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'''Punjab Association, Chennai.

A non profit organisation doing yeoman service in the field of education, health and other numerous activitites. Recognized by various govts for its selfless services it has come along way from a single school to numerous institutions.

'''Early History: Started in the year 1936 as a community gathering point headed by Lt.Col Gurbux Singh CIE, OBE, KCIBE an astute leader some of the early members were: Prannath Dhawan, B.S.Bedi, Manohar Singh, Indersain Chandok, Surinder Singh Sabherwal,O.P. Goyal, P.N. Bajaj and many more.

It was during the partition the influx of refugees to the city that the association rose to the occcasion and help their fellow brethern in relocating them, and helped them to start a new life in the alein city.

The hardy punjabi family still reeling from the trauma of the partition and making ends meet, did not forget their duties to the society and to the city which had embaraced them and thus started the first venture a temple of learning.

A plot was purchased at 88, Peters Road, and a small school was started and called Adarsh Vidayalaya, meaning the Principled School in the true traditions of the Indian culture. Visharda Hoon the first Principal of the school left a lucrative career and nurtured the school making it one of the top institutions in Chennai. ''' From then on there was no looking back, under the benevolent eyes of the visionary Prannath Dhawan, the association started many more institutions for the benefi of the society, for his selfless services to the society he was awarded the Padmashri by the Govt. of India.

The institutions run by the associaation are as on today: 1. Anna Adarsh College for Women. 7. Home for the underprivileaged children. 2. Adarsh Vidayalaya                                           8. Adarsh bookbinding unit. 3. Gill Adarsh Matriculation School,                           9. Adarsh Garment Unit. 4. Anna Adarsh School                                         10. Swami Vivekananda Hospital 5. Padma Adarsh School                                        11. Adarsh Health Centre. 6. Home for the infirm. 12. Working Women Hospital.

Today the old soldiers have faded away, but the association is still continuing its work with the "Generation Next" firmly in its place, today its being run with the same burning desire as it was under the able leadership of Bharat Bhushan Goyal and his team of dedicated members.