Vidnyan Vahini is an NGO with the aim to spread the awareness of science in rural school children in Maharashtra and all over India. Vidnyan Vahini offers them a means of learning science through Mobile Science Laboratory having all the necessary apparatus to perform school level experiments.
Vidnyan Vahini has traveled more than 6000Km till date and has reached the North-east part of India. Vidnyan Vahini is a brain child of 2 NRIs from USA Pushpa and Dr. Madhukar Deshpande. They made a group of people having various backgrounds. Some of them were retired teachers or professors.Some of them were scientists and engineers. The common thread was they all were interested in teaching science. This group was named 'The Dialogue and Action Group (DAG)'. These DAG members are all more than 60 years old but young at heart. Their single aim is to teach rural children to develop skills in performing experiments and think rationally.