Sant Attar Singh Ji

Sant Attar Singh Ji

Founder

Founder of Akal Academy, Baru Sahib · The Kalgidhar Society — Baru Sahib

Sant Attar Singh Ji is the founder of Akal Academy, Baru Sahib[1] and The Kalgidhar Society — Baru Sahib (1956)[2], Indian non-profits working on education, healthcare, de-addiction, faith-based service and women & children from Baru Sahib.

Akal Academy, Baru Sahib

Akal Academy, run by the Kalgidhar Society, operates over 130 co-educational, low-cost English-medium schools in rural areas of Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, admitting students regardless of caste, creed, religion or social status.

Akal Academy, Baru Sahib reports the following, on its own site:

  • Akal Academy is a chain of 130 co-educational English-medium low-cost schools in rural areas of Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.

The Kalgidhar Society — Baru Sahib

The Kalgidhar Trust and Society, based at Baru Sahib in Himachal Pradesh and founded in 1956, works to transform the lives of rural children through value-based education. Alongside its rural schools and higher education institutions and a School of Spiritual Sciences, it runs a charitable hospital and a drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre, and programmes in women's empowerment, environment, community welfare and disaster relief.

The Kalgidhar Society — Baru Sahib reports the following, on its own site:

  • 75,000 students across 130 schools and 2 universities
  • 6,450 villages across 33 districts in 5 states
  • 1,950,000 rural population impacted
  • 3 drug de-addiction centres and 1 charitable hospital

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