As a young man, Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi was imbued with a sense of India’s greatness. Not yet out of his teens, he learned from his mother’s songs and stories about the sages and sects of India’s past. The heritage that these master spirits represented was ingrained in the young munshi deeply; and later this incipient perception received an adult dimension.

The seeds so sown were precognitive and were backed by K. M. Munshi’s great inner strength, which prompted and sustained his external actions. His sense of India as the Motherland of the Spirit impressed him irreversibly and so, as he moved professionally and politically, rung by rung, it was with a sense of pride in the cultural, intellectual and spiritual heritage of India. India was for him not just a nation but an ongoing civilization; not an accident of history but a design of destiny. For him the vitality of Indian culture and its self-renewing greatness constituted a living principle.

Like most others of his generation and class, Munshi took to the study of law and rose to the pinnacle of his profession even in the era of legal giants. It was but natural that law led to politics and politics to the service of the country’s heritage. The call of Mahatma Gandhi for sacrifice led to Munshi bidding goodbye to his lucrative practice and prepared to risk his all in the fight against injustice in and to his country. Also his training and temperament inclined him to constitutionalism. The framing of the new nation’s supreme statute called for the gift of idealism as well as realism. Munshi was possessed of both. He regarded India’s independence in 1947 as an opportunity for an ascent once again. He believed that the people of India had it in them to climb up into a new millennium. Munshi showed that a man with pride in the past could also have faith in the future through the instruments of science and technology.

Today when the world is so conscious of the environment and of ecological factors, it is edifying to note that as much as half a century ago, Munshi’s Vanamahotsava scheme heralded the impulse for preserving ecology. Munshi’s vision was as deep as it was vast. A heightened commitment. the genuineness, sincerity and dedication of his played an immensely crucial role in bringing stature to a name which was a binding force of a pan-Indian movement, a pan- Indian spirit and a pan-Indian ethos which would present to contemporary Indians, and to the world at large, a glimpse of the composite magnificence of ancient “times, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan.”

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan is among one of the most prodigious educational and cultural, charitable public trusts in India. It was founded with the blessings of Mahatma Gandhi on 7th November, 1938 by Dr. K.M. Munshi, an epitome of versatility.

The pioneer members of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan were Dr. Rajendra Prasad, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Shri C. Rajagopalachari and many other renowned and unparalleled educationists, scholars, statesman and leaders of the Indian anti-colonial struggle.

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s stands for “The reintegration of Indian Culture”.

The motto of Bhavan’s is: “Let noble thoughts come to us from every side”, a quote from the Rigveda.

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan started from a scratch with a vision of spreading and inculcating cultural, educational, social, traditional values among the Indians in order to attain freedom from the British Raj. It has won several awards for its impeccable contributions and achievements in the sports, social, cultural and academic field.

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan is an ever growing tree which has not only spread its branches all over India but also in USA, UK, Australia, Kuwait, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Qatar, and the UAE.

Bhavan’s Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Vidyaniketan

Bhavan’s Netaji Subhash Chandra Vidyaniketan, Haldia took its step which was the most anticipating and an exciting one holding the hands of the then Director, Dr. K .V. Gopalkrishnan under Kolkata Kendra in 1997. Bhavan’s Haldia began its journey within 2 rented quarters in Shakuntala Park Housing, Durgachak. Our school had only 3 students, 2 teachers, a Principal and 2 non-teaching staff, starting from Class I & II. With immense hard work from the pioneer teaching and non-teaching staff with a strong vision of our then Director Dr. K.V. Gopal Krishnan laid it’s foundation in 1999 at Hatiberia, Azad Hind Nagar proving that every tiny step is a momentous occasion to celebrate later. Soon, we saw prodigious response from the residents of Haldia and our school started growing ever since. Presently, our school has more than thousand students from Prep I to Class XII and is one of the best schools in Haldia . The first batch for CBSE Examination appeared in AISSE was in 2007 and AISSCE was in 2013. Bhavan’s Haldia is one of the most renowned schools of Haldia which actively participates in various social, cultural, educational activities and competitions not just in Haldia or West Bengal but also in various parts of the country. Our impeccable result in CBSE Board Examination and achievements in cultural, social and sports has made it disparate from other schools. We still tend to work diligently and with proper endeavour to get better every day, enduring with new trends, methods by upgrading ourselves to accomplish perfection and a better and brighter future under vision and counselling of our Director Dr. G V Subhramanian.