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{{Short description|Indian educator (1907–2003)}}
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'''Raghubhai Morarji Nayak''' (1907–2003) was an Indian educationist, social worker and the founder principal of [[Sardar Patel Vidyalaya]].<ref name="Tagore's favourite, Indira's teacher">{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Tagores-favourite-Indiras-teacher/articleshow/3446720.cms | title=Tagore's favourite, Indira's teacher | publisher=Times of India | date=5 September 2008 | accessdate=22 August 2016}}</ref> He was the co-founder of ''Saraswati Vidyamandal'', which runs a number of educational institutions in the Indian state of [[Gujarat]].<ref name="Stewardship of Trusts">{{cite web | url=http://docs.exdat.com/docs/index-136004.html?page=14 | title=Stewardship of Trusts | publisher=Exdat | date=2016 | accessdate=22 August 2016}}</ref> Known to have been a student of [[Rabindranath Tagore]], he also served as the chairman of ''Saraswati Kelavani Mandal'', the holding trust managing a group of schools. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]], in 1976, for his contributions to education.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2013 | accessdate=20 August 2016}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Nayak was born in 1907 at [[Chalthan]], a small town in [[Surat]], Gujarat, he did his schooling at [[Shantiniketan]] from where he graduated in 1929. Moving to [[Maharashtra]], he started his career as a teacher at Pupils' Own School, [[Pune]] in 1932 where he taught [[Indira Gandhi]] who would later become the Prime Minister of India, among other students.<ref name="History">{{cite web | url=https://kes.edu.in/kes-shree-m-m-pupils-own-school-and-sharda-mandir-history/ | title=History | publisher=KES Shree M.M. Pupil’s Own School and Sharda Mandir | date=2016 | accessdate=22 August 2016}}</ref> Taking a sabbatical from work, he went to Germany to pursue his doctoral studies where he was known to have come in contact with [[Subhash Chandra Bose]], which delayed his return to India as the German authorities confiscated his passport. He returned to India in 1940 and four years later, he founded ''Saraswati Vidyamandal'', in 1944, reportedly on borrowed money.<ref name="Founder Members Of Saraswati VidyaMandal">{{cite web | url=http://www.asarwavidyalaya.org/svm.html | title=Founder Members Of Saraswati VidyaMandal | publisher=Saraswati VidyaMandal | date=2016 | accessdate=22 August 2016}}</ref> In 1957, [[Hirubhai M. Patel]], the then Finance Secretary of India, offered him the post of the founder principal of [[Sardar Patel Vidyalaya]], which was being started by the Gujarat Education Society.<ref name="History of School">{{cite web | url=http://www.spvdelhi.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=73&Itemid=471 | title=History of School | publisher=Sardar Patel Vidyalaya | date=2016 | accessdate=22 August 2016}}</ref> While serving as the principal,<ref name="This is a list of past and present Teachers and Staff at SPV">{{cite web | url=http://spv.rajiv.com/staff.htm | title=This is a list of past and present Teachers and Staff at SPV | publisher=Sardar Patel Vidyalaya | date=2016 | accessdate=22 August 2016}}</ref> he also chaired ''Saraswati Kelavani Mandal'', another educational group. The Government of India awarded him the civilian honor of the [[Padma Shri]] in 1976.<ref name="Padma Awards" /> He was also a recipient of the National Teacher Award.<ref name="Founder Members Of Saraswati VidyaMandal" />

Nayak was married to Jashiben, who assisted him in several of his endeavors<ref name="History & Vision">{{cite web | url=http://www.asarwavidyalaya.org/ | title=History & Vision | publisher=Asarwa Vidyalaya | date=2016 | accessdate=22 August 2016}}</ref> and is the incumbent principal of ''Saraswati Vidyamandal''.<ref name="Padma Awards" /> He died in 2003, at the age of 96.<ref name="Tagore's favourite, Indira's teacher" />

== See also ==
* [[Sardar Patel Vidyalaya]]
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{cite web | url=http://asiannewsagency.com/2016/01/09/old-students-meet-of-sardar-patel-vidyalaya-at-new-delhi/ | title=Old Students Meet of Sardar Patel Vidyalaya at New Delhi | publisher=Asian News Agency | date=9 January 2016 | accessdate=22 August 2016}}

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