Overview

Birla Education Trust, Pilani was registered in 1929, as a Charitable Trust, in Calcutta, by Shri G. D. Birla, the foundation, thus, being laid for the establishment and onward growth of educational institutes, in Pilani. Mahatma Gandhi’s concept of Trusteeship, served as a philosophical foundation for Shri G. D. Birla, to conceive and start this educational enterprise. The Institutions of the Trust are cosmopolitan, in nature. It is not just a financial pivot, but also, offers educational directives and guidance to the schools, under its banner.

The Trust started over 400 village schools, in and around Pilani and Jaipur and provided Free Compulsory Education Scheme for several elementary village schools, in Pilani, in the beginning of the 20th Century. S. K. Saboo School, Goenka Vidyamandir, Mandelia Home Science College, Padia Vidyamandir, Bal Niketan, M. R. Mundra Shishu Niketan, H. J. Shishu Sadan, G. D. Birla Technical Training Institute and BITS — all have their roots in Birla Education Trust. These institutions have flourished over the years and are now functioning independently. As a pioneer, in education, Birla Education Trust has rendered invaluable service to the nation, by building its youth.

At present, this grand tree has, under its canopy, four Residential English-Medium Schools and two Day-Schools which draws students from all over the world. These schools offer safe, joyful, caring and mentally stimulating conditions where the focus is on excellent balanced programme of learning which imparts sterling qualities, in students. BET has earned a worldwide fame, by metamorphosing the arid, dusty, remote town of Pilani into an educational township, through its relentless endeavour. The Trust is a growing organization which is geared to scale and sustain the challenges, of the present.