Servants of India Society
Kartavya Desk Staff
Source: HT
Context: The Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (GIPE) has demanded the appointment of a neutral administrator for the Servants of India Society (SIS), citing alleged financial mismanagement.
About Servants of India Society:
• What is SIS? The Servants of India Society (SIS) is a historic socio-political organisation committed to public service, civic engagement, and national education. It aimed to build a cadre of selfless leaders devoted to the upliftment of India.
• The Servants of India Society (SIS) is a historic socio-political organisation committed to public service, civic engagement, and national education. It aimed to build a cadre of selfless leaders devoted to the upliftment of India.
• Established on: June 12, 1905 (2025 marks its 120th Anniversary as well)
• Place: Pune, Maharashtra
• Founders: Gopal Krishna Gokhale, G.K. Devadhar, A.V. Patwardhan, N.A. Dravid
• Objectives: Train individuals for public service in a religious and nationalistic spirit. Promote education, civic duty, and political awareness through constitutional means. Encourage youth engagement in national development.
• Train individuals for public service in a religious and nationalistic spirit.
• Promote education, civic duty, and political awareness through constitutional means.
• Encourage youth engagement in national development.
• Activities in Pre-Independence Era: Played a pivotal role in India’s freedom movement through political education. Produced leaders like V.S. Srinivasa Sastri, Hriday Nath Kunzru, A.V. Thakkar. Gokhale mentored Gandhi and also funded Sabarmati Ashram’s setup. Advocated constitutional reforms, social service, and nation-first ethics.
• Played a pivotal role in India’s freedom movement through political education.
• Produced leaders like V.S. Srinivasa Sastri, Hriday Nath Kunzru, A.V. Thakkar.
• Gokhale mentored Gandhi and also funded Sabarmati Ashram’s setup.
• Advocated constitutional reforms, social service, and nation-first ethics.
• Post-Independence Contributions: Expanded focus to education, women’s rights, rural upliftment, and disaster relief. Operates schools, rural development programs, and child welfare initiatives. Promotes sustainable agriculture, clean water access, and healthcare camps. Stands for gender justice, fighting child marriage, widow discrimination, and inheritance inequality. Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, a UGC-affiliated body founded under Servants of India Society.
• Expanded focus to education, women’s rights, rural upliftment, and disaster relief.
• Operates schools, rural development programs, and child welfare initiatives.
• Promotes sustainable agriculture, clean water access, and healthcare camps.
• Stands for gender justice, fighting child marriage, widow discrimination, and inheritance inequality.
• Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, a UGC-affiliated body founded under Servants of India Society.