working fields, is the mission of Jnana Prabodhini. This needs a continuum in education and training processes, both for boys and girls, men and women of all age groups; from pre-schooling to real life situations. That requires building a multi-dimensional institution with an experimental character in leadership development in all walks of life. This is not a one-time process, but continuous experimentation is required to evolve processes and methods of encouraging people of all age groups to undertake tasks and challenges in various work fields of life.