The Chinmaya Mission was started in 1951 by Poojya Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda who was a great ascetic of modern India who worked ceaselessly for over four decades spreading the Vedantic message of peace and happiness to the classes and masses around the globe. The most important contribution of the mission to the society being more than 90 Chinmaya Vidyalayas, an international school, a Harihar School and more than 8 Chinmaya Colleges which offer education with a difference.