Seth Gyaniram Bansidhar Podar College

Run by the Anandilal Podar Trust, Seth Gyaniram Bansidhar Podar College, Nawalgarh is one of the premier educational institutions in the Shekhawati region. The college has grown from a Brahmcharyashram established in 1921. Before the formation of university of Rajasthan, the college had been affiliated to Agra University. It has been a rare honour for the college to have Mahatma Gandhi as the first Chairman Trustee. It needs to be mentioned here that the Trust came into being as the result of a benevolent donation by Shri Anandilalji Podar for the uplift of education in the region. Our Present Chairman (since 1989) Shri Kantikumar R. Podar is a very dynamic and nationally and internationally well known person. He has been Chairman / President of 15 important Trade & Industrial bodies, many of which are of national nature and character. He has headed institutions like FICCI (Apex trade body of trade & industry in India) Indian cotton Mills Federation, All India organization of Employers, Indian Merchant Association Chamber of Economic & Scientific Research Foundation. At the behest of Government of India, he formed the SAARC Chamber of commerce and industries. He was the president of the Chamber. He has been on senate of University of Bombay for six years. He has brought new life and culture to Nawalgarh institutions, which have almost doubled, under his leadership. The College has the distinction of being the first UG and the first PG College in the erstwhile State of Jaipur. The College is an important part of the chain of Institutions running under the Trust, the main objective of which has been to provide education. To give a concrete shape to this objective, the Trust has established various educational, management, medical and technical institutions. These institutions, numbering over 50, are presently imparting education to thousands of students.