The story of PJF starts with a feeling of gratitude and a strong urge to make a difference. Founder Ravi Sharma who, always extended a helping hand in the studies of needy families that came into his contact, felt an urge to improve nation’s education system in a more organized manner and under a proper forum. Consequently Prama Jyoti Foundation was formed and registered as a Trust in September 2009.
Since its inception nine years ago, PJF have adopted schools and upgraded those in an organized way to bring them at par with any other good school of the country. Apart from this they are running improvement classes for English speaking and other soft skills in government schools to enhance the confidence of these children and prepare them for higher studies and job market.
Believing strongly that appreciation is a tool which brings out the best amongst all human beings, PJF gives out several excellence awards for deserving students and individuals to motivate them and inspire others to follow their example.
Time Line
2009 Announcement of awards to appreciate and inspire meritorious students of IIT Roorkee as the first initiative of PJF.
2010 Launched Excellence awards for students who did well in the fields of Sports, photography and other creative fields. Later on 20 annual travel grants were also added for IIT Roorkee students.
2011 Adopted its first two Government schools at Chakia (Utter Pradesh)
2011 Adopted Montessori School Nagina (Utter Pradesh)
2012 Adopted Queens College Varanasi (Utter Pradesh)
2012 Adopted Government Inter College Barabanki (Utter Pradesh)
2013 Started evening classes for slum children of South Delhi.
2011
PRIMARY SCHOOL IN CHAKIA, U.P.
2011
MONTESSORI SCHOOL NAGINA, U.P.
2012
QUEENS COLLEGE VARANASI, U.P.
2012
GOVERNMENT INTER COLLEGE BARABANKI. U. P.
2012
ANUSHRUTI, IIT ROORKEE
2013
EVENING CLASSES FOR SLUM CHILDREN OF SOUTH DELHI
2014 Celebrating life memorial awards for top achievers of IIT Roorkee.
2015 PJF launched it’s first music album with the title ‘Moonlight Whispers’ under the banner of Times Music. The album has ten songs written by Ravi Sharma, which are sung by noted playback singers Udit Narayan, Rekha Bhardwaj, Javed Ali etc.
All proceeds from the sale of Album will go to Prama Jyoti Foundation to help achieve it’s aims and objectives.
FAMOUS PLAYBACK SINGER JAVED ALI, VIVEK PRAKASH AND RAVI SHARMA AT ALBUM LAUNCH
FAMOUS PLAYBACK SINGER UDIT NARAYAN, VIVEK PRAKASH AND RAVI SHARMA AT ALBUM LAUNCH
FAMOUS PLAYBACK SINGER REKHA BHARDWAJ WITH RAVI SHARMA AT ALBUM LAUNCH
RAVI SHARMA’S MESSAGE AT THE LAUNCH OF ‘MOONLIGHT WHISPERS’
FEW WORDS FROM SRI ANUP JALOTA JI AT LAUNCH OF THE ALBUM
THE PJF PRAYER, A SOULFUL SONG FROM THE ALBUM, MOONLIGHT WHISPERS
2016 Started free for all ambulance service in Orissa.
2017 Launched Project Nikhaar which imparts improvement classes for English language in Government and other schools where medium of studies is vernacular languages.
Concurrently Prama Jyoti Foundation has been involved in various other activities like Distribution of drinking water, food, medicines etc. to people in distress. Evening classes for Delhi slum kids.
Some of the above projects have been wound up and the total focus is shifted to spreading Education and Goodness.
2018 PJF is initiating two new projects; Aangans and Goodness awards.
Registration
Prama Jyoti foundation is registered as a Trust under Indian Trusts Act.
Certifications
We are a 12A registered trust with section 80(G) status of income tax act and we are also eligible to receive foreign funding via the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act.
PJF follows all financial regulations set forth for non-profits by the Government of India, and is audited annually.