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Indo-Nepal Youth Games 2025

Yoga students from Bhavan’s Paranjape Vidya Mandir, Pune, excelled at the Indo-Nepal Youth Games 2025.
A total of 200 school students from India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and Myanmar participated in the competition. The Yogasana Competition was held in Kathmandu, Nepal in May.
The school students showcased exceptional talent, with Meghna Fulsundar and Aditi Mane bagging gold medals, while Kaushal Khasnis and Aditi Toraskar secured silver medals, along with certificates and trophies. The students were ably guided and encouraged by their yoga teachers, Santosh Ringane and Akanksha Kharade.

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Book Release

The Pune Kendra published a 560-page book titled श्रीमद् भागवत. The book is a fair and free Marathi translation of the English book with the same title, by the late Ms Kamala Subramaniam. Written in a very easy-to-read language and font size, the book brings to the Marathi reader several interesting stories about Lord Vishnu and his several incarnations, and particularly the last phase of the life of Lord Krishna. Many of these stories are not usually known. They shine a light on the valuable guiding principles for living a purposeful life.
The book is already available for purchase on and will soon be available for purchase on Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s website.

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Proud Moment Chandrayaan-3

Anurag Vaidya, alumnus of Bhavan’s School, Pune Kendra, and now a 26-year-old scientist at ISRO, was part of the Chandrayaan-3 Mechanical Design team in liquid propulsion.

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Shraddhanjali - Advocate B. E. Avhad

Pune Kendra Committee member Advocate Shri B.E. Avhad (77 years) succumbed to Covid-19 on Friday, 24 July 2020.
Adv. Bhaskarrao Avhad was an eminent law expert and former President of Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa for several years. He was member of Pune Kendra from October 2010. He was actively involved in Bhavan's committee meetings and was providing guidance to teachers and heads of schools in various educational and other programmes. He is survived by his wife, son and daughter. May his soul rest in peace.

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Shraddhanjali: Padmabhushan Dr. P. R. Dubhashi

Chairman of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Pune Kendra and former secretary to Government of India, Padmabhushan Dr. P. R. Dubhashi passed away on August 31, 2020 after a brief illness. He was 90. He is survived by his wife, son, and daughter.
Dr. Dubhashi after a brilliant academic career, joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1953, from Karnataka Cadre and held senior positions in the higher positions in State as well as Central Government for more than three decades. He served as Vice-Chancellor of Goa University during 1990-1995, in its formative years.
He has authored several government reports and has written 27 books, six of them in Marathi on several subjects relating to public administration, political science, economic thought, cooperation and Panchayati Raj.
Dr. Dubhashi received many awards for his outstanding career in the field of IAS. In 1993 he was awarded 'Shiromani Award'. In January 2010, he was conferred 'Padmabhushan' and the Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi, conferred on him the prestigious 'Paul H. Appleby Award' for excellence in Public Administration in 2018.
Dr. Dubhashi was chairman of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Pune Kendra for the past twelve years and guided all the educational institutions under Pune Kendra.
Prof. Nandkumar Kakirde, director and honorary secretary, who has worked very closely with him for the last 12 years, expressed shock at the demise of Dr. Dubhashi and said 'Bhavan has lost a father figure, stalwart, guide and a great personality'. May his soul rest in peace.