Parivaar is a humanitarian organization inspired by the spiritual and humanistic ideals of Sri Ramakrishna and Swami Vivekananda, with its chief institutions based in West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh. For last 16 years, Parivaar has worked towards the total care and overall development of children who are highly vulnerable to exploitation, victimization and trafficking, including orphans, street children, abandoned children, and extremely impoverished children from tribal areas. It also conducts many more humanitarian activities for the destitute and uncared, including elderly and shelterless.
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Our mission and vision that enables us to give all children and young people have equitable access to a sustainable future.
Our mission is to bring about transformation in lives of humanity through earnest humanitarian work, and in particular change the lives of destitute and vulnerable children and youth through a loving and caring environment and benefits of long-term education, livelihood training, and hand-holding, creating the soil on which children can realize their full potential.
Our vision is to reach as many children and youth as possible throughout India and help transform their lives.
It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.
The inspiration behind Parivaar’s mission is the spiritual and humanistic teachings of Sri Ramakrishna and Swami Vivekananda. The central theme of Parivaar is Swami Vivekananda’s core teaching of ‘Divinity of Man’ and it is practically executed through ‘Shiva Jnane Jiva Seva’ (to serve the Divine in Man in a reverential spiritual attitude, in a spirit of worship) with core ideals being ‘Tyaga’ (sacrifice) and ‘Seva’ (service).Our vision is to reach as many children and youth as possible throughout India and help transform their lives.
core minds behind
This is why Vinayak founded Parivaar
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 pursue a life of humanitarian service.
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 of May 2020, Parivaar’s Residential Institutions has more than 2100 resident children and is considered to be a model institution for caretaking and overall development of children from destitute backgrounds in a residential setting.
Meet the Visionaries
Vinayak Lohani
Founder, Secretary & Chief
Kapil Bharadwaj
Seva Kutirs Coordinator
Siddharth Parmar
Chief Coordinator
Sandhya Nag
Campus Superintendent
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Key Supporters
We give children in poverty the tools they need to create brighter futures for themselves and their communities. We follow a structured approach which focuses on three key areas.
