About Our Founder & Director
Shiv Vidya Prabodhini is a registered public trust. It was formed by Shri. Vijay Kadam, Deputy Leader, Shiv Sena. Shri. Vijay Kadam is an alumnus of Mulund College of Commerce. He has then, been the University Representative. Mr. Kadam has been a member of the Senate at the University of Mumbai from the year 2000 to 2005. He was instrumental in starting a Centre for IAS coaching in the Kalina campus at University of Mumbai. Shri. Kadam has been undertaking a grand & a magnificent program of felicitation of the successful candidates from Maharashtra at the Civil Services exams, since 2001.
The successful candidates were felicitated by an illustrious dais comprising of Hon’ble Chief Minister of Maharashtra: Uddhav Thackeray, Lok Sabha speaker: Manohar Joshi, Union Cabinet Minister: Anant Gite, Leader of Opposition in the Legislature, serving and retired Secretaries to the Government of Maharashtra and the Government of India, Director General of Police, Dy. High Commissioner in Indian Embassies, Commissioners of Income Tax, vice-chancellor and the likes.
Shri. Kadam has been providing free accommodation since 2005, in Delhi to 200 + students every year from Maharashtra, for the Personality Test of the UPSC. In addition to this, he has been arranging for the free of cost accommodations in Mumbai to the students appearing for Civil Service Mains exams, from all over Maharashtra.
Shri. Vijay Kadam has successfully, offered and provided FREE OF COST resident coaching for students appearing for Civil Services Mains: 2013. This facility was availed by 100 + students, who appeared for the Mains in Mumbai. Continuing with the consistent efforts and on the basis of students’ insistence, Shri. Kadam decided to take a big leap and provide for a FREE COACHING to all the candidates from Maharashtra.
The underlying aim of all the endeavours by Mr. Vijay Kadam is to increase the number of candidates from Maharashtra in the top echelons of All India Services and Civil Services: A feat, not yet prominently scaled by the leading State of the Nation, Maharashtra.
Jai Hind! Jai Maharashtra!
Preparation at SVPIAS is simply a collection of memories with self-absorption and therein lies the power & reason for our existence!!!