About
History
Kulapati Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi founded the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan a full decade before the advent of Independence, on November 7, 1938, as an ‘Adventure in Faith’. A faith in India’s Past, Present and Future. The founding father was known for being the most popular Gujarati writer, statesman, politician, freedom fighter and an educationalist.
The founding of Bhavan’s was based on the idea of preservation and propagation of Bharatiya Sanskriti (Indian culture) and Sanskrit, the mother of languages, the akshaya patra – the inexhaustible reservoir. Over the years from being a modest Indological research institution, it has steadily grown into a comprehensive, co-operative, apolitical, national movement with an international outlook. It seeks to inculcate a value-based life. The promotion of ethical and spiritual values in everything that it does.
BVB established Rajendra Prasad Institute Of Communication And Management (RPI) in 1961 at Mumbai as a part of Bhavan’s pioneering effort to promote non-formal education in modern professional subjects. Today RPI oversees examinations and other academic administrative matters in 29 of its constituent and affiliated colleges.
The main objectives of RPI are: • To equip the candidates with the latest available knowledge, pertaining to their chosen discipline; • To impart adequate professional knowledge and skills, so as to enable them to take up careers in their respective fields of specialisation.
The students possessing the first degree of any recognized University or Institution recognized by the University Grants Commission are eligible for admission to the various programmes organised by RPI.
Some of the Postgraduate Programmes have been recognized by the Central Government, many State Governments and a few Universities. Students passing the Post-Graduate Programmes in Mass Communication from Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Rajendra Prasad Institute of Communication & Management are treated as equivalent to Post-Graduate Diploma in Mass Communication of Guru Jambheshwar University, Hissar.
Aims & Objectives
To create effective and good leaders, managers, and professionals, mainly in management and communication fields, as well as in other disciplines.
Awards & Recognition
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan is one of Indias foremost and leading educational organisations, recognised as an Educational Institution of National Eminence by the Government of India.
Awards & Recognition
Recipient of the prestigious Gandhi Peace Prize in 2002 by the President of India for its significant contribution towards education and promotion of peace and harmony among all faiths and communities.
Director's message:
RPICM stands as a testimony to Kulapati Dr. Munshi’s commitment to shape students, professionals and managers in an Indian context. He believed that apart from leadership, managerial skills, teamwork, motivation and professional skills, they are also expected to have a human approach to problems.
He also believed that without knowing one’s own country, its great women and men and without knowing the contribution made by them, just learning about the present day, may not have any relevance. Therefore, the professionals coming out of Bhavan’s constituent and affiliated colleges should have a special trait, stamp, and quality.
He strongly believed that no country can progress and prosper, unless it is founded and anchored in its heritage and values contributed and sustained by generation of its people. And he saw this even before globalisation made it imminent.
From 1961, this Institute has been evolving to take on the challenges that the modern times present to any educational institute. COVID-19 did bring us to a grinding halt. But we started work with increased zeal to translate Munshiji’s vision into action, for the 21st century. Re-inventing the legacy courses, developing new syllabi and imagining new courses for the future generations is how we are evolving into a future ready institute.
We have developed Standard Operating Procedures (SoPs) for the affiliate institutes and centres, planned extensive online support for the students and pooling of subject experts from across the country and many more initiatives have been planned. These steps will help us to serve more students across the country.
We will always strive to serve students and working professionals alike. This, while ensuring that they can pursue courses offered by RPICM at a time and convenience, that doesn’t collide with their work timings. Students get a chance to acquire some skills even while they are pursuing graduate studies. Very soon, we are going to make available blended and hybrid mode courses for students who can’t attend classes regularly or want to join us online
- Shyam Parekh
Alumni
Bhavan’s HBICM has its own social networking through Alumni Association of the past students who have been inspired, trained and placed in organisations and industries across the country. The students of Bhavan’s RPICM, by default, become a part of the Alumni Association and can take the benefit of the acquaintance for finding opportunities in industries for better placements. Moreover, the Alumni Associations in different centres arrange several cultural functions that members get access to.
