About Us

Who We Are

Vidyalankar Group is a leading education organisation committed to preparing students for some of India’s most competitive entrance examinations. With a strong academic legacy and a student-first philosophy, we have helped lakhs of learners realise their academic and career aspirations.

Our work spans classroom coaching, academic publishing, and digital learning solutions, supported by dedicated academic, operational, and support teams across multiple centres.

Our Purpose

💡 Vision

Through education, transform lives of individuals by helping them achieve their career goals.

🚀 Mission

Offer high-quality learning programs by

Delivering on rigorous content
Best in class faculty &
Engaging user experiences in a personalized manner

Our Values

Students first

We exist to serve our students. While we do pay attention to competitors, we firmly believe that leadership will be achieved and sustained by obsessing over students, not competitors. Every business decision made must be for the benefit of our students.

Demand excellence

We set the highest standards for ourselves – even if it seems unreasonable, even if it is exhausting. This often means being data driven, paying attention to the details and actively seeking criticism to improve our work and ourselves.

Fail fast, learn faster

We have a bias for action and believe in intelligent risk taking. Most decisions can be reversed if they turn out to be sub optimal. We also learn from experience and have an aversion to making the same mistake twice.

Be curious

Curiosity enables us to dig deep into challenges. It also prevents us from stagnating as it pushes us to think about why things are the way they are and drives us to improve on them.

Think big, think long term

We will not rest till we positively impact the lives of each individual. For this, we must think of solutions that scale and solutions that deliver value in the long term.

Employee engagement

Our employees are our greatest strength. We hire and develop them smartly. We train people regularly, push them to do great work and support them relentlessly to help them achieve their professional goals.

Our Culture & Ways of Working

We foster a professional, respectful, and performance-driven work culture.

Strong focus on accountability and outcomes
Continuous learning and upskilling opportunities
Engagement activities, recognition, and wellness initiatives
Collaboration across centres and teams, supported by digital tools

We recognise that our work environment directly impacts student outcomes, and we strive to make it supportive and growth oriented.

Code of Conduct

We expect all employees to uphold:

Professional behaviour and ethical conduct
Respect, inclusion, and dignity at the workplace
Confidentiality of student and organisational information
Compliance with internal policies and applicable laws

Detailed policies are available in the HR sections of the intranet.

Our Companies:

Vidyalankar Classes provides training for several competitive entrance and university exams. The company trains over 20,000 students each year through its various programs.

AdmitAbroad provides services for students who wish to study abroad. It offers GRE, SAT, TOEFL/IELTS coaching with admissions consulting services.

VIIE offers twinning programs with universities abroad for bachelor’s and master’s degree in science.

Started in 1999, VIT offers degrees in engineering and management for bachelor’s & master’s.

VP offers diploma courses to students post Std. 10th.

VSIT offers degree courses in B.SC. IT, BMM & Commerce.

Vidyalankar School of Business offers PGDM, Executive PGDM, and Post Graduate Certificate programs in management with multiple industry-focused specialisations.

Leadership Team at Vidyalankar:

Mr. Vishwas Deshpande

Managing Director, Vidyalankar Classes and Publications

Managing Trustee, Vidyalankar Dnyanapeeth Trust

Mr. Vishwas Deshpande has been a thorough student of Vidyalankar and like his father has been a merit holder all his academic life. He secured a high merit rank in his H.S.C exam and was first in the merit list of engineering admissions of V.J.T.I. After his B.E from V.J.T.I., he went to Maryland College Park, U.S.A to pursue his M.S and returned to India, armed with a youthful vision and passion like his father.

Ms. Rashmi Deshpande

Chairperson, Vidyalankar Dnyanapeeth Trust

Ms. Rashmi Deshpande, daughter of C.S Deshpande, has also been instrumental to the progress of Vidyalankar. After her M.Sc. from Mumbai University, she went to U.S.A for higher education and completed her M.B.A. She then returned in 1996 and took over the management and PG division at Vidyalankar.

Mr. Avinash Chatorikar

Director, Vidyalankar Classes and Publications

Secretary, Vidyalankar Dnyanapeeth Trust

Mr. Avinash Chatorikar, after completing his B. Tech from U.D.C.T. in 1987 went on to do his M. Tech from I.I.T, Mumbai. Passionate about studying further, he completed his M.S in Chemical Engineering from Oklahoma State University, U.S.A. After returning to India, he chose to join the institute as a partner.

Mrs. Namrata Deshpande

Director, Vidyalankar Classes and Publications

Trustee, Vidyalankar Dnyanapeeth Trust

Mrs. Namrata Deshpande, wife of Vishwas Deshpande, also joined the family business and helped developing it further. Namrata has done her M.M.S from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Mgmt. Studies, Mumbai and has joined the administration of Vidyalankar group, as a fulltime partner.

Mr. Ameya Gharpure

Director, AdmitAbroad

Mr. Ameya Gharpure, son of Ms. Rashmi Deshpande, completed his graduation in Computer Engineering from Mumbai University.

With an aspiration to gain international exposure and advanced management knowledge, he pursued his M.B.A from the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Canada.

In 2019, he established AdmitAbroad, an organization dedicated to assisting students in realizing their aspirations of studying abroad.

Ms. Aditi Subhedar

HR Manager, Vidyalankar Group

Ms. Aditi Subhedar, wife of Mr. Ameya Gharpure, joined the Vidyalankar Group and has been contributing to the organization through her role in Human Resources. She has completed her bachelor’s degree from the University of Mumbai and holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Human Resources from Symbiosis International University.

She brings with her prior corporate experience from Genpact, and is associated with the Vidyalankar Group, where she supports HR operations, recruitment & people development initiatives.