With the donation of $ 1 lakh by Dr. Hogen Fukunaga to Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in November 1995, the Computer Institute was started. The Institute was named after the Father of the Nation in his 125th birth anniversary year.
The main objective of Bhavan's Gandhi Institute of Computer Education & Information Technology is to help students in weaker sections of the Society irrespective of caste, creed and religion. The thrust of the programme is to help them become computer literate and secure placment in the job market with full confidence to face the interviewers. All this is sought to be achieved by providing totally free training with the help of experts and free supply of study material.
At Present 32 centres are in operation as given below:

1. Mumbai - Maharashtra ( 4 Centres)	2. Chennai - Tamil Nadu
3. Kolkata - West Bengal	4. Gwalior - Madhya Pradesh
5. Hazaribagh - Jharkhand (2 Centres)	6. Delhi - Delhi (2 Centres)
7. Jaipur - Rajashthan	8. Ametbi - Uttar Pradesh
9. Jodhpur - Rajashthan	10. Hyderabad - Andhra Pradesh
11. Guwahati - Assam	12. Amritsar - Punjab
13. Lucknow - Uttar Pradesh	14. Palakkad - Kerala
15. Latur - Maharashtra	16. Kozhikode - Kerala
17. Bhimavaram - Andhra Pradesh	18. Kolhapur - Maharashtra
19. Yavatmal - Maharashtra	20. Puthucode - Kerala
21. Nagpur - Maharashtra	22. Roorkee - Uttaranchal
23. Mukundpur - Punjab	24. Bhubaneshwar - Orissa
25. Nand Vidya Niketan, Surat - Gujarat	26. Srinagar - Jammu & Kashmir
27. Jammu - Jammu & Kashmir