Deepstambh

About the Founder

Yajurvendra Mahajan was born in Erandol, a small town in the Jalgaon district of Maharastra. His grandfather was a headmaster at the local school, and his father was a rural doctor. Since working for people’s welfare was part of his family values, working for the well-being of society came naturally to Yajurvendra. While pursuing his higher studies in Pune, the harsh truth of the discrepancy in the standard of education available to the elite and the poor or the urban and the rural made him restless. He honestly believed that everyone deserved a fair chance at education. He felt the need to bridge this gap between the available opportunities and the bright underprivileged students. Leaving his lucrative career in education at Pune, he returned to his hometown, at Jalgaon. Yajurvendra, along with a few like-minded people, set in motion a revolution for rural and tribal education . He sold his ancestral property, which was his home, and also choose to go for a registered court marriage instead of a pompous wedding and used the money to further his cause. His selfless actions inspired many other individuals to participate in this movement. The team consulted experts, researched and learnt from others veterans working in this field. They figured ways to use their voices to raise the need for holistic education to everyone and use their resources to start transforming lives. As their commitment to this work grew, under the leadership of Yajurvendra Mahajan.