Dakshin Gujarat Adivasi Sevamandal

The government was reticent to take up the challenge until November 20, 1948, about a year after Independence, when a group of Gandhians and the Freedom Fighters Shri Kalyanji Mehta, Premshankar Bhatt, Jyotsanaben Shukla, Jugatram Dave, Urmillaben Bhatt (Kikiben) and Bhadur Patel visited the region, stopping first at Ahwa-Waghai to organize Dakshin Gujarat - Rani Pradesh Kalavani Mandal.

With just a table and chair, Urmillaben Bhatt began the work of serving the remote interior villages, establishing 200 People's Schools, first meeting outside, in the shade of the trees.

Mr. Premshankar Bhatt said that it was only through mutual cooperation and the peoples' blessing that the Institute was able to succeed, though a lot of hard work remained to be done to achieve its goal.

With on going help by Hari Om Ahsram Gujarat, Round Table Conference, Parle G and other individual donors, our Institute has been able to start renovation work, construction of new buildings and creating new infrastructure for the students.

The Patal School Building was opened by then Minister for MoRTH Shri Tushar Chaudari a Tribal Leader and son of late Ex.