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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. |