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Education that grows from the ground — like the villages we serve.

AGVS is a residential and day school for rural children near Nagpur — where agriculture is the classroom, entrepreneurship is the mindset, and every child is a future-maker.

What | Is The Problem

Small Things Matter. Big Things Are Broken.

In rural Maharashtra, millions of children grow up in a system that was never designed for them. Schools measure success in marks. Education means memorization. The brightest minds in our villages are told their only path forward is migration to cities.

At AGVS, we believe the problem is not the child — it is the design of education itself.

Problem

Problem

  • Over 65% of rural children in India are below basic reading levels (ASER 2023).
  • Only 1 in 3 rural girls completes secondary education nationally.
  • Farmer suicides in Vidarbha — the region we serve — number in the thousands each year. Education is one of the most powerful preventive tools we have.
  • The villages around our school cluster (18+) have agrarian economies that need skilled, confident, entrepreneurial youth — not urban migrants. 
Solution

Solution

  • One school, done right, can shift the trajectory of a family for three generations.
  • AGVS has proven this since 2010 — growing from 28 students in 3 villages to 345+ students across 19 villages.

HOW | We Solve The Problem?

We are not just a school. We are a living experiment in what education can look like when it is rooted in context, curiosity, and care.

Founded in 2010 by Dr. P.K. Gandhi and later joined by Madhuri Gandhi, Sachin Deshpande and Bhagyashree Gandhi, AGVS was born from a simple refusal: to accept that quality education was only for children born in cities.

Our Vision

To be a fertile ground where education happens organically, allowing children to become self-aware, responsible, and creative individuals who contribute to their communities and beyond.

Our Mission

To offer interest-based education where students explore their passions through specialized modules. To cultivate a strong sense of community and responsibility among students.

Our Purpose

We exist because the children of rural Vidarbha deserve a school that sees them whole — not just as students, but as thinkers, farmers, leaders, and entrepreneurs. 

For fifteen years, AGVS has been quietly building an approach to education that looks nothing like the system around it — and producing results the system rarely achieves. These are the principles, tools, and frameworks behind what happens every day on our campus.

Our Approach

HOW | Much Have We Done?

15 Years. 23 Villages. One Unbreakable Conviction.

When AGVS began in 2010, it started with 28 students, 3 villages, and a belief that rural children deserved something better than factory education.

Fifteen years later, that belief has become a living, breathing reality — measured not just in numbers, but in the children who found their voice, the families whose lives changed, and the villages that look different because a school chose to show up for them. These are not projections. This is what has already happened.

Here is what fifteen years of refusing to give up looks like.

Impact So Far

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WHO | We Are?

The People Behind the Purpose

AGVS is led by a small, deeply committed team of educators, dreamers, and doers — many of whom gave up corporate careers to build something that matters.

Dr. Prakash Gandhi (Ph.D. Chemistry) founded AGVS with a vision to make quality education accessible to rural children. After serving 25 years at Western Coalfields Limited, he took voluntary retirement in 2008 to dedicate himself to this mission. His own experiences of rural education hardships inspired him to establish AGVS as a model of affordable, high-quality schooling for underserved communities.

Dr. Prakash Gandhi

Founder

Mrs. Madhuri Gandhi (M.Sc. Chemistry) joined this mission in 2014 after taking voluntary retirement from LIC of India, where she served for 33 years. She undertook specialized training to understand early childhood education and now takes workshops and training for the teachers handling children aged 3 to 8 years, which is the foundational stage of education. Her dedication ensures that young learners receive the right guidance and nurturing environment.

Mrs. Madhuri Gandhi

Educator

Sachin Deshpande is a social entrepreneur inspired by his upbringing in tribal Chhattisgarh and his grandfather’s work with tribal communities. Leaving behind a corporate career, he dedicated himself to education and social impact, leading AGVS into a model of sustainable, interest-driven learning.

Sachin Deshpande

Director

Bhagyashree Deshpande is a passionate educator who plays a key role in designing the school curriculum and integrating experiential learning pedagogy at AGVS. With expertise in child psychology and innovative teaching methods, she helps create a nurturing and empowering learning environment for students.

Bhagyashree Deshpande

Director

How You Can Help

AGVS runs on belief — and on the people who act on it. Whether you give, partner, volunteer, or join our team, you are not helping a school. You are helping build a model for education that this country needs. It builds the kind of school that the world needs.

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