Vinayak Lohani, the Founder of Parivaar, did B.Tech from Indian Institute of
Technology Kharagpur (2000) and MBA from Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
(2003). He did not appear for the placement process at IIM, and immediately
after his MBA, started Parivaar. The normal career-path of a mainstream
corporate career following degrees from two of the most prestigious institutes
in India ensures a highly lucrative future, but Vinayak Lohani sacrificed this
to work at the grassroots level.
He was inspired by the spiritual and humanistic ideals of Swami Vivekananda,
and with just 3 children in a small rented building with almost no financial
resources, Vinayak started Parivaar. As on March 2016, Parivaar’s Residential
Institution has 1337 resident children and is considered to be a model
institution for caretaking and overall development of children from destitute
backgrounds in a residential setting. It is also the largest free residential
institution for children from impoverished backgrounds in whole of West Bengal.
Parivaar is slated to reach a capacity of 2000 residential children by 2018 and
in next 10 years aims to become India’s largest residential institution for
children from impoverished backgrounds.
On Vinayak and Parivaar, many academic case-studies have been authored
dealing with grassroots Social Entrepreneurship and Organization-building. These
cases have been taught and discussed at various B-Schools in India. Best-selling
author Rashmi Bansal’s book ‘I have a Dream’ has an entire chapter on Vinayak
Lohani and the initial phase of Parivaar.
Source: http://parivaar.org/about/the-founder/
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