Academy for a Better World is an Institution of higher learning, built by Brahma Kumaris Ishwariya Vishwa-Vidyalaya with the full co-operation and participation of World Renewal Spiritual Trust and also Raj Yoga Education and Research Foundation. Brahma Kumaris Ishwariya Vishwa-Vidyalay is known as Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University in several countries. It is affiliated, as an NGO, to the UNICEF and the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations as or Consultative Member. Presently, it has more than 3000 educational centres and Sub-centres in India and about sixty-six other countries where education in Values, Human Resource Development, Meditation, Positive Thinking, etc, is imparted.

World Renewal Spiritual Trust is a sister institution, and Raj Yoga Education and Research Foundation is a creation of Brahma Kumaris Ishwariya Vishwa-Vidyalaya. Both these institutions also are serving the society through education in Values, etc. The Academy for a Better World will be known, in Hindi, as Gyan Sarovar Vidyapeeth. The term Gyan Sarovar means: The Lake of Knowledge. The name reminds of Man Sarovar - the lake about which the legend and the myth say that anyone who dipped into it, emerged as a fairy or an angel.