Established in 2008 · Section 8 Company (Companies Act 1956)

The SGR Knowledge Foundation is the cornerstone of Mr. Raisoni's philanthropic vision. Aligned with the Raisoni Education' mission, the foundation works with a singular philosophy: to make the world a better place to live in through sustainable development in Education, Environment, and Health.

What began as a modest effort to support the underserved has grown into a comprehensive social impact engine, running 25+ initiatives that have benefited over 500,000 individuals across Central India and beyond.

Core Focus Areas

Education

Removing barriers and creating opportunities for deserving students

Health

Bringing quality healthcare to the doorstep of rural communities

Environment

Promoting sustainability and ecological consciousness

Women Empowerment

Creating pathways for independence and dignity

Skill Development

Equipping youth with employability skills for the modern economy

Initiatives

Social Initiative


AmrutDhara

Sunil Raisoni
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AmrutDhara is a community-driven social impact initiative dedicated to enhancing public welfare by providing access to clean drinking water. Founded on the simple belief of giving back to society, the project installs water coolers across high-footfall locations in Nagpur, Jalgaon, and Pune. By targeting parks and community spaces, we aim to improve daily comfort for the public. As we move into Phase II, our focus is on sustainable maintenance and stronger community outreach.

  • Clean Water Access: Installing water coolers in strategic, high-footfall public areas to ensure safe drinking water for all.
  • Current Reach: Actively operating across key cities including Nagpur, Jalgaon, and Pune.
  • Phase II Focus: Shifting from expansion to structured implementation with an emphasis on sustainable maintenance.
  • Core Mission: Building partnerships and fostering collective responsibility to create healthier, more comfortable public spaces.

Education Initiative


Orange City Literature Festival (OCLF)

Sunil Raisoni
Where Words Come Alive

In 2019, Mr. Raisoni initiated the first multilingual literature festival in Nagpur. OCLF has since become a landmark cultural event, featuring

  • Presentations and readings by authors
  • Panel discussions with literary luminaries
  • Poetry recitals and storytelling sessions
  • Workshops for aspiring writers
  • Celebrations of regional and national literature

75+ National and International speakers from diverse literary backgrounds have graced the festival, making Nagpur a vibrant hub for literary discourse.

Raisoni Scholarships

Sunil Raisoni
A Pan-India Initiative for the Underprivileged

Launched in association with Scholfin Technologies Pvt Ltd, this annual scholarship program reaches students across India without any reservation-based discrimination. The only criteria: being deprived and deserving.

Scholarship Beneficiaries Amount per Student
Sadabai Raisoni Scholarship 50 Girls ₹10,000
G H Raisoni Scholarship 50 Boys ₹10,000

Eligibility: Simple, transparent criteria focused on genuine need and academic potential.

Achiever's Award

Sunil Raisoni
Celebrating Excellence, Inspiring Thousands

The RGI Achiever's Award was established to felicitate the hard work and persistence of meritorious students from State Board and CBSE examinations.

Recognition: Achiever's Gold Medal and cash prize

Frequency: Annual

Eligibility: Students securing exceptional marks in SSC & HSC examinations

Kautuk Sohala

Sunil Raisoni

In association with Sakal Group, SGRKF organizes Kautuk Sohala to felicitate students who have secured more than 80% marks in SSC & HSC examinations. Parents attend alongside their wards, making it a celebration of family effort and student achievement.

Locations: Nagpur, Ahmednagar, Jamdaon, Pune, Amravati, Wardha, Akola, Yavatmal, Chandrapur

Adopt a Student - AaS

Sunil Raisoni
Transforming Potential into Promise

The AaS program identifies deserving students from rural and underprivileged backgrounds and provides them with comprehensive academic and financial support.

What We Provide:
  • Full academic support through volunteer faculty who serve as Academic Counsellors and Guardians
  • Extra tutorials and remedial classes
  • Soft skills training and personality development programs
  • Complete set of college uniform annually
  • Returnable set of textbooks for the academic year
  • Psychological counselling for emotional and social adjustment
  • Placement assistance through the College Placement Cell

Impact: Over 1,500 students supported since inception, with 90% successfully completing their education and securing meaningful employment.

National Student Parliament

Sunil Raisoni
Shaping Tomorrow's Leaders

Initiated in 2014, the National Student Parliament provides a unique platform for students to engage with ideas that shape the nation. The event features:

  • Five distinct panels addressing critical national scenarios
  • National and International speakers from politics, academia, and civil society
  • Student delegates participating in meaningful dialogue
  • Resolution drafting and policy recommendations

Healthcare Initiatives


Free Eye Check-up and Cataract Operation Camps

Sunil Raisoni
Restoring Sight, Restoring Lives

Regular eye check-up camps are organized at various locations, with a special focus on rural areas where access to quality eye care is limited.

Camp Features:
  • Full academic support through volunteer faculty who serve as Academic Counsellors and Guardians
  • Extra tutorials and remedial classes
  • Soft skills training and personality development programs
  • Complete set of college uniform annually
  • Returnable set of textbooks for the academic year
  • Psychological counselling for emotional and social adjustment
  • Placement assistance through the College Placement Cell

Impact: Over 1,500 students supported since inception, with 90% successfully completing their education and securing meaningful employment.

Asthma Response Training (BEST)

Sunil Raisoni
Breath Easy, Stay Tough

In association with Lung Care Foundation, SGRKF launched the BEST program to raise awareness about the health impact of air pollution and asthma preparedness.

Program Components:
  • Training school teachers on basics of asthma identification
  • Webinars on respiratory health issues (shortness of breath, chest tightness, coughing)
  • Educational materials for schools
  • Workshops on creating asthma-friendly environments

Reach: 26 schools in Nagpur, including both CBSE and State Board schools, with over 500 teachers trained.

Blood Donation Camps

Sunil Raisoni
Saving Lives, One Drop at a Time

Regular voluntary blood donation camps are organized across all Raisoni Group institutions with enthusiastic participation from students and employees.

Partners: Reputed blood banks for technical and medical assistance

Frequency: Multiple camps annually across all campuses

Belief: Saving life is the most incredible noble act of service to humanity

Annual Collection: Over 5,000 units of blood contributed to regional blood banks

Medical Check-up Camps

Sunil Raisoni

Comprehensive health check-up camps are organized for all employees of Raisoni Group institutions, ensuring their well-being and that of their families.

Services Provided:
  • General health check-up by doctors from renowned hospitals
  • Physiotherapy consultation
  • Random blood sugar testing
  • ENT, Eye, and Dental check-ups
  • Diet counselling by nutrition experts
  • Free distribution of Multi-Vitamins and Iron Tablets

Yoga & Self Defense Programs

Sunil Raisoni
Yoga for Wellness:

Regular yoga programs and classes are conducted for students and employees, designed to:

  • Rejuvenate mind and soul
  • Energize the body
  • Promote peaceful and balanced living
  • Reduce stress and improve focus

Self Defense for Women

Sunil Raisoni

To boost self-esteem and ensure safety, self-defense training camps are organized for women employees and girl students at regular intervals by expert trainers.

Objectives:
  • Increase self-confidence and moral
  • Teach techniques to tackle different situations
  • Create awareness about personal safety
  • Empower women to protect themselves

Environmental Initiatives


Click Green - Book Green

Sunil Raisoni

An innovative digital initiative where anyone can click on a link and book their tree. On their behalf, SGR Knowledge Foundation plants and nurtures a tree, making every individual a participant in environmental conservation.

How it Works:
  • Visit the portal and click the link
  • Book your tree online
  • SGRKF plants the tree on your behalf
  • Regular nurturing and maintenance ensured

Tree Plantation Drives

Sunil Raisoni

Every month, one institute of the Raisoni Group conducts tree plantation activities as per a scheduled rotation. This ensures year-round engagement with environmental conservation rather than one-off events.

Annual Target: 10,000+ trees planted across all campuses and adopted villages

Nirmalaya Collection Campaign

Sunil Raisoni
Keeping Our Rivers Clean

During festive seasons when the country immerses idols and Nirmalaya (flowers and garlands) in water bodies, students and staff of Raisoni Group are busy raising awareness about proper disposal.

The Problem: Flowers and garlands do not immerse and begin to rot, becoming a major cause of water pollution and endangering aquatic life.

The SGRKF Solution:
  • Awareness campaigns at ghats and immersion points
  • Separate collection of Nirmalaya before immersion
  • Eco-friendly disposal and composting
  • Community engagement and sensitization

Green Campus Initiative

Sunil Raisoni

All Raisoni Group campuses are being transformed into eco-friendly, sustainable spaces through the Green Campus initiative.

Key Features:
  • Energy conservation measures
  • Waste management systems
  • Rainwater harvesting
  • Solar energy installations
  • Organic waste composting
  • Awareness programs on reducing carbon footprint

Award: G H Raisoni Vidyaniketan received the Green School Award from the Forest Department, Government of Maharashtra in 2015.

Knowledge Series

A Platform for Inspiration

The Knowledge Series provides an opportunity for the community to interact with renowned speakers and gain knowledge from their experiences and talks.

Eminent Speakers Featured

20261 session
24-4-2026
The Spiritual Science of Wealth, Success, and Power

Mr Bijay J. Anand.

20255 sessions
30-09-2025
The Psychology of Healing: How the Mind Shapes Our Health and Happiness

Dr. Trupti Jayin

07-08-2025
Play. Pause. Rise Again Becoming a Champion, Staying a Human with Pullela Gopichand & PVV Lakshmi

Pullela Gopichand & PVV Lakshmi Maam

30-06-2025
You Are Enough: Confidence, Character & the Quiet Revolution Within

Jaya Kishori Ji

24-03-2025
Maa Mujhe Tagore Bana De

Luckyjee Gupta

21-02-2025
जिंकलो ऐसे म्हणा

Dr. Sanjay Upadhye

20243 sessions
05-09-2024
Adventure and Spirituality: The Inner Journey of a Skydiver

Ms. Shital Mahajan (Rane) (Skydiver, PADMASHRI Awardee 2011)

30-06-2024
The Stars in My Sky: Those Who Brightened My Film Journey

Ms. Divya Dutta, (an Indian actress and Model)

27-04-2024
Belief, Change, Courage, and Versatility

Ms. Sandhya Mridul (Indian Actress - Film TV Theatre OTT)

20233 sessions
01-07-2023
  • On the Occasion of Birth Anniversary of Shri G H Raisoni ji
  • G H Raisoni Memorial Talk
  • 'On Unleashing the Journey of Self-Discovery: Exploring the Road Map of True Transformation'

Shri. Nitin Gadkari – (Minister for Road Transport & Highways Government of India) In Conversation with Shri Anupam Kher (Award Winning International Actor, Author & Motivational Speaker)

10-06-2023
  • Key Note - Simerjeet Singh (Motivational Speaker) on "Mindset Mastery: The Key to an Unstoppable Future"
  • Panel Discussion on - "Discover the Hidden Gems: Unveiling Success Secrets for Engineering Aspirants from Top IT Experts!".

Simerjeet Singh (Motivational Speaker)

13-05-2023
Raaz Mahal – The Palace Of Secrets

Neal Nathan ( Author | Speaker )

202211 sessions
25-09-2022
Business Sutra: A Very Indian Approach to Management

Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik (Mythologist | Author | Speaker | Illustrator)

23-07-2022
Fitness Mantra - Fundamentals of fitness & Nutrition

Dr. Dhananjay More Chairman and Managing Director, Fitness Solutions

28-04-2022
From Sarees to Stripes: True Stories of Commercial Women Pilots in India

Captain Manisha M. Puri (Former Commercial Pilot with Air India Ltd (formerly Indian Airlines Ltd)) in Conversation with Flt Lt Shiwalee Deshpande (Former Indian Air Force office)

11-03-2022
Feminism and Law: Can a feminist jurisprudence help in a more balanced approach to gender and provide greater equality and social justice.

Harshali Singh in Conversation with Adv Vinita Pandey

04-03-2022
Diving deep into the wildlife trade by Sarika Khanwilkar in Conversation with Adv. Mridula Vijayaraghavan

Sarika Khanwilkar in Conversation with Adv Mridula Vijayaraghavan

18-02-2022
Leadership Shastra and Lessons from Maratha Leader Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj

Pradeep Chakravarthy in Conversation with Dipankar Mukherje

11-02-2022
Life of a Taxman

Ajay Mankotia

4-02-2022
The Ayurvedic Kitchen - Ancient Wisdom to Balance Body, Mind and Soul

Sonal Chowdhary

29-01-2022
Writing Books that Children Read by Dr. Manjiri Prabhu in Conversation with Dipankar Mukherjee

Dr. Manjiri Prabhu in Conversation with Dipankar Mukherjee

28-01-2022
Icons of Grace

Nityanand Charan Das in Conversation with Sangeeta Varma

20-01-2022
Living a Life, Ocean-size The Chronicles of a Seafarer.

Beetashok Chatterjee in conversation with Ms. Indrani Ganguly

20219 sessions
13-11-2021
“ विनोदी स्किट लेखन अभिनय ”

Samir Choughule

28-10-2021
“नेताजी सुभाष चंद्र बोस की जीवन तथा मृत्यु से जुड़े तथ्यों पर आधारित भारत कि सबसे बड़ी रहस्यमई गाथा.”

Anuj Dhar

28-09-2021
“Metaphors of Memory”

Dr. Natwar Sharma

18-09-2021
"A talk on “The Ocean’s Own”

Ms. Nandini Sen Gupta

28–08-2021
Valmiki’s Women Remarkable Stories on Five Unforgettable Women from the Ramayana

Anand Neelakantan

24–04-2021
डॉ. आंबेडकर क्यों चाहते थे देश में सामाजिक समता और समरसता?

Kishore Makwana

06–03-2021
Karma - is everything predestined?

Maneeza Ahuja

13–02-2021
Rising Cybercrime and legal Remedies

Adv. Abha Singh

16–01-2021
Tradition: The Silent Killer

Sujata Sabnis in conversation with Samantak Bhadra

202015 sessions
19–12-2020
"How to Handle Adversity"

Neelam Kumar In conversation with Ms. Alvira Diwan

19–09-2020
"Historical fiction - going beyond the books"

Ms. Moupia Basu

11–07-2020
"The art and science of economic policys"

Dr. Ajay Shah

27–06-2020
"The Relevance of Skill Education in Changing Times"

Ms. Janhavi Welukar

22–06-2020
"The Science behind Mythology पौराणिक कथाएं और विज्ञान"

Ajay Chaturvedi

06–06-2020
"Universities in the time of Crisis"

Gaurav J. Pathania

20–05-2020
"Stories of Strangers -- Writing about Invisible India"

Dr. Neelima Kota

09–05-2020
"कहानी राजनैतिक उपन्यास की"

Mr. Naveen Choudhary

02–05-2020
"Leadership challenges in the post Covid world"

Tuhin Sinha

29–04-2020
"Immunity boosting foods"

Ms. Somya Gupta

25–4-2020
"Creativity will save us"

Saurin Desai

23–4-2020
"Power of Meditation: Learn to boost your immunity"

Ms. Leena Gupta

18–4-2020
"Post-Corona: India and the New World Order"

Shri. Arun Anand

27–3-2020
Darshan Jariwala: His Art through his Life

Mr. Darshan Jariwala

24–2-2020
Kasturba A Remarkable Life.

Mr. Tushar Arun Gandhi

201911 sessions
30–11-2019
Shine Bright: Think and Act like Entrepreneur with in your Company

Ms. Rashmi Bansal

08–11-2019
Gup Shup (Hindi Session)

Mr. Milind Gunaji

18–10-2019
Come Home to Yourself

Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswatiji

27–09-2019
Secret of your attitude

Mrs. Jayanti Kathale

27–08-2019
Gappa, Goshti ani Gaane!!!

Mr. Prashant Damle

26–07-2019
Different Ramayanas

Mr. Anand Neelkanthan

07–06-2019
आसानी से वेट लॉस और मधुमेह की रोकथाम

Dr. Jagannath Dixit

08–05-2019
Acccidents & Adventures

Dr. Akash Khurana

20–04-2019
व्यक्तित्व और करिअर का विकास

Mr. Avinash Dharmadhikari

15–03-2019
The Actor and Acting with Rajit Kapur

Mr. Rajit Kapur

08–02–2019
मस्तिष्क की शक्तियों का अधिकतम प्रयोग कैसे करें

Shri. Pawan Sinha

201821 sessions
08–12–2018
Marathi Play – Baap ha Bapach Asto

Sanjay Bhakre Foundation

07–12–2018
आयुर्वेद - एक वैज्ञानिक संस्कार

Shreeguru Dr. Balaji Tambe

24–11-2018
Music Clinic – Musical Solutions to all Problems

Dr. Rahul Joshi

16-11-2018
Life’s Amazing Secrets: How to find balance and purpose in your life.

Prabhu Gaur Gopal Das

27-10-2018
Seven Steps for a Healthy Life

Ms. Rujuta Diwekar

29-09-2018
"स्वामी विवेकानन्द - एक आत्मबोध

Mr. Shekhar Sen

31-08-2018
I Have a Dream

Ms. Rashmi Bansal

28-07-2018
Leadership , The Indian Way

Dr. Devdutt Patnaik

20-6-2018
Importance of Values in Personal, Family, Organisation, National life

Dr. D. R. Kaarthikeyan

30-05-2018
Chanakya in Daily Life

Dr. Radhakrishnan Pillai

28-04-2018
Rashtriya Pratike - National Symbols

Mr. Sharad Ponkshe

23-03-2018
Prem Panatil Panch Pakwanna - Explore the Healthy Thaali of Relationships

Dr. Nishigandha Wad

18-03-2018
How to Be a Performer in a Team for entrepreneurs

Dr. Subhash Chandra

18-03-2018
Young Indians and their New India for Students

Dr. Subhash Chandra

27-02-2018
Zero Gravity - Extreme pickpocketing an Entertainment

Mr. Shankar Bakshi

26-02-2018
"Masta Bindhast 24 Taas"

Dr. Sanjay Upadhye

26-02-2018
"Man Kara Re Prasanna" for Staff of RGI

Dr. Sanjay Upadhye

17-02-2018
Challenges for teachers in 21st Century

Dr. Gururaj Karajgi

09-02-2018
Motivation and Team

Mr. Rajeev Nair, Oshodhara Sangh Nagpur

29-01-2018
"Man Kara Re Prasanna"

Dr. Sanjay Upadhye

23-01-2018
Spiritual Agriculture

Dr. Subhash Palekar

20171 session
27-11-2017
"Stress-Free Life and Meditation"

Mr. Ravi from Sawan Organization

And 100+ more distinguished personalities from diverse fields...

Student Clubs for Holistic Development

A Platform for Inspiration

SGRKF encourages the formation of student clubs across all institutions to foster holistic development:

Happiness Club

Activities that spread joy and well-being

Kindness Club

Acts of kindness for the homeless and needy

Trekking Club

Exploring nature for mental and physical wellness

Reading Club

Discussing books and fostering reading habits

Music Club

Nurturing passion for music and its healing power

Dance Club

Expressing through movement and rhythm

Drama Club

Creating magic on stage

Fine Art & Craft Club

Painting, sketching, and creative expression

Photography Club

Capturing moments that matter

Sports Club

Physical fitness and team spirit

Fitness Club

Health, diet, and wellness

Ethical Hackers' Club

Cyber security for a safer India

Robotics Club

Exploring AI and intelligent machines

Entrepreneurship Club

Nurturing future business leaders

Renewable Energy Club

Promoting sustainable energy solutions

Language Club

Learning German, French, Spanish, Japanese

Coffee Club

Relaxed conversations and networking

And 100+ more distinguished personalities from diverse fields...