Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School
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| Motto | Saha Veerya Karavavahai (Sanskrit: Work Together) |
|---|---|
| Established | 1956 |
| Type | Private school / Central Board of Secondary Education, India |
| Principal | Ms. Shoba |
| Vice Principal | Uma Balasubramanian, Vijaya Meenakshi (middle school), Sudha Suresh (primary), and Alamelu (kindergarten) |
| Founder | R. S. Subbalakshmi |
| Location | 124, Royapettah High Road, Mylapore Chennai - 600004 India  |
| Students | c. 2200 |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Houses | Nilkant, Kanchenjunga, Nanga Parbat, and Kailash |
| Colours | Green and white |
| Publication | Darpan, Dhwani |
| Website | www |
Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School is a school in India, in the southern city of Chennai. Founded in 1956 by M. Subbaraya Aiyar, R. S. Subbalakshmi and Padmini Chari, the school recently celebrated its 60th anniversary. It follows the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) pattern of education. The school began as a ladies club and started in February 1956 with a handful of students. Today the school has well over 2000 students, 100 teachers and 35 support staff.
Notable alumni
- Notable Cricketer, Santosh K Garimella
- International cricket players Krishnamachari Srikkanth and Laxman Sivaramakrishnan and Ishwar suresh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni
- Davis cup tennis player Ramesh Krishnan
- Movie director Mani Ratnam
- Film producer G. Venkateswaran
- Cinematographer P.C. Sreeram
- TV presenter Supriya
- Computer game designer Krishnan Vidya Shankar
- Founder of Univercell Sathish Babu
- Movie Actor Mohan. V. Raman
- Flute artist Shashank
- Carnatic vocal singer Sanjay Subrahmanyan
- Carnatic vocalist K. Gayathri
- Cricketer Abhinav Mukund who plays for Tamil Nadu, IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings and India
- Carnatic music violinist Charumathi Raghuraman
- Carnatic classical musician Rithvik Raja
- Sikkil Gurucharan, South Indian classical music singer
- Anil Srinivasan, well-known pianist and composer
- Movie actor Karthik Kumar
- Kollywood director Venkat Prabhu
- Actor Vikram Prabhu
- Computer science researcher Ravishankar K
- India No.1 under-18 tennis player Rishabhdev Rajshekar
- Carnatic Vocalist Ashvin Bhogendra
- Entrepreneur, hedge fund manager and top ranked former tennis player who represented Tamil Nadu and India Bhargav Sri Prakash
Motto
The motto of Vidya Mandir is "Saha Viryam Kara Vaavahai" which means "Let the teacher and student together perform great acts of strength".
References
http://www.vidya-mandir.com/index.php
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