INTRODUCTION :
Maharani Shantadevi Gaikwad Grihashastra
Shikshan Sanstha is a voluntary organization. The organization is registered
with charitable commissioner’s office at Kolhapur in the state of
Maharashtra, with registration No. as KE-102 dt. 28/02/1955. It is also
registered with Income-Tax department u/s 12A.
The organization was
established during the year 1955 in the city of Kolhapur, in the state of
Maharashtra in the memory of Maharani Shantadevi Gaikwad, belonging to the
Giakwad empire of Baroda. She always advocated education for women & girls.
She firmly believed that if the independent India is to be developed in all
the spheres of life then first & foremost priority must be given to
education. She was of the view that there is one common factor in case of
developed world, that their major part of population is educated. Hence, due
to her vision & her patronage to the organisation, the institution was named
after her.
The main objects for
the organization are to impart vocational, practical & all types of
education to women & girls, to promote cultural & sports education amongst
women & girls. To improve living standards of women in rural & urban area of
the country & to take all the actions for their overall development.