With the blessing of Freedom Fighter Late. Dadasaheb Undalkar, Honorable Shri. Vilasrao Patil ( Kaka ) established Gramin Vikas Shikshan Santha to create well educated and cultured citizens in educationally & economically backward hilly area on 28th July 1966. Later the responsibility of Sanstha was shouldered by former Collector Late. Shri. Dinkarrao Patil upto 2004, now Hon. Shri Jaysingrao Patil (Bapu) looks after the affairs of the Sanstha

Name of Sanstha :

Gramin Vikas Shikshan Sanstha,
A/p. Undale, Tal. Karad.
Dist. Satara.

Aim :

To provide primary, secondary and higher education. To provide scientific, social, vocational, professional and physical education.

Objectives :

1. To make progress of society through education.
2. The sanstha and its other branches will not provide cast, religious or class-based education.
3. The Sanstha will follow the principles of simplicity and economy.
4. To provide hostel, foods, education and other related facilities to help the students of secondary and higher level.
5. To provide various loan facilities to the present students and to alumni.
6. To inculcate qualities like sympathy, pity, self respect, self-dependence and service.

Keeping before the above aims and objectives the Sanstha has established the vocational and technical sections to make educational development in rural area.

The Sanstha expansion is as follows.

In the beginning, sanstha established Swa. Dadasaheb Undalkar Vidyalaya, and there starts auspicious period for educational, social and economical development from 1980 sanstha started higher secondary faculties for Arts, Commerce, and Science and technical traders, for std. 8th to 10th .

For dynamic development of society and educational development of girls sanstha established “Hausai Kanya Shala” at Malkapur(Karad). With joining this highschool sanstah proposed occupational, vocational courses for girls in rural area. In best of this, sanstha started technical courses.

For backward class and economically backwards class students sanstha started ‘Swa. Shamrao Patil Boy’s Hostel, Undale on 14th June 1971, and supply them meal, clothing & books etc.

In 1990 sanstah established ‘Swa. Dadasaheb Undalkar Adhyapak Vidyalaya’ for creating sensitive dynamic and responsible teachers, for students of in accessible and hilly area sanstha started New English Schoole Yenape, in 1991 and New English School Jinti in 1995 as well as Ninaidevi highshcool Tulsan in 1997.

By considering the need of computer era, sanstah produce a model and modern computer lab ( containing 25 computers) in undale.

In this way from year 1966 Gramin Vikas Shikshan Sanstha changed education facilities in rural area. Sanstha have 11 secondary schools, a D.Ed. College, A English medium School as well as two hostels for exterior students.