Charotar Education Society-2

The institute was started as it had various goals in the minds of the founders who wanted to something more meaningful and add some developmental contribution to the society. The institute was started as it had certain plans and major amongst them were

To provide Housing, Hostel or rather Ashramshalas, schools, higher education, physical fitness point and other such needful.

To collaborate with the self finance institutes; providing the above mentioned activities or to convince them to settle down with an appropriate deal for both the parties.

To promote the students who are bright in their studies and who are willing to study but lack because of the money. Those students should be provided educational loans and even encouraged by giving them scholarships to go abroad and pursue higher education in their desired fields.

To conduct aptitude tests to make students alert and aware about the studies. To take physical educational exams to make them and train them in remaining physically fit.

The above mentioned are some basic points which were in the minds of the founders at the time of establishment of the Charotar Eduaction Society. The Charotar Education Society was divided in basic four divisions so as to maintain discipline and bring out a better body. The major four divisions were;

Council

Governing Body

Trustee Council

Volunteer’s Council

The major four bodies played an important role in establishing the Charotar Education Society. The four bodies played their roles in their own way. These four bodies can be considered as the ones who helped a lot in building up the institute in managerial ways.

Charotar Education Society is set up in huge area and so it has various campuses in it. There are various campuses comprising of different schools, colleges and hostel. Basically the campus is divided into two major parts which includes;

•          Anand Campus

•          Morgi Campus

Anand Campus comprises of various colleges into it and one of them in M.B.Patel Science College which is managed by Charotar Education Society, Anand. The college was established on 16th April 1916 by the Gem of Chaortar Shri Motibhai Amin Saheb with a perspective of providing higher education in the Charotar Pradesh, the region between the Mahi and Vatrak rivers extending from Vasad to Kheda. There are many colleges which are part of Anand Campus. The colleges include the Science, Commerce and Arts stream as well. The main aim of all the campuses is to provide educational facilities to the students so as to build up a brighter future of their own and the society as well.

There are not only colleges residing in the Anand Campus but there also number of schools and hostels that are providing education and housing facilities to the students belonging to the Charotar Education Society.

Morgi Campus includes many colleges, schools and hostels in it. The basic aim of providing all the facilities at one place to the students is to provide them with all the basic facilities so that they can study well and become capable person who keeps an aim to change the society with better ideas and better aims. Delivering education is the basic aim of Charotar Education Society but other than that it also believes in child development, personality development and various other practices and methods which can make their students a better person.

Both the campus not only provided educational facilities but it also provides sports activities, library, housing, entertainment, competitions and many other curriculum activities which indeed help the students to learn, improve and compete with the outer world. Charotar Education Society comprises of all the activities and other material which human being needs for the survival for a good life. This institute adds meaning to the life not only by providing education but by teaching the ways for living a good developed life. The students studying here would make brighter careers of their own and along with that they would even make society a better place to live for each and every human being residing in the society.

The History of Charotar Education Society-1

One of the leading education trusts that found its origin in 1916, in the land of SARDAR, to the nearest epicenter where the White Revolution or rather Milk Revolution began. The driving source behind 12 schools and 11 colleges is stretched over 4 huge campuses which provide accommodation for more than 20,000 students taking track towards their bright careers.

The institute holds Historical Values as well, the institute is along the DANDI HERITAGE MARG (NH 228) and the alumni were among those who welcomed Mahatma Gandhi during his stay at CES enroute to Dandi. The institute has played a role in bringing revolution at the time of Dandi Heritage Marg. The essence of our late Nation leaders still lies there. The two days that he spent at the campus became a source of inspiration for the next four generations and continues to draw inspiration today as well. 

The basic element which we are interested in providing is Education. Education has been our forte and the Alumni have been put to test what they assimilated at CES. They believe in themselves and so they believe to contribute in their way, small and large , to bring the change in the society. With teaching as our focus, we also look forward to impart a sense of belongingness among our students and endeavor to reach out to the society and contribute to the well being of the society in many variegated ways. Grasping things from the curriculum is not the only important thing taught here. We believe in grooming the students making them a better person, a better human being. The upbringing in the institute brings a ray of hope in life of each and every student residing in the institute. It enlightens the life of student in every aspect as it has some precious values and ethics.

Viththal Kaka hand in hand with the
First President of India. 

The establishment of Charotar Education Society, Anand, was on 16th April 1916 by the precious Gem of Charotar Shri Motibhai Amin Saheb with an aim to develop and elaborate higher education in Charotar Pradesh, the region between the Mahi and Vatrak rivers extending from Vasad to Kheda. The constitution of the society was framed by Late Shri Vithalbhai Patel or rather the elder brother of Sardar Vallobhai Patel. Sardar Vallobhai too played an active role in the preparation of the Indian Constitution.

The management of the society in the beginning included the brothers named Shri Ishwarbhai J. Patel and Late Shri Vitthalbhai J. Patel. The Vice Chancellor of International Universities and many Universities of Gujarat have a common name in the list which is Shri Ishwarbhai J. Patel. Late Shri Vitthalbhai J. Patel is in real sense, a true leader who carried out the entire journey towards the vision of an educated society working towards development. The Charotar Education Society is stretched over 41acres of land surrounded by 4 campuses in which Kinder Garden to Post Graduation education is provided to the determined and needful students. The society runs P.T.C., B.ED., Arts, Commerce and Science degree Colleges. The institute also provides self finance courses in Science and Arts.

The institute has various other people who are associated with it since years. They are considered as the people who have witnessed positive changes and are the ones who have overcome all the struggle and difficulties to establish and enhance a huge institution for the development of the society.

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose: Historic Figure of India’s Freedom Struggle

Subhash Chandra Bose was born on 23 January, 1897 in the Cuttack city of the present day Odisha province in eastern India; then the Orissa Division of the Bengal province of British India. He belonged to an aristocratic Bengali family and his father was one of the most successful lawyers of Cuttack.

Netaji stood fourth in the prestigious Indian Civil Service (ICS) exams in the year 1919, which was quite tough to pass on the first trial. But he resigned from the coveted Indian Civil Service as he didn’t want to work in the alien British government and returned to India and became active in the freedom movement.

Netaji joined the Indian National Congress in 1921 and became on of the foremost leader of the radical youth wing of Congress. During this time period he was arrested by the British government and imprisoned. He was selected as the president of Congress for consecutive two terms in the year 1938 & 1939.

Slowly & gradually, Netaji got inclined towards the path of the armed struggle to flee India from the foreign rule and thus resigned Congress. Due to the tremendous public support gained by him in his freedom campaigns, the British government held him in house arrest in his Calcutta’s residence. However he was successful in escaping from the British watch and reached Germany via Afghanistan & Soviet Russia. During this entire struggle, Netaji was thinking on only a single though about how India could be made free from the clutches of the foreign British rule and started working intensively on the planning. During this time period, he married an Austrian girl named Emilie Schenkl. 

Netaji third from left with the leading team of INA
(Pic courtesy: www.frontline.in)

Netaji believed that in order to defeat the Britishers and make India a sovereign nation, the help of the anti-British nations; i.e. the Axis nations group of the Second World War comprising Germanys, Japan must be taken. His strategic skills, planning and leadership skills can be seen while negotiating with the Nazi Germany & Hitler as well as the Japanese administration and influencing them to help his cause to force the British forces to quit India. Thus, the respectful title of “Netaji” (leader) was bestowed upon him due to his unique leadership capability.

His step of the formation of the Azad Hind Fauj or the Indian National Army (INA) in the year 1943 in Singapore with the motive to make the motherland independent through aggressive armed struggle is one of the most significant aspects of the Indian freedom struggle. Through the aggressive operations carried out by the INA on the eastern front of the British India, Netaji was successful in shocking the roots of the British Empire in the subcontinent. In one of his famous speech made by him in Rangoon (present day Yangon) on 4 July 1944; he gave the famous inspirational slogan of “Tum Mujhe Khoon Do, Mein Tumhe Azadi Doonga” (Give me your blood, I will gift you independence). 

Much more can be discussed about Netaji. Shri Anup Dhar will throw light on various facts about Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose through detailed interaction on 7 July 2015 in Dheerajlal J Shah Town Hall; Anand. 

Space explored from the terrace of Charotar Education Society!

As the Charotar Education Society is celebrating its 100 years of its establishment, constant efforts are made that not a single aspect of development remains untouched during the process. So as a part of the centenary celebration, the program of star gazing was organized on 26 May 2015 at the BRD School of Bio Science Department, Bakrol.

In the presence of the chief guests Dr. Vinod N Patel (Professor at GCET College), Dr Nikhilbhai Patel (Jeevandeep Hospital) & Dr. M Natarajan (H.O.D, BRD School of Biosciences), more than 100 intellectual students & 200 parents participated in the progarmme with great enthusiasm under the expert guidance of Dr. Brijmohan Thakor and Dr. Brijeshbhai Parekh.

On seeing the active participation of the students who were standing in a queue in a disciplined manner for viewing the space from large telescope, the chairman of CES Mr. Nirav Patel and secretary Mr. Ketan Kumar Patel were impressed and happy that the motive of the all round development of the students is becoming a reality and appreciated the hard work & dedication of the employees of CES.

Such programmes of sky gazing will be regularly organized on monthly basis. The details of the programmes will be published on the prior dates in the newspapers. 

Diary of my Memories- Dr. Bharat Patel

"If you don’t get 100 Marks in Mathematics, you're not supposed to go home in vacations!"



As soon as the name of Vithal Kaka strikes the ears, we all become nostalgic and start remembering the days of our childhood. Vithal Kaka is still toady the symbol of inspiration for not only Charotar Education Society but for all the students who have studied in CES. Viththal Kaka focused on the overall development of the students along with their theoretical knowledge.

(Puja Vithal Kaka in front of the main building of DN High School)

He used to teach the students bicycle and encouraged them to take part in sports, used to take them to watch plays and also sent them outside to help the people. In this way, there are a number my childhood memories related to CES.

He used to take constant care about the health of the students and used to compulsorily feed us dates & ghee in the winter season. We were affectionately offered mango juice by Vithal Kaka & Ishwar Kaka and sometimes Leela Baa also used to feed us mango juice without their knowledge.

Vithal Kaka used to say that education is the base of the life and if we used to lack behind in our studies, he took strict action against it. I still remember when I got 99 marks out of 100 in mathematics, he ordered me to sit beneath the DN tower and threatened me that till I don’t achieve 100 marks in mathematics, I was no supposed to leave for my home in the vacations.

I want to give the credit of my success to Vithal Kaka and will be indebted to him my whole life.

મારી યાદોની ડાયરી - ડો. ભરત પટેલ

સો માર્ક ગણિતમાં નાં આવે ત્યાં સુધી વેકેશનમાં ઘરે જવાનું નથી 

વિઠ્ઠલ કાકા નામ પડતાજ યાદોમાં ખોવાઈ જવાય છે. અને બાળપણના દિવસો યાદ આવી જાય છે.વિઠ્ઠલ કાકા એ ખાલી ચરોતર એજ્યુકેશન સોસાયટી માટે જ નહિ પરંતુ ત્યાં ભણેલા તમામ લોકો માટે સીમાચિન્હરૂપ બની ગયા છે. તેઓ તેમાં ભણતા દરેક વિદ્યાર્થીનાં  ભણતર ઉપરજ નહિ પરંતુ સર્વાંગી વિકાસ ઉપર પણ ધ્યાન આપતા હતા.

(ડીએન હાઈસ્કુલ ના મુખ્ય બિલ્ડીંગ આગળ પૂજ્ય વિઠ્ઠલ કાકા)

છોકરાઓને સાયકલ શીખવાડી અને રમત ગમતમાં ભાગ લેતા કરવા,નાટકો જોવા લઇ જતા અને ક્યારેક બહારના લોકોને મદદ કરવા પણ મોકલતા. આમ વિદ્યાર્થી તરીકે મારી ઘણી યાદો ત્યાં સંકળાયેલી છે. 

વિદ્યાર્થીના આરોગ્ય ઉપર તેમનું પુરતું ધ્યાન રહેતું અને શિયાળાની ઋતુમાં તેઓ છોકરાઓને ખજુર અને ઘી ખાવાનો અત્યંત આગ્રહ કરતા. ઈશ્વર કાકા અને વિઠ્ઠલ કાકા કેરીનો રસ અમને ખુબ ભાવથી ખવડાવતા અને ઘણી વાર લીલા બા એમની જાન ભાર અમને રસ ખવડાવતા.

ભણતર એ જીવનનો પાયો છે એવું અમને  વિઠ્ઠલ કાકા કહેતા અને તેમાં જો અમે પાછા પડીએ તો અમને ચોક્કસ કડક શિક્ષા કરવામાં પાછા પડતા નહિ.જ્યારે મારા ગણિતના વિષયમાં 99માર્ક આવ્યા હતા ત્યારે મને ડીએનના ટાવર નીચે બેસાડી અને જ્યાં સુધી 100 માર્ક ના આવે ત્યાં સુધી વેકેશનમાં ઘરે જવું નહિ એવું કહેવામાં  આવતું હતું.

મારા જીવનની સફળતામાં હું વિઠ્ઠલ કાકાનો સો ટકા ફાળો ગણું છું અને આજીવન તેમનો ઋણી  છું.

ચરોતર એજુકેશન સોસાયટીનો વિદ્યાર્થી 

ડૉ. ભરત  જે.પટેલ