Located in Uttar Pradesh India, JKP Education,provides 100% free education, from kindergarten to postgraduate studies, to more than 5,000 girls living in impoverished rural areas.

With 430 million children in India, every 6^th child in the world originates from India.Unfortunately, girls in India are robbed of an education on account of poverty even today. School dropout rate in India among adolescent girls is as high as 63.5%.

For a small rural town like Kunda in UP, educating girls is not a priority for most families who are already struggling to meet the basic daily needs of food, roof and clothing for their family members.

Recognizing this need, Jagadguru Kripalu Parishat established three educational institutions in this rural town of Uttar Pradesh.

1. Kripalu Balika Primary School (Pre-School to Grade 5)
2. Kripalu Balika Intermediate College (Grade 6 to 12)
3. Kripalu Mahila Mahavidyalay (Under and Post Graduate College)

These 3 institutions not only provide free education, but also provide free summer and winter uniforms, books, bicycles, umbrellas, etc, to ensure that any obstacles to their education induced by poverty is removed.

JKP Education’s President, Vishaka Tripathi, accepted the prestigious award in Delhi on April 19, 2014 from a member of Indian Parliament and former Minister of State of Home Affairs, Shripad Yesso Naik.

“Our aim is to remove any obstacle to the girl’s education that is likely to be induced by poverty”, said Vishaka Tripathi.

G.S. Sachdeva, General Secretary of the Economic Growth Society of India, commented, “These awards have been instituted with the goal of honoring individuals and organizations that have made selfless contribution towards the growth of India”.

The efforts of JKP Education have been recognized in the past as well. It has received Rajiv Gandhi Global Excellence Award (May, 2013), Naari Today Award of Jagran group (May, 2013), and Mother Teresa Excellence Award (September, 2013).