Vidya Bharati

Vidya Bharati
Location
Information
TypeEducational institution
MottoSa Vidya Ya Vimuktaye
(That Is Knowledge Which Liberates)
Established1977 (1977)
StatusActive
Publication
  • Vidya Bharati Sanskriti Shiksha Sansthan, Kurukshetra
  • Bharatiya Shiksha Sodh Sansthan, Lucknow
AffiliationsSangh Parivar
Websitevidyabharti.net

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 and has its registered headquarters in Lucknow with a functional headquarters in Delhi and a sub-office in Kurukshetra. In the year 2020, the million lives club selected Vidya Bharati as an official member of Vanguard cohort for its contribution to school education.