The legacy of the Shahani Group in the education sector goes back more than 100 years to a visionary named Thadomal Shahani, who was an educationist in the true sense of the term. Born in the mid-nineteenth century in a scholarly Sindhi family, he learnt the value of education early. He realized early that the best way to lift people out of poverty was to give them an education. While his devotion to the cause of the underprivileged was exemplary, what set him apart was his definition of the word education he wanted to go beyond the usual qualifications-oriented education system and instill in his students a certain curiosity and willingness to learn.