On July 30, 2024, the BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha launched the Become Adarsh program for students in Bhavnagar District schools. The event was attended by over 1,500 teachers and principals from schools across the district.

The program was inaugurated with a lamp-lighting ceremony in the presence of Bhavnagar District Education Officer, Shri Hitendrasinh Padhiar; District Primary Education Officer, Shri Kamleshbhai Patel; Chairman of the Nagar Prathmik Shikshan Samiti, Shri Nikunjbhai Trivedi; Shashnadhikari, Shri Munjalbhai Badmalia; and senior swamis from BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir, Bhavnagar.

The initiative aims to instill values and provide value-based education to students. Through the Become Adarsh mobile application, inspirational videos will be made available to all schools. Attendees were guided on how this initiative by BAPS will contribute to the moral and character development of children.

Pujya Shrijikirtan Swami from BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir, Sarangpur, delivered an insightful discourse on the topic “Sa Vidya Ya Vimuktaye (A True Education is that which Liberates).”

The program concluded with the national anthem, and principals pledged to take a step forward toward building a brighter future for India.