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| Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan | |
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| Location | |
| Information | |
| Type | Co-educational |
| Motto | "Knowledge is Power" |
| Established | 1959 |
| President | Dr. (Mrs.) Y.G. Parthasarathy |
| Staff | 500 |
| Grades | Kindergarten to Grade 12 |
| Number of students | 8000+ |
| Campus size | Large |
| Affiliation | Central Board of Secondary Education, India |
| Students called | PSBBians |
| Technology used for teaching | SmartClass |
| Website | http://psbbschools.ac.in |
Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan (PSBB) is a group of schools located in Chennai, India, and now in Bangalore, India.
Branches
- Chennai
- P.S.B.B Nungambakkam (PSBB Lake Area).
- P.S.B.B T.P.Road (T Nagar), which is an annexe of the afore mentioned.
- P.S.B.B K.K.Nagar.
- P.S.B.B Millennium School (Grand Southern Trunk Road).
- Bangalore
- PSBB Learning Leadership Academy, #52, Sahasra Deepika Road, Laxmipura, Off Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore 560 083.
An instructor trained by the Madras Dyslexia Centre identifies and guides children with learning disabilities, to help them join the mainstream.
History
The PSBB School in Nungambakkam was established in 1958 by a group of housewives of the Nungambakkam Ladies Recreation Club. There were 13 students in a thatched shed on the terrace of the residence of the Dean and Director of the school, Dr. (Mrs.) Y.G. Parthasarathy.[1] Today the school has five branches with 8000 students and 500 staff members.
One year after its inception, in 1959, the school shifted to a campus of its own at the present premises in Nungambakkam. It followed the Madras Matriculation System unit of Madras University. As the school grew in strength, the need to extend its branches arose and thus emerged the T.P.Road Junior School in 1971, as an annexe to the school in Nungambakkam. In 1978, this school was affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi.
In 1976 another branch of the PSBB School, affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education, was started in a residential area of K.K.Nagar with 5-acre (20,000 m2) surroundings. The K.K.Nagar Branch had four sections of every class from Pre-KG to Std. X. Today it has 5000 students with ten sections in each of these classes. Standards XI and XII have seven sections each. Mrs Chandra Srinivasan, a 40-year veteran of the school, is the Advisor for Academics for PSBB. PSBB was compelled to adopt the CBSE educational system in the 1970s and 1980s to satisfy the growing demands of the residents of the city.
PSBB had been visited by (former) President of India A.P.J.Abdul Kalam.[2]
Sports
K.K.Nagar
- Cricket - S. Badrinath, part of the national team and Chennai Super Kings was a student of PSBB K K Nagar.
- The basketball team from KKN, coached by ex-Railways player Mr.Vijayaraghavan, and his coach Mr.Janakiraman, went all the way to the nationals played in Agra in 2006. They lost in the National qualification finals in 2007.
Nungambakkam
The Nungambakkam branch of PSBB has produced national and international sports persons like Ram S. Krishnan (chess) and Sharath Kamal (table tennis). Sharath Kamal is an Arjuna Award winner, Commonwealth Games champion and represented India at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
- The basketball team participated in the National Tournament held at Agra in 2006.
- The football team won the south-zone games. They also played in the nationals held at Calicut in 2005.
Music
- The K.K.Nagar branch has two music bands, one official (Zinx) and one unofficial (Esion). The former won the "Ooh La La" program aired on a regional cable TV operator, Sun TV. They are one of the six winners from Tamil Nadu.
- The music group won first prize in All India Radio [ AIR ] and were finalists and performed in Kolkata.
- The dance group has also won first prize from RAJ Television and received the award from Mr.Chidambaram.
World famous Music director Padmashree A.R.Rahman is an alumnus of PSBB.
Notable alumni
- Vijay Siva, Carnatic vocalist
- G. J. R. Krishnan, violinist
- Sri Sriramkumar, violinist
- Sri Chandra Mouli, violinist
- A. R. Rahman, music director
- Sri Manoj Siva, Mridangist
- Smt Madhuvanthi Arun, dancer
- Dr. Mohan Rajan, opthalmologist
- Dr. Rangarajan, psychiatrist, Malar Hospital
- Sri V.V.Prasad, M.D. Landmark Infotech
- Chetan Baboor, table tennis player
- Sri Chandra Shekar, table tennis player
- Sharath Kamal, table tennis player
- Smt Sushmitha, SUN T.V. newscaster
- Ms Sowmya, TV artist
- K.Soundarrajan, maths prodigy
- Sri V.G.Narayanan, Professor, Harvard University
- Sri Krishnan Saranyan, IAS Officer, Dept. of Text Books
- Ms Subha Srinivasan, table tennis player
- Anantharaman, Vice President of Singapore Bank
- K.R.Sharadh, cricket player
- Smt. Sunanda, dancer
- Smt. Sumithra, dancer
- Dr. Sundarraman, AIDS specialist and opthalmologist
- Sri Ravi Raghavender, film artist
- Sri Ganesh, IAS Officer
- Kalai Mamani Hema Sripal, dancer
- Meenakshi Doctor, journalist
- Vikram Doctor, journalist
- R.Ramprasad, singer
- Subramaniam Badrinath, cricketer
- Pavithra Srinivasan, Bharatnatyam Classical Dancer[4]
- Sudio Sudarsan, Brand Strategist and Professor[5][6][7]
External links
References
- ^ "PSBB schools' achievements lauded". The Hindu. 2008-02-22. Retrieved 2009-08-06.
- ^ Visit by Honourable President Abdul Kalam
- ^ PSBB Distinguished Alumni
- ^ http://www.studentorg.umd.edu/desi/Events/20081003_Pavithra_FloodRelief/Pavithra's%20Panchatantra.htm
- ^ http://spjain.org/faculty_fullpage.asp?srno=179
- ^ http://www.nripulse.com/RM_Sudio.htm
- ^ http://web.mac.com/sudio/iWeb/Sudio/Main.html