Development through Education and Education through development’ is a mission of Vigyan Ashram(VA). VA believes it is necessary to use technology to increase pace of our rural development. VA also believes technology is needed to increase efficiency and effectiveness of everything we do. To spread the available technology to masses, we need to educate them. Such technology based services can only be made accessible to villagers through small enterprises. Small enterprises will give boost to local economy which in turn helps in real development of villages. Vigyan Ashram is founded by Dr.S.S.Kalbag in 1983 as laboratory of his philosophy of ‘Rural Development through Education (RDES)’. VA is situated in village Pabal, approx.70kms from Pune. The programs developed are adopted by various NGOs, educational institute within the country and outside. VA is directly implementing its program in Maharashtra (92 villages), Chattisgarh (7 villages ). It is providing support to NGOs in Karnataka, Goa, Assam, Jharkhand. It is estimated that every year more than 7000 students benefiting from the basic technology program of VA.