25/08/26
Aug 2026 | Educational
Students of The Knowledge Habitat, Pune, had a special interactive session on 25th August with Colonel Ajay Kumar, CEO of Vidyagyan Schools. Through personal anecdotes, he shared insights on building discipline and routine into daily life and on stepping outside one’s comfort zone to explore new horizons of knowledge.
Students gained a valuable glimpse into the Colonel’s own journey – from soldier to CEO of one of the country’s largest philanthropic organisations. While he acknowledged the importance of scoring well to get into good institutions, whether the goal is a career in the defence forces or elsewhere, he urged students to look beyond marks and delve deeper into knowledge itself, quoting the Sanskrit shloka:
ॐ असतो मा सद्गमय।
तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय।
मृत्योर्मा अमृतं गमय।
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः
(“Lead me from the unreal to the real, from darkness to light, from death to immortality. Om, peace, peace, peace.”) For Colonel Kumar, this is not merely a motto – it is the true purpose of education, and it was the pursuit he encouraged students to seek.
