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Shantilal Muttha is the founder of Bharatiya Jain Sanghatana[1] and Shantilal Muttha Foundation[2], Indian non-profits working on water & sanitation, disaster relief, education and women & children from Pune.
Bharatiya Jain Sanghatana
Bharatiya Jain Sanghatana (BJS), based in Pune, works on drought mitigation by desilting and rejuvenating water bodies, alongside disaster relief, rehabilitation of orphaned children, values education (Mulyavardhan) and its Smart Girl empowerment programme. It reports rejuvenating 13,924 water bodies.
Bharatiya Jain Sanghatana reports the following, on its own site:
- 44,67,956 students benefited from the Mulyavardhan programme
- 7,23,895 girls empowered
- 13,924 water bodies rejuvenated
- 4,054 disaster-affected and orphan children given free education up to graduation
Shantilal Muttha Foundation
Shantilal Muttha Foundation, set up in Pune by social entrepreneur Shantilal Muttha, works to transform school education through Mulyavardhan, a values-based education programme run in partnership with state governments. Its classroom approach builds constitutional values and life skills among government-school students at scale.
Shantilal Muttha Foundation reports the following, on its own site:
- 89000 schools reached
- 400000 teachers engaged
- 9910000 students covered
- Organisations
- 2
- Based in
- Pune
- Founded
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- Press
- 5
References
- [1] “The credit of establishment and development of Bhartiya Jain Sanghatana(BJS) and its numerous achievements goes entirely to the dynamic leadership and undaunted hard work of Shantilal Muttha.” — Bharatiya Jain Sanghatana. Source
- [2] “He founded three non-profit organisations - Bharatiya Jain Sanghatana, Shantilal Muttha Foundation, and Medhakshar Foundation - which implement his visionary initiatives.” — Shantilal Muttha Foundation. Source
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