And, despite the fact that his institution is now the world’s largest school, Dr Gandhi lives simply in the same room in which he began his work for peace in 1959, and he has chosen to have no personal wealth of his own, spending instead all his created resources on his mission. Children are the world’s future and Dr Jagdish Gandhi believes the best way to mould the future is to nurture them.

Influenced by the UNESCO Constitution that "wars begin in the minds of men and it is in the minds of men where the defences of peace must be constructed," Dr Gandhi felt it best to build the defenses of peace in the minds of children, in their young and impressionable age through education and by nurturing their young minds.

From the time CMS was first established, Dr Jagdish Gandhi has worked to promote a broader definition of education that frees it from its largely material emphasis to focus on a broader effort that encompasses all the three realities of a child: material, human and spiritual. A child is a material being. A child is a human being. A child is a divine being. Such a balanced education trains the mind to not only think within the confines of jobs and material gain but also in terms of leadership and contribution to society, to become conscious citizens of their country and the world.

When Dr Gandhi started City Montessori School, CMS with just 5 children in 1959, the first words the children wrote on their slates were: "Jai Jagat!" (Hail the World). He also continued other social activities, for example, between 1959-64, he was President of the Uttar Pradesh Naujawan Sangh (UP Youth Movement) and between 1960-65 he was Editor of Utho Jawano (Rise Up Youth!). Between 1961-73, he was Founder and General Secretary of the All India Children and Youth Festival and between 1962-65, Assistant District Scout Commissioner. In 1964, he convened an All India Education Exhibition aimed at highlighting the importance of spiritual education. He is currently President of Children's International Summer Villages (CISV), India. Additionally, he is President of International School-to-School Experience (ISSE), UP Chapter India. He introduced the Quality Circle concept in education and has been Chairman, World Council for Total Quality and Excellence in Education since 1999, which works to improve education quality especially in school education. Since 2001, he has been convening the International Conferences of the Chief Justices of the World to raise awareness and mobilize the World Judiciary to create a world safe for two billion children of the world and generations yet-to-be-born. At these conferences during the past twenty two years, 1361 Chief Justices & Judges of Supreme Courts and High Courts from 136 countries of the world have participated and pledged their support to create a world fit for children.

Dr Gandhi continues with unfailing zeal towards creating a world safe for children and creating students who are proactive agents of social transformation by giving them an education that is capable of saving humanity.