Rev. Founder, Sadhu Vaswani

Sadhu Vaswani Mission: Our Founding Body

Our Founding Body- Sadhu Vaswani Mission, is a humanitarian, not-for-profit service organization

[Charitable Trust] that endeavors to reach out to society through its services in the fields of education, medical care, relief and rehabilitation, and social welfare. The Trust bears the name of Sadhu Vaswani: Visionary Saint, Educationist, Social Reformer, Philosopher, Patriot and Poet of the Nineteenth Century.

To many thousands around the world, Sadhu Vaswani is a name synonymous with reverence for all life. Indeed, he was the living embodiment of an unsullied, cosmic power of love that knew no bounds, an all-embracing love that included all mankind, animals, and all creation.

A contemporary saint of the 20th Century, Sadhu T.L. Vaswani was born on November 25, 1879, in Hyderabad Sind, in undivided India. He was an educationist who helmed as the principal of several prestigious colleges and later redefined learning through the ‘Mira Movement In Education’.

Sadhu Vaswani was far ahead of his times and spoke about women upliftment and of an ideal, world-class education blended in character-building in times when the country was still struggling for freedom from the British Raj and women were confined to the kitchen.

The MIRA Movement in Education he founded, was a revolutionary concept in education, given its emphasis on women empowerment, quality of education, character building, community service, love of Indian ideals and Reverence for Humanity. He firmly upheld the belief that women had a great potential - a great Shakti - which could be utilized for the betterment of society and the nation.

In the year 1933, the Mira School for Girls was inaugurated and this school laid the cornerstone of the 'Mira Movement In Education'. Today, there are 18 schools and colleges spread across the world; conferring to thousands of young minds cutting-edge education synthesised with spirituality. All educational institutions set up by the Sadhu Vaswani Mission after Sadhu Vaswani dropped his physical body in 1966, are named after him.

The Government of India released a commemorative stamp to honour Sadhu Vaswani- this great Educationist and Humanist on 25th November 1969.

Rev. Dada J. P. Vaswani

Rev Dada JP Vaswani, scientist turned spiritual leader was at the helm of the Sadhu Vaswani Mission after 1966. A leading spiritual luminary of India, a practical philosopher and a modern day saint, Rev Dada influenced thousands all over the world. He revered every sentient being, from flower to animal to human, under the living conviction that they are all forms of the Divine. He subsumed the teachings of all religions and fruitfully passed on the message of the Oneness of God.

A true Humanitarian, Rev. Dada lived the pain of another and established hospitals and medical centres that offer professional excellence and compassion; spearheaded village upliftment, relief and rehabilitation programmes and provided scholarships, financial aid and monthly supplies for the underprivileged.

An educationist par excellence, he believed that the frontiers of knowledge must be saturated with true values and ideals. The byproduct of acquiring knowledge must be the creation of strong, courageous individuals who will live lives of unselfish simplicity, service and sacrifice.

An internationally acclaimed thinker and a brilliant orator, Rev. Dada, addressed distinguished audiences worldwide; including the UNO, the World Parliament of Religions - Chicago, South Africa and Melbourne, the House of Commons, London, the Global Forum Of Spiritual and Parliamentary Leaders on Human Survival, Oxford and Kyoto, Japan, The World Vision 2000, Washington, and some other Global Forums. A gifted writer, he authored over 150 books, some of which have been translated into various Indian and foreign languages. He was honoured with the U Thant Peace Award, Sant Shree Dnyaneshwara World Peace Prize and the World United's Lifetime Achievement Award, among others

August 2, Rev. Dada J. P. Vaswani’s Birthday is celebrated as a Global Forgiveness Day.

Sadhu Vaswani Institute of Management Studies for Girls (SVIMS)

Sadhu Vaswani Institute of Management Studies established in 2010, functions under the aegis of the Sadhu Vaswani Mission. The Institute represents the culmination of our Rev. Founder’s dream to empower women in the interests of social and national progress.

The institution is inspired by the faith that, “In the new unfolding of India’s destiny, women have to play an important part”. As Sadhu Vaswani often said: The woman's soul will lead us upward! Our goal is to help produce a new generation of women managers who will not only be self-confident and sensible but also ethical and sensitive to the tremendous challenges they will face in the corporate world. We hope to create a new generation of successful women professionals who will combine idealism and pragmatism in their approach to personal and professional life challenges.

SVIMS is a self-financed Professional Institution affiliated with Savitribai Phule Pune University and recognised by the All India Council for Technical Education. While it started with offering the Master of Business Administration Programme, it now has an affiliated, Ph D Research Centre and also offers a Master of Computer Applications Programme.

Our Sister Institutions

Eighteen educational institutions offer primary to higher and professional education across major cities in India and in London. We have three International schools in New Delhi, Hyderabad and Mumbai. St. MIRA’s College for Girls, established in 1962, was one of the pioneering colleges set up exclusively for girls in Pune. Today, it is one of the best-rated colleges in Pune, and has been the recipient of the prestigious CPE [College with Potential for Excellence] award by the UGC. The Sadhu Vaswani Mission forayed into the professional education sector by further setting up the Sadhu Vaswani College of Nursing and SVIMS in Pune.

Sr No	Name of Institute	City
1	ST. MIRA’S SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS	PUNE
2	ST. MIRA’S PRIMARY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS	PUNE
3	ST. MIRA’S COLLEGE FOR GIRLS	PUNE
4	SADHU VASWANI VIDYA MANDIR	VADODARA
5	SHANTI VIDYA MANDIR (KINDERGARTEN: ENGLISH MEDIUM)	PUNE
6	DANCING DAFFODILS (FOR BOYS AND GIRLS)	PUNE
7	SADHU VASWANI SCHOOL FOR GIRLS	RAJKOT
8	SADHU VASWANI SCHOOL	AHMEDABAD
9	SADHU VASWANI SCHOOL	ADIPUR
10	SADHU VASWANI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS	NEW DELHI
11	SADHU VASWANI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL	NAVI MUMBAI
12	SADHU VASWANI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL	HYDERABAD
13	SADHU VASWANI COLLEGE OF NURSING	PUNE
14	SADHU VASWANI INSTITUTE OF TEACHERS’ TRAINING	PUNE
15	SADHU VASWANI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL (SVIS)	PUNE
16	SADHU VASWANI GURUKUL	PUNE
17	LITTLE LAMPS NURSERY	LONDON