The story begins 49 years back; it was the period of darkness, total darkness. Emergency was promulgated all over country. Fundamental rights were suspended. Political leaders of every stature were pushed behind bars. No appeal no revision. Complete silence was on the face of millions of people.

Few responsible persons of the small town of Ganj Basoda in Vidisha district of Madhya Pradesh were restless over this sad situation. They were thinking over the fate, about the cause and ways to come out of situation. After long discussions and lengthy restless nights, they came to the conclusion, that this pity condition was only due to wide spread illiteracy. They never stopped at this point and started thinking about abolishing this shameless condition. Finally, it was decided to start a regular school with quality education at cheaper rates. Thus, Navankur Vidyapeeth was born.

The Kriyasheel Pragati Parishad, is the mother organization of chain of school named Navankur. On 26th August 1977, the Parishad registered by Registrar of Societies M.P. Vide registration number 5836. In July 1978, Navankur Vidyapeeth was started in a small rented hut.

Founder members the stalwarts, to whom credit go to initiate the organization are:-

• Mr. Ramesh Kumar Vyas
• Mr. Hajrat Singh Suryavanshi
• Mr. Bhagirathji Soni
• Mr. Deepak Kumar Fadnees
• Mr. Shrikrishan Yadav
• Mr. Janki Prasad Vyas

But mere registration was not enough, real task was to establish and nourish a good quality educational institute in such a small place. It was not an easy task. It had so many limitations such as- finance, men power, competency in local people, historical, geographical, cultural limitations, egos ambitions of friends and envy of the next neighbours, hundreds of limitations were there, to resolve all these hurdles, full commitment and selflessness was first precondition. Firm but polite attitude and enough boldness in taking swift actions was the need of the hour. For this purpose, a team of following dynamic & dashing youth was there, to work day & night.

• Mr. Vijay Shirdhonkar
• Late. Mr Jamuna Prasad Chaurasia [colonel Saheb]
• Mr. Anil Yadav
• Mr. Neelkamal Verma
• Mr. Ram Narayan Chaturvedi
• Mr. N.P.Sharma
• Mr. Munna Lal Agrawal
• Mr. Prem Narayan Agrawal
• Mr. Shailendra Kumar Dikshit
• Mr. Prem Narayan Sen

This team worked hard, devoted days without pause and nights without sleep, the only dream was to develop a unique quality institute, which was gradually coming up. The flower started blooming, the dawn has appeared.

Today, The Navankur has completed 47 years. The infancy passes through teething troubles, the teen faces problems of hesitation, uncertainty & trouble in selecting proper targets, but a youth of 30, is always full of dreams, full of ambitions and for him sky is the limit, so as Navankur of today, dreaming day & night, but certainly it is not a day dreamer. It knows its limits, traditions and its customs.

The stalwarts of yesterday have shouldered off all the responsibilities and powers to upcoming generation. Now they are in parental role. The new team is comprised of all the youth of capacity, competency, spotless characters & a positive vision. Present executive body is having:

• Dr. R. K. Chaugaonkar (President)
• Mr. Shailendra Kumar Dixit (Vice-President)
• Mr. Ramesh Kumar Sharma (Secretary)
• Mr. Pahalwan Singh Rajpoot (Treasurer)
• Mr. Keshav Lahori (Joint-Secretary)
• Smt. Meenakshi Jain (Member)
• Mr. Sandeep Rawat (Member)

• Ramesh kumar Vyas

  He is the founder and initial pacemaker, who is full of strong Nationalism and spirit of high human values. He is Ramesh Kumar Vyas who built the traditions of ancient Indian culture & customs, in the early days of Navankur. But unfortunately he could not serve the organization for a longer period.

• Dr. Vijay Shirdhonkar

  He is the maker of modern Navankur. A qualified medico, having very good medical practice at time, which he sacrificed and devoted his life to establish the organization. He had been chairman since 30 years. He is such a person, whose name is synonymous to Navankur. He has devoted his all the golden days of life for the cause of Navankur. Today whatever Navankur is, it is all his dreams, imaginations and vision. His contribution towards all around development of the organization is unforgettable.

• Mr. Shailendra Kumar Dixit

  He is well-known person at Ganj Basoda. He has been serving here since last 37 years. His passion, discipline, sincerity, devotion to Navankur & positivity is remarkable and inspiring.Truely, he has shaped the dreams of Dr. Vijay Shirdhonkar at Navankur.

  Moreover, innovation with hardwork is his style of working. Whether it is teaching or administration or to manage any activity, his skill reflects in success of Navankur. He is only the person who witnesses the whole journey of Navankur from Jhopdi to hats off Building.

  It is usually said that half of the Bosodian - youth is taught by him.

• Shri N.P. Sharma

  A banker by profession, after coming in touch of Dr. Shirdhonkar, in late seventies, along with Munnabhaiya, a close friend of him, joined the organization as simple supporter of the concept. But soon after, with his commitment and utter thrust for voluntarism, rose to the post of secretary and became right hand of Dr. Shirdhonkar.

• Mr. Munnalal Agarwal

  Silence is the language of him, a man of trust and confidence. He joined the organization with Mr.N.P.Sharma in late seventies. With clear bona fides, he was treasurer for about 25 years.

• Other Honourable Personalities

  When the struggle started, hundreds of persons rose their voice in favour, hundreds of hands joined together and salute the mission, it is impossible to list the names of all, but few of them deserve special mention – Mr. Ramesh Sharma, Mr. Pahalwan Singh Rajput, Mr. Keshav Lahori, Miss Aruna Sharma and many more.

• To provide quality education to the students of deprived class on very reasonable charges.
• To provide basic knowledge of Indian culture, Indian heritage & Indian customs.
• To empower the students in selecting appropriate careers by using power of self assessment.
• To provide trainings in personality development, self determinations and inculcate confidence to deal day-to-day problems of life with full enthusiasm.
• To harvest sense of social commitment.

Navankur is situated in the center of city having excellent infrastructure. Class-rooms, Laboratories, Library, Computer-rooms, Staff-rooms, Record-rooms, and Office-chambers etc. are fully equipped and well- furnished.