History

The great philanthropist duo late Sh. Brajnandan Sharma and Smt. Vidya Devi did establish ‘Balika Vidyapith in 1947 at Lakhisarai, Bihar by inspiration of Mahatma Gandhi under the direction of first President of India Dr. Rajendra Prasad. The couple was close disciples of Mahatma Gandhi and worked extensively for ‘Dakshin Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha, Madras before moving to establish this residential school exclusively for girls. One of founders, Late Smt. Vidya Devi has been awarded with prestigious ‘Jamnadas Bajaj Award’ for her distinguished services in the field of female education.

This school did get the patronage of the illuminories of their times. Names are endless. A few of them are Acharya Vindba Bhave, Kaka Kalelkar, Smt. Mahadevi Verma, Smt. Lakshmi N. Menon, Dr. Sri Krishna Singh, Dr. Anugrah Narayan Singh, Baba Jagjivan Ram, Acharya Hazari Pd. Diwedi etc. Even Swami Nirjanand of Yog Bharti, Munger had been the chief patron of this institute.

Today, the trustees of the Vidyapith, prestigious in their own capacity and belonging to different walks of life have left no stone unturned to render their best to help the institution in scaling new height.