Dr. V. N. Bedekar's birth centenary year, Pre-primary and Primary sections of VPM's Dr. Bedekar Vidya Mandir, Thane,

Today VPM is a pioneer-educational institute in Thane, enthusiastically and zealously catering to the basic needs of education of students everyday through its Marathi and English medium schools located in Naupada and the colleges situated near Thane Railway Station.

If one looks back at this stage he can see the hardships aced byy the earlier members to nurture this institute. Thus, taking into consideration the need of education. One person staying in the Brahmins Society came forward to provide education to some of the locality. In the year 1932, on an auspicious day of Gudhi Padwa, the above mentioned person named Mr. T. R. Ghanekar laid the foundation by starting a primary school with five children.The school was held in Brahmin Society at Shri. Rambhau Sahsrabudhe's residential. Both Ghanekar and Sahasrabudhe received an active and continuous support by Late Shri Pendse, Karve, Sathe, Bhakamkar and Phadke. The efforts proved successful and the tiny school of Shri Ghanekar soon became the 'Registered Private Marathi School'.

As the students increased in number then the existing school coudn't accomadate them - so the school had to be shifted from - Saasrabudhe's place to Ghanekar's house - then to the office of Brahmin Society, then to Ghanekar's Chawl on 13th June 1957 it was also decided to construct 3 class-rooms in the buffalo-pen which was in front of the school. In the buffalo-pen Vth and VIth standard classes were started with the partition of gunny bag curtains.