Inspiration
Shri Pandharinath Vidya Vikas Mandal was founded in 1982 in the remote tribal village Pokhari, near Bhimashankar. At that time, the nearby village, Jambhori had only one school, which offered education up to the 7th grade. This left many students, particularly girls, with limited options for higher education, as there were no institutions available for them to continue their studies. Recognizing this significant gap, Krushna Kengale Gurujee, the then-principal of Jambhori Primary School, proposed the idea of starting a high school in Pokhari to the villagers.