By 1994 Ms Tarita Shankar had realized that the core of India's development issue lay in providing much needed education to its youth - be it the pre-school, primary, secondary or higher education.

Therefore, with single minded determination she set about starting an educational institution - the Shree Chanakya Education Society that was to create a presence that helped change the education scenario, initially in Pune and now in the rest of India. Her unadulterated zeal has been manifest in the fact that the Indira Group of Institutes, which she heads today encompasses levels of study as varied as a nursery school, to a full fledged school to colleges dispensing learning in commerce, science, engineering and pharmacy; and Management Institutes that offer guidance for Doctoral Research in India along with MBA and related degrees/diplomas. With 13 Institutions delivering cutting edge learning, to over 8000 students in three cities, the Indira Group is today recognized all over the country particularly, as a pioneer in Management Education. It has already spread its wings beyond Pune –to Indore, and Navi Mumbai.