Bidya Bharati Foundation

What Bidya Bharati Foundation does

Bidya Bharati Foundation Siliguri is a privately-held charitable educational trust founded on 21 November 2001 by Late Surendra Agarwal and registered as a society under West Bengal law (Reg. No. S/IL/6586). The foundation operates four educational institutions in eastern India: three Delhi Public School branches delivering CBSE K-12 education (Siliguri/Dagapur, Fulbari, and Joka/South Kolkata) and the Surendra Institute of Engineering & Management (SIEM) for higher technical and management education. DPS Siliguri, the flagship institution, has grown to approximately 4,500 students from an initial cohort of 635 in 2003. The foundation targets families across West Bengal, Sikkim, Bihar, and the seven North-Eastern states seeking quality CBSE schooling and professional education in markets where such options were historically scarce.

The business model is straightforward tuition-fee driven: parents pay recurring school and tuition fees directly to the institutions under the trust. Revenue is not publicly disclosed and the entity is structured as a non-profit society rather than a commercial company; ownership and governance remain concentrated within the founding Agarwal family (President Mrs. Kamlesh Agarwal, Secretary Mr. Sharad Agarwal, Treasurer Mr. Pawan Kumar Agarwal, with members Mrs. Bela Agarwal and Mrs. Snigdha Agarwal). There is no external institutional investment, no parent company, no public listing, and no documented funding rounds. Distribution is direct enrollment at physical campuses, with go-to-market driven by community reputation, word-of-mouth referrals, and the DPS franchise brand recognition rather than paid marketing.

Underlying technology is conventional for a CBSE school environment: computer-aided learning classrooms, well-equipped laboratories (Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics, Home Science, Computer Science), audio-visual rooms, libraries, and sports facilities (swimming pools, cricket, football, lawn tennis, badminton). The foundation operates no mobile application, no API platform, no proprietary AI/ML systems, and no documented digital learning products. Strategic expansion has been measured: DPS Siliguri launched in 2003, SIEM in 2009, and DPS Joka in 2014, with no new institutional launches disclosed since.

Name

Bidya Bharati Foundation

Legal name

BIDYA BHARATI FOUNDATION SILIGURI

Website

https://bbfsiliguri.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Bidya Bharati Foundation is a charitable educational trust operating four CBSE schools and an engineering institute across West Bengal, India, serving approximately 4,500 students at its flagship Siliguri campus and extending across North Bengal, Sikkim, Bihar, and the North-Eastern states.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 and Higher Education Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

K–12 Support & School Improvement Nonprofits (BPAGADAB)

Keywords

• K-12 education
• CBSE schooling
• Higher education
• Engineering college
• Educational foundation

Headquarters

HQ city

Siliguri

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Educational Institution Fees: Revenue generated from tuition fees, admission fees, and related charges for students attending the foundation's educational institutions including Delhi Public School branches and Surendra Institute of Engineering & Management.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Bidya Bharati Foundation is a charitable educational society that operates four educational institutions providing K-12 schooling under the CBSE curriculum and higher education in engineering, technology, and management. Its institutions include Delhi Public School Siliguri, Delhi Public School Fulbari, Delhi Public School Joka (South Kolkata), and Surendra Institute of Engineering & Management (SIEM), collectively serving thousands of students from West Bengal, Sikkim, Bihar, and the seven North-Eastern states.

Product overview

Bidya Bharati Foundation Siliguri operates a group of educational institutions comprising four distinct institutes: Delhi Public School Siliguri (est. 2003), Delhi Public School Fulbari, Delhi Public School Joka South Kolkata (est. 2014), and Surendra Institute of Engineering & Management (est. 2009). The foundation provides educational services spanning K-12 schooling under the CBSE curriculum and higher technical education in engineering and management. The institutions collectively serve thousands of students from Siliguri, North Bengal, and neighboring regions including Sikkim, Bihar, and the North-Eastern states of India. The motto is 'to promote social awareness through knowledge.'

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Delhi Public School, Siliguri A K-12 co-educational English medium school established in 2003 under the CBSE curriculum, offering education from Nursery to Class XII with Arts, Commerce, and Science streams at the higher secondary level. The school features sports facilities including cricket, football, lawn tennis, badminton, and a swimming pool, and serves approximately 4,500 students. Targeted at families seeking quality CBSE education in Siliguri and surrounding regions of North Bengal.
• Delhi Public School, Fulbari

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Mount Litera School International: National K-12 chain operating CBSE schools through franchise/affiliation. Comparable to Bidya Bharati as a multi-campus CBSE K-12 operator, though with stronger centralized brand and digital infrastructure.
• Amity International Schools: Operates a national chain of K-12 schools under the Amity brand alongside higher education. Comparable as a multi-tier, integrated school-to-university operator with premium positioning, similar in product breadth to Bidya Bharati's K-12 plus SIEM model.
• Ryan International Group: One of India's largest K-12 chains operating CBSE/ICSE schools nationwide. Directly comparable as a multi-campus K-12 operator competing for the same premium-fee family segment, though at significantly greater national scale.
• Heritage Xperiential Learning Schools: Premium K-12 chain in India with multiple CBSE campuses. Comparable to Bidya Bharati as a multi-campus premium CBSE operator, though Heritage is more national in scope and more focused on experiential learning differentiation.
• Lakshmipat Singhania Education Foundation: Family-controlled non-profit foundation operating multiple K-12 schools and an engineering/management institute (JIET). Highly comparable governance and product structure to Bidya Bharati — Agarwal-family trust running a group of K-12 schools plus a technical college.

Broad incumbents

• DAV College Managing Committee: One of India's largest non-profit educational organizations, running hundreds of K-12 schools and colleges under the DAV brand. Comparable as a non-profit trust-based K-12 operator at much larger scale, with a similar model of governing society + affiliated schools.
• Sri Chaitanya Schools: Large K-12 chain in India with a strong focus on competitive-exam preparation. Comparable as a multi-campus K-12 operator, though differentiated by its coaching-heavy model rather than a values/holistic-education positioning.
• Delhi Public School Society: The umbrella society that grants and governs the Delhi Public School brand and franchise used by Bidya Bharati Foundation. It is comparable as the franchisor whose terms shape the foundation's K-12 economics across three of its four institutions.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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