Bal Bhavan is an institution which aims at enhancing the creative potential of children by providing them various activities, opportunities and common platform to interact, experiment, create and perform according to their age, aptitude and ability. It offers a barrier-free environment with immense possibilities of innovation, without any stress or strain.

• 1. The NBB organises Summer Fiesta from May - June every year. 2. Other programmes include National Young Environmentalist's Conference (NYEC), 32nd All India Bal Bhavans Chairpersons and Directors Conference, Integrated Training Programme For NTT Students, National Children Assembly and Integration Camp (NCA) etc. 3. National Bal Shree Honour to identify the creative potential of children in 4 streams and motivate them to pursue and enhanced their creative potential. 4. National Training Resource Centre (NTRC) of National Bal Bhavan is a resource centre for imparting training to adults, teachers, teacher trainees and child educators both from the formal and non-formal systems of education.5. Jawahar Bal Bhavan Mandi caters to the needs of children from different villages. 6. National Bal Bhavan organises a week long National Children's Assembly (NCA) programme every year for children. 7. The regular school children activities include art, creative art, science activities, how & why, inventors's club, environmental education, computer, radio electronics, aeromodelling, physical activities, photography, museum technique club, and library related activities.