Dr Jagdish Gandhi was born on 10 November, 1936 in a poor family in the Barsauli Village in district Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. Influenced greatly by Mahatma Gandhi, Vinoba Bhave and others, a young and idealistic Jagdish Gandhi ventured in 1959 to create a new mindset through education. With just five children on roll, no personal wealth, and the equivalent of Rupees 300/- (US $10) in borrowed capital, the motivated Dr Gandhi began his own personal experiment in Lucknow, India, some fifty one years ago in the name of City Montessori School.

• Founder- Manager, City Montessori School, Lucknow, UP, India
• Chairman, World Council for Total Quality and Excellence in Education (WCTQEE)
• Founder, World Movement for Rights of Children (WMFRC), India
• Founder, World Movement for Global Democracy (WMGD), India
• Vice President, World Constitution and Parliamentary Association, USA
• President, Children’s International Summer Village (CISV), India
• President, International School-to-School Experience (ISSE), U.P. Chapter, India
• Vice-President, Intellectual Forum of India, U.P. Chapter, India (since  2001)
• Convener, International Conferences of The Chief Justices of the World, India (since 2001)
• Chief Coordinator, Indo-Pak Children’s friendship Club Aao Dosti Karein (since  2002) 

• 35 Inspiring Stories from Around the World’, European Centre for Conflict Prevention, 1999, the Netherlands
• War Prevention Works: 50 Stories of People Resolving Conflict’ by UK’s Oxford Research Group, Sept. 2001, UK
• Lessons in Love’ Ode Magazine, March 2008, USA
• Profiles in Quality with Jagdish Gandhi’ by Quality Digest, September 2007, USA
• India’s Most Respected Schools’ by Education World, The Human Development Magazine, October 2007, India
• Peacemaker in a Class of His Own’ by  Regeneration and Renewal, November 2004, UK
• Extraordinary CMS Efforts’ by Goi Peace Foundation Journal, June 2002, Japan
• An Exceptional Effort’ by The New Courier, a UNESCO Magazine, October 2002, UNESCO, France
• World’s Largest School Succeeds by Focussing on Globalism and Morality’ by One Country, October 2001, USA
• Roll of Honour’ by The Week, November 1999, India
• A Bold Experiment in Teaching Values’ by Herald of the South, July 1998, Australia

• Spiritual education develops oneness
• Spiritual Education key to world peace
• Instill divine precepts in children
• Divine education most exalted
• Spiritualism reveals reality to discover things
• God wants all to aim for perfection
• Provide spiritual foundation to child
• Give kids the spiritual tool
• Ignorance separates man from God
• Spiritual education need of hour
• Awaken spiritual nature to know God
• Teach children to love and obey God
• ·Stress on moral values
• Give priority to spiritual education
• Help students grow spiritually
• Discover the inner realities
• Establish a divine civilization
• Spirituality God’s greatest gift to mankind
• Develop Spiritual vision in child
• Knowledge sans spiritualism dangerous
• Moral education indispensable
• Awaken to the spiritual nature
• Divine education brings perfections
• Aren’t we going against God’s will?
• Communicate God’s wisdom to child
• Let’s focus on spiritualism
• Need to bridge spiritual gap
• Prepare yourself for divine wisdom
• Going beyond words to reach God
• Religious rigidity must go
• Let education give us divine wisdom
• Divine education the ultimate goal
• Need to focus on spiritual values
• Let spiritualism enlighten life
• Develop spiritually charged global citizens
• Let students realize their spirituality
• Soul is a part of Divine
• The purpose of man’s life is to worship God
• God gives strength to face odds of life
• God gifted all religions
• Healing touch of  prayer
• Everything begins with prayers end with full success
• Adopt teachings of Almighty in daily life
• Know God and end sorrow

• Education for Protection and Security
• Broader, Bolder Education for 21st Century: An Education Capable of Saving Humanity
• Atma ka Paramatma se Milan (The Unison of Human Soul with the Soul of God)
• Vasudha ek Kutumbh (Earth is One Family)
• Chintan (Meditation)
• Siksha Parmo Dharma (Meditation)
• Samadhan (Solution)
• Vishva Parivar Hamara Hai (Whole world is our family)
• Mukti Ka Ek Hi Marg (Way to Salvation)
• Pariwarik Ekta (Family Unity)
• Prabhu Bhakti Ka Deep (Lamp of Divine Devotion)
• Manushya Ki Asli Sampati (Man's Real Possession)
• Mata Pita Bachchon Se Kaisa Vyawahar Karein (How should Parents behave with children)
• Shiksha Ka Uddeshya (The objective of Education)

• Astha TV                                       4.30 am
• ETV Uttar Pradesh                     5.30 am
• Jan Sandesh TV                         7.30 am
• Azad News Channel                  8.30 am
• Den Enjoy (CMS activities)       6.30 pm
• Channel One News                   7.00 pm
• Sadhana TV                                 8.50 pm

• Astha International TV (USA)                4.30 am
• Astha International TV (Canada)         4.30 am
  
• Astha International TV (UK)                  9.00am

Started two FM Educational Radio Stations, 365 days a year. Situated at CMS Kanpur Road and CMS Gomti Nagar, the stations relay programmes on 90.4 MHZ based on spiritual education of the students. The radio stations relays educational and health programmes on spiritual awakening of children to enhance the knowledge and the all spiritual personality of children and the community. This 16 hour programme is aired daily in two shifts in both the CMS FM radio stations.

Established a fully fledged film division and a state-of-the-art audio visual recording studio. The Film Division produces meaningful educational spiritual documentaries and films with inspiring and uplifting messages for spiritual education of children as well as adults. Produced under the banner of “JAI JAGAT FILMS”, these educational films are telecast through city and various national and international educational channels. The aim of making films is to develop spirituality in children from the very early age.

Dr Jagdish Gandhi has been organising the International Children’s Film Festival for the past three years to inculcate good human values in children. CMS invites children’s films from all over the world and gives awards to the best children’s films. These educational films from all over the world are shown to children, teachers and parents of Lucknow city to spread the message of value based spiritual education.

Dr Jagdish Gandhi addresses a weekly World Unity Congregation (Satsang) on unity of religions and world unity at the CMS Gomtinagar Campus on every Sunday of each month. In these congregations, Dr Jagdish Gandhi, Founder-Manager of CMS and Dr Bharti Gandhi, Founder-Director of CMS, deliver talks on world unity and world peace, education and spirituality.

• Gusi Peace Prize by Gusi Peace Foundeation, Philippines, 2011
• Life Achievement Award for Services to Education by S. Chand Foundation 2011
• Hope of Humanity Award presented by His Holiness The Dalai Lama on behalf of Dhamma Society India, 2010
• Honorary Doctorate Degree in Education, Russia,  2009
• Bandaranaike Global Excellence Award, Sri Lanka, 2007
• Ashoka Changemakers Award, USA, 2005
• Nuclear-Free Future Special Achievement Award, Germany, 2004
• Peaceful Schools International Recognition, Canada, 2004
• UNESCO Prize for Peace Education, received on behalf of CMS, school founded by Mr Gandhi, UNESCO Headquarters, France, 2002
• Key to the City of Georgetown, USA by Mayor Everette Varnay for pioneering the concept of Student Quality Circles in education, 2002
• Quality Pioneer Award for pioneering contribution in introducing the concept of Quality Circles (QC) in Education , Mauritius, 2000
  
• The Derozio Award for Excellence In Education, India, 2000 by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations
• Friend of Young Physicists Award, Poland, 1999
• Certificate of Guinness World Records, since 1999 for being the world’s largest school in a city, UK, 1999
• UP Ratan Award for excellent services in the field of Quality Education, India, 1999
• Waaris Ali Shah Award For Communal Harmony, UP, India, 1998