Late Shri. Thakorbhai N. Desai (Dadaji)
Best Teacher Awardee by Maharashtra State Government
Nirmala Memorial Foundation was established in 1984. Late Shri Thakorbhai Desai founded the
Trust in the fond memory of his beloved wife Late Smt. Nirmala Desai. Shri Thakorbhai Desai was a
State Awardee for Best Teacher by the State Government of Maharashtra. Under his Chairmanship, the
Trust made its humble beginning with a Gujarati medium school in the slum pockets of Khot Dongri at
Malad (East).
- Nirmala Memorial High School - Malad (East)
- Nirmala Memorial Foundation Junior College of Commerce and Science - Kandivali (East)
- Nirmala Memorial Foundation College of Commerce and Science - Kandivali (East)
- Nirmala Memorial Foundation Junior College of Commerce and Smt. Shanti Devi Shukla
Junior College of Science - Malad (East)
- Nirmala Memorial Foundation College of Education - Kandivali (East)
- Nirmala College of Commerce - Malad East
- D. S. Shukla College of Commerce and Science - Kandivali (East)
- Nirmala English School - Kandivali (East)
- North Star International Academy - Wagholi, Pune
Within a short span of time, the school gained glory by achieving 100% results at the SSC
examination. Soon after that, there was no looking back for the institution. In the year 1999, Nirmala
Memorial Foundation Junior College of Commerce and Science started, followed by the Degree
college in the year 2003. Then there were a series of colleges and courses added under the banner of
Nirmala Memorial Foundation. Late Shri Thakorbhai Desai was ably supported by Director Smt.
Aruna Desai who has always been the strongest pillar in the development of various institutions under
this Trust. Today the Trust has grown from a small seed to a huge banyan tree with the English
medium school, Junior Colleges, Degree Colleges with various self-financing courses, skill
development courses and the B. Ed College. The vision of providing quality education to the
economically deprived children of the society has always been the main motto of the Trust. The same
legacy is carried forward by the young and dynamic Chairman Dr. Denis Desai along with the strong
support from the other Trustees. The Trustees are great educationists who understand the value of
education and believe in imparting it in the right way, so that the students benefit from it which leads
to their overall development. The Trust emphasizes on giving equal importance to academics along
with co-curricular, cultural and sports activities. The progressive, enlightened and dynamic
Management has been steering the institution in the right direction all along and extending unswerving
support to the committed teaching and non-teaching staff. This has resulted in the institution reaching
great heights.