The eminent academician, truth seeker, renowned social reformer Sri Janardhan Sahu founded a village school on January 4, 1950 so that the unemployed and deprived rural youths of the undivided Medinipur are developed into independent, self-sufficient and efficient citizens of the nation. In this colossal and seminal task, he was ably assisted by several like-minded people of the village of Palpara.