Dr Dada Vaidya College of Education

Goa Vidyaprasarak Mandal (GVM)

GVM was founded by visionaries like Dr. Dada Vaidya, Shri Sitaram Kerkar and Shri Vinayak Sarjyotishi in the year 1911. The intention of the founders was not merely to impart formal education for white collared jobs but to bring up the future generation of Goans who would be proud of our our rich and varied cultural heritage and who would, with confidence, shoulder responsibilities in the task of nation-building.
There are more than 350 members of the teaching and non-teaching staff working in the institutions of the Mandal. There are over 7500 students under the Institutions of the Management

Institutions of the Mandal

Name	Year
A. J. de Almeida High School, Ponda	1911
Rajamata Padmavati Raje Soundekar High School , Bandora	1962
Krishna Raghunath Shetye Savaikar High School , Savoiverem Ponda	1964
Pragati Vidyalaya, Borim Ponda	1965
Matoshri Indirabai B. Khandeparkar High School , Khandepar, Ponda	1965
Primary & K.G. School (Marathi and English sections), Ponda	1975
Smt. Nelly J. Aguiar Higher Secondary School, Ponda	1975
Shri G.G. Poy Raiturcar College of Commerce & Economics, Ponda	1986
College of Education Ponda Department of Extension Services IGNOU Study Centre	1993 1995 2003

Functionaries of the Mandal

The Mandal is a democratically run organisation which has a General Body of over 350 members which elect a Working Committee for a period of 3 years.

The current functionaries of the Working Committee are:

Shri B.K. Khandeparkar	Chairman
Dr. R.A. D'Costa	Vice Chairman
Shri Jaiwant Priolkar	Treasurer
Shri Deepak Gaonkar	Secretary
Shri Sandeep Dhawalikar	Member

The current functionaries of the General Body are:

Shri Mahesh Shetye	President
Dr. Nitish Kerkar	Secretary
Shri Rajan Nadkarni	Secretary
Dr. Dattaram Desai	Sub. President