Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School
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| Vidya Mandir | |
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124, Royapettah High Road, Mylapore Chennai - 600004 India  | |
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| Type | Private school / Central Board of Secondary Education, India |
| Motto | Saha Veeryam Karavavahai (Sanskrit: Work Together) |
| Established | 1956 |
| Principal | Shoba Raman |
| Vice Principal | Sudha Suresh (high school), Vijaya Meenakshi (middle school), Jyothsna Natraj (primary) and Alamelu Krishnan (kindergarten) |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Enrollment | c. 2200 |
| Houses | Nilkant, Kanchenjunga, Nanga Parbat, and Kailash |
| Colour(s) | Green and white |
| Publication | Darpan, Dhwani |
| Website | http://www.vidya-mandir.com/ |
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. With just a handful of boys in 1956, studying at the Mylapore Ladies' Club premises, the school now has well over 2000 students, 100 teachers and 35 support staff, three school buildings in the same location and a branch at Estancia.
Notable alumni
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- International cricket players Krishnamachari Srikkanth and Laxman Sivaramakrishnan
- Sadagopan Ramesh, actor and cricketer
- Davis cup tennis player Ramesh Krishnan
- Movie director Mani Ratnam
- Film producer G. Venkateswaran
- Cinematographer P C Sreeram
- Movie Actor Mohan Raman
- Flute artist Shashank
- Carnatic vocal singer Sanjay Subrahmanyan
- Cricketer Abhinav Mukund who plays for Tamil Nadu, IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings and India
- Carnatic classical musician Rithvik Raja
- Sikkil Gurucharan, South Indian classical music singer
- Anil Srinivasan, pianist and composer
- Movie actor Karthik Kumar
- Kollywood director Venkat Prabhu
- Actor Vikram Prabhu
- 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 Veeryam Karavavahai" which means "Let the student and teacher perform great acts of strength together".
References
http://www.vidya-mandir.com/index.php
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