Mrs. Anjana Hazari

Mrs. Anjana Hazari, daughter of Revered Kaka Tolani and current President of Tolani Foundation and Gandhidham Collegiate Board, was born on 15th November 1932 at Larkana (Sindh) Pakistan. After the Partition of India, in 1947, she came to Bombay and carried out her further studies. She completed her B.A. in 1953. Her father, in those days when girls’ education was considered as secondary, inspired her for further studies and she completed M.A. in Sociology.

In 1957, she got married to Mr. Bulchand Hazari and then moved to U.S.A. in 1974 and engaged in the business of exporting cloth from India to America. In 1980, the Hazari couple moved to Indonesia where they started cloth manufacturing business.

While in Indonesia, Mrs. Anjana Hazari had an opportunity of working as an English teacher at the School for Mentally deprived children. For two years, she spent her time in development of such underprivileged children.

In 2000, Mrs. Anjana Hazari returned to India and took up the working of Gandhidham Collegiate Board and Tolani Foundation into her hands. She spent her considerable time in Community wing of Tolani Foundation Gandhidham Polytechnic by moving around in villages like Satapar, Nagalpar, Khambra, Ratnal, Varshamedi, Tuna, Khedoi etc. and spread the use of technology called “Smokeless Chulah”.

Mrs. Anjana Hazari has now taken up the task of introducing the new institutes in the VidhyaMandir Campus. Recently, due to her efforts, Tolani Institute for Excellence was established with the objective of providing training for professional courses to the students of Kutch. Tolani Institute of Commerce was established as a self-financed English medium college. And in June 2006, Tolani Institute of Law was established to offer the degree course in Law.

Her ultimate aim is to keep the light of knowledge lit up by her father illuminating and spreading the light of knowledge for all.