Vigyan Ashram, Pabal near Morachi Chincholi

One Day Trip Near Pune With Family


Pabal village is one of the important Jain pilgrimage center. The village is not only known for its religious importance it is famous for Vigyan Ashram also . Vigyan Ashram is situated at Pabal 70 kms from Pune city. The exact location is near Rajgurunagar on Pune Nasik highway and Shikrapur on Pune-Ahmednagar road.

This institute is a center of Indian Institute of Education (IIE) Pune. The vigyan Ashram is started by Dr.S.S. Kalbag in 1983. The philosophy of the Ashram is with 'simple living and high thinking'. They follow Gurukul system of teaching here. Vigyan Ashram is supported by Government funds and some private institutes also supporting them.

Vigyan Ashram facilitates developed many new technologies and works for innovations in information technology. They had started IBT courses in high schools. The first batch was started at Shri Bhairavnath Vidya Mandir, Pabal. In 2014, Vigyan Ashram IBT course is conducted in more than 100 schools in states of Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Karnataka. They not only helps people in developing the product but also helps people in learning the technology used in building any product.

Vigyan Ashram FABLAB is the first FABLAB in India in support from MIT USA Bits and Atoms. DBRT (Diploma in Basic Rural Technology) is also one of the important course offered by Vigyan Ashram. It is a one year residential course. The course is mainly focused on in skill development for school and college dropout students in rural areas. The course mainly offeres learning things by practically working on them . They learn methodology by doing the thing.

The students get to learn Agriculture, Electricals and motor rewinding, lathe machine, fabrication, welding, food processing. Out of these multiple skills, students gain mastery in their preferred area and interest and develop skills and work on them. Students provide community service using these skills and earn money during this course Vigyan Ashram FABLAB not only offer educational and vocational courses but it also helps in implementing new ideas developed by students. Next time you can visit Vigyan Ashram and Pabal Jain temple as a part f your weekend picnic, it will be recreation with learning experience.