Kandivali Education Society

At the time when the entire country was gearing up for a long drawn struggle to unshackle the bondages of slavery and high handedness of British rulers, seeds of a silent yet far - reaching revolution were being sown by a handful of visionaries in a distant sleepy village called Kandivli located about 23 milesfrom Bombay city. It was in the year 1936 that Sri. Jamanadas Adukia, Sri. Gokaldas Ranchoddas and Sri. Lavji Meghji, along with few other like-minded and large hearted local businessmen decided to take a small step forward and founded The Kandivli Education Society (KES) with a noble and patriotic objective of providing education in vernacular medium to the children from Gujarati families settled in this part the Bombay province. The Society was registered under the Societies Registration Act, of 1860 vide registration no. 1557 of 1947-48 in June, 1947 and the Bombay Public Trusts Act, 1950 vide registration no. F – 253 (Bom.) in 1953. As a result of the efforts taken by the initial members of the Society, Shree Kandivali Vidyalaya was started on 31st March, 1936 with an initial enrolment of 13 students. In 1960, the school was renamed as ‘Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel High School’; which popularly came to be known as SVP School over the years. Realizing the need for technical education, a technical section was started in 1961 and a Junior college section in science stream was added in 1976. The Junior college section was renamed as Shri. T. P. Bhatia Junior College of Science in 2004. Currently the SVP School has more than 4500 students on its roll while the T. P. Bhatia Junior College of Science has an enrolment of about 2500 students. The establishment of SVP Night School in 1970 reaffirmed the commitment of KES to rise to the expectations of common man. It provided opportunity for many deserving youngsters to acquire knowledge and upgrade themselves while continuing to earn their livelihood. The year 1984 saw the establishment of Sangeet Mahavidyalaya affili