Appeal for Donations to buy smartphones for students

Vidya Prasarak Mandal [VPM], Dahisar, Mumbai 400068, appeals the donors to join the campaign of providing the smartphones to the needy students of Vidya Mandir School Dahisar so that these students can attend the online education during the lockdown period.

Interested parties may download the complete appeal request details here:

Smartphone Appeal Notice

Welcome to Vidya Prasarak Mandal!

Vidya Prasarak Mandal is a Public Trust and Charitable Society founded by natives of Dahisar, in 1962. The basic aim was to provide school education to local children.

The school, Vidya Mandir, was founded in 1962. From 89 students in 1962 to 4500 students in 2014, the school has come a long way in the past five decades.

Apart from the core activity of providing school education, the Mandal has many other activities such as Social Activities, Sports, Library circulation, Computer Section, Career counseling and Co-curricular activities. These activities are carefully designed for the benefits of the students, parents, staff and society in general.

One of the significant milestones in VPM’s roadmap has begun in 2007. The Mandal started the New School Building Project. The first phase is complete and 36 classrooms are operational since last three years. The second and last phase of this building has commenced now and in progress. The plan is to complete this phase by end of 2014.

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New School Building

New School Building

The estimated cost of the project is in the region of Rs.12.5 Crores.
M/s. Paranjpe and Deshpande, as Hon. Consulting  Architects have designed the school building and M/s. Phulkar & Kangutkar are overseeing the construction as our chartered architects. M/s. Kankon Managements are the Project Management Consultants and Shri. Harshad Gokani is helping the institution as the Structural Engineer.
A brief look at the comparative statement below will be helpful to understand the infrastructural enhancements planned.

Total Area under use Current Future
Classrooms 28 (500 Sq.ft. each) 40 (600 Sq.ft. each)
Laboratories 1 (1000 Sq.ft) 3 (1300 Sq.ft. each)
Computer Room 1 (500 Sq.ft) 1 (1300 Sq.ft)
Workshop 1 (1300 Sq.ft.)
Library 1000 (1000 Sq.ft.) 1 (2550 Sq.ft.)
Atrium 1 (850 Sq.ft.)
Drawing Studio 1 (1300 Sq.ft.)
Store room 2 (100 Sq.ft each) 1 (1300 Sq,ft)
Lifts 3
Staircases 1 2

24 classrooms have been in use since June-2010. Another 12 classrooms will be available from June-2011. This will complete Phase 1 of the project.

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