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Padmashri Annasaheb Jadhav
[[File:Padmashri Annasaheb Jadhav.jpg|frame| Name : Shri Pandurang Dharmaji Jadhav

Date of Birth : 9/9/1922

Birth Place : Kudus, Tal. Wada. ]] Padmashri Annasaheb Jadhav Bharatiya Samaj Unnati Mandal was founded by the educational activist of the 1940s. He included heterogeneous group representing all schedule castes and creeds of society. Padmashri Annasaheb Jadhav alias Pandurang Dharmaji Jadhav was the messiah of education in the educationally backward arena of Thane district who led the Adivasi dominated population towards educational and social betterment and excellence. Padmashri Annasaheb Jadhav, a former Member of Parliament was born in a downtrodden family with no educational access in his village when he started his educational journey his first school was only up to 4th Std. and due to financial condition of the family he couldn’t continue further   with a gap of a year he found another school in a village 8 km from his village which didn’t have hostel facility due to which he used to walk every day 16 km to perceive his further education that too up to 7th Std and for his higher secondary education ones again he had to  shift to another school to pass his SSC  after which he somehow completed his engineering diploma in leather technology. Since he personally suffered from the backwardness and lack of education, he was haunted with a thought to create a venture which could cater to the educational and professional need of the socially and economically downtrodden people of the rural and tribal region of Thane district. So he started his survey for understanding the need of the small and remote villages located in dense forest and geographically difficult to reach areas where the poor and tribal were in real need of upliftment through Education. After correspondence with Government he started his first educational venture at Kudus village in Thane District which was a free hostel facility for students which had only 13 students at that time. He always thought that the poor and needy students of the rural and tribal region should not suffer like him as he could not pursue his education further due to financial crisis. The Mandal which was formerly known as “Harijan Girijan Samaj Unnati Mandal, Bhiwandi” was established on 8th June 1948. This makes crystal clear that the trust was formed with its prime motto to cater education to the socially deprived classes. He continued with his venture by establishing Vidyashram Hostel for the needy students.

He had very much clear vision regarding establishment of his institute and its functions and mottos. The first pre-primary school in Bhiwandi for backward class boys was established in 1954. His work was endorsed by the then Chief Minister Hon’ble Shri Yashwantrao Chavan by inaugurating Vidyashram Hostel. He was honored by various positions such as Member of Thane District school board, Member of Legislative Assembly, Chief Secretary, Maharashtra State Dalit Varg, Mumbai, Member, Mumbai State Backward Class Committee and Hon’ble advisor, Leather Industry Mumbai.

He utilized his later social and political growth for the development of the marginalized through the trust. He established four secondary Ashram Schools, five Primary Ashram Schools, two Pre-Primary Schools, two primary schools, twenty three secondary schools, eight junior colleges, three senior colleges, fourteen hostels, one printing press and ten computer centers with a central office of the trust in Bhiwandi. The objective of the trust is not to seek for the financial gain but to provide opportunities for the potentialities of the neglected section of the society. The trust started functioning on no profit basis and the same legacy continues till date. The Mandal gained confidence of the local industrialists, renowned social workers and donors and moral assistance for the noble cause.

It should be noted that the team of the management he created is following his principles even today. The trust runs courses from KG to PG and Doctorate levels. Any child seeking admission can complete his entire education in the same campus. KG schools, primary schools and secondary schools provide best infrastructure and other facilities for the students. There are well equipped science laboratories, computer rooms, and recreational centers for the students. Apart from traditional education, the students are introduced with art of living, social sense, social awareness and social responsibilities to make them good citizen of India and contribute in the development of nation as human resource. The trust organizes lecture series for the enlightenment of the students and the society. The Gudi Padva Shobha Yatra (Procession) is organized annually for developing communal harmony and national integration in the society. The trust has a chain of institutions with around 30 thousand students from diverse background located in the Thane, Palghar, Mumbai and Dhule districts. In addition to school education, the management is running three degree colleges successfully since 1966 enrolling approximately 10000 students among which 60 percent students belong to S.C./S.T. and minority communities.

The major contribution of the trust includes admission of the students of below poverty line from the Adivasis and Dalits and equipping them to overcome their crisis through quality education provided at various institutions run under the management. Our alumni who were admitted with a poor financial and social background have reached at various positions such as Industrialists, Principal Secretaries, Academicians, Scientists and politicians.

The major responsibility of any management lies in keeping track of the changing social, economic and industrial situation. To meet such requirements, the trust has adapted new policies in tune with the Government of India’s vision of education and development. Various courses aim at implementation of governments’ noble cause and make it percolate up the lower section of the society. In the senior colleges of the Mandal there is a blend of quality education and technology. Students are trained both in theory and practical so that they can go in outside world as skilled personalities to cater the changing needs of the society. One of the senior colleges, having the strength of about 6000 students in 8.8 hectors area located at Bhiwandi named B.N.N. College. The college has a separate Administrative Building newly constructed with view to make teaching-learning process undisturbed. The college is known for its huge playground. Similarly, it has a special library building, “Nirlon Library”. Taking into consideration the need of the time, the college management has introduced self-financing courses from the academic year 2004. Gradually, the management introduced nine degree courses in self-financing courses. The college has post graduate courses as well as research degree programmes. Consequently, the college management is expanding the infrastructure of the college so as to accommodate the increasing number of students.

The Mandal's Ambikabai Jadhav Mahila Mahavidyalaya is situated in Vajreshwari, Bhiwandi of Thane district. Vajreshwari, as a place enjoys its unique status in the state due to its religious and geographical importance. The Government of Maharashtra has declared this area as tribal area, since it abounds in tribal population. The college was established in July 1986 by Hon'ble Padmashri Annasaheb Jadhav in the memory of his Late mother. The college is affiliated to SNDT Women’s University, the first Women’s university in India as well as in South-East Asia. The college which is situated in a tribal belt has undertaken a nerve-racking task of imparting education to the girls belonging to S.C. and S.T categories. Started with only 38 students, the college has 311 students today among which 84 students belong to S.T. category, it gives priority to enrolling the promising students from the tribal provinces such as Vasai, Wada and Bhiwandi and other tribal areas of Palghar and Thane Districts.

The Trustees of the Management are striving for the better educational environment in the college by providing every possible support and facilities. Padmashri Annasaheb Jadhav Bharatiya Samaj Unnati Mandal, Bhiwandi has also initiated diversification in higher education by introducing MMS/MBA degree course through a new management college- Matoshri Ushatai Jadhav Institute of Management and Research Centre in the year 2012.

As the management is aware of the objectives of the present government’s Skill Development project to upgrade skills to international standards through significant industry involvement and develop necessary frameworks for standards, curriculum and quality assurance, Enhance, support and coordinate private sector initiatives for skill development through appropriate Public-Private Partnership (PPP) models; strive for significant operational and financial involvement from the private sector, Play the role of a "market-maker" by bringing financing, particularly in sectors where market mechanisms are ineffective or missing and Prioritize initiatives that can have a multiplier or catalytic effect as opposed to one-off impact.

Keeping in view of these goals of our Honorable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi Ji, the management started Padmashri Annasaheb Jadhav Skill Development Centre with 32 courses affiliated to Maharashtra State Skill Development Society and eight courses from Retail Sector Skill Council in the campus of B N N College in 2016 which was inaugurated at the hands of Hon’ble Skill Development Minister of Maharashtra State Shri Sambhaji Patil-Nilangekar.

India is a country with highest population and young human resource is the strength of our nation. The purpose of this project is to empower the youth with skills and to equip the local population with application of knowledge and entrepreneurship which results in providing skilled youth and human resource to the globe. The primary aim is to make the youth professionally independent, financially secured and serve their counterparts to overcome their plights.

The project is the collaborative effort of Central Government, State Government and Padmashri Annasaheb Jadhav Bharatiya Samaj Unnati Mandal to produce skilled human resources in the emerging industrial area of Bhiwandi-Wada-Kalyan-Vasai. The center has entered in MoUs with 24 industrial establishments for the benefit of society. This center not only gives quality education but also provides guaranteed job opportunities through these reputed establishments.