Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalaya

Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalaya commonly referred as VKV is a school which is set up under the project Vivekananda Kendra Siksha Prasar Vibhag. VKSPV which is run by Vivekananda Kendra (a Hindu spiritual organisation based on the principles preached by Swami Vivekananda) with its headquarters at Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu. VKVs have been Gyan-Yagna started by Maneneeya Shri. Ekanathji Ranade. Vidyalaya is a sanskrit word which means School. The schools are operated with a motive of Man-Making & Nation Building.

Schools

There are total 64 VKVs providing man-making education for tribal and rural children in Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Assam, Andamans, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka for approximately 20000 children in remote area to impart education on Swami Vivekananda's thoughts like "Education is the manifestation of perfection already in man.", "If the poor boy can't come to education, education must go to him", etc.

No.	State	Total number of VKVs
1	Arunachal Pradesh	34
2	Assam	17
3	Andamans	9
4	Nagaland	1
5	Karnataka	1 (Kallubalu)
6	Tamil Nadu	2 (Kanyakumari)

In Arunachal Pradesh

Sl. No.	VKV	District	Year of Inception	Level
1	Balijan	Papum Pare	1977	Secondary
2	Jairampur	Changlang	1977	Hr. Secondary
3	Kharsang	Changlang	1977	Secondary
4	Oyan	East Siang	1977	Secondary
5	Roing	Dibang Valley	1977	Hr. Secondary
6	Seijosa	East Kameng	1977	Secondary
7	Sher	Papum Pare	1977	Secondary
8	Tafrogam	Lohit	1980	Secondary
9	Amiliang	Lohit	1981	Secondary
10	Niausa	Tirap	1981	Middle
11	Shergaon	West Kameng	1981	Hr. Secondary
12	Sunpura	Lohit	1981	Secondary
13	Jirdin	West Siang	1982	Secondary
14	Kuporijo	Upper Subansiri	1987	Secondary
15	Nivedita Vihar	East Kameng	1994	Secondary
16	Itanagar	Papum Pare	1995	Hr. Secondary
17	Yazali	Lower Subansiri	1997	Hr. Secondary
18	Liromoba	West Siang	1998	Primary
19	Ziro	Lower Subansiri	2000	Secondary
20	Nirjuli	Papum Pare	2002	Secondary
21	Koloriang	Kurung Kumey	2003	Middle
22	Banderdewa	Papum Pare	2004	Secondary
23	Wessang	East Kameng	2007	Primary
24	Basar	West Siang	2008	Primary
25	Vivek Vihar	Papum Pare	2009	Middle
26	Oldziro	Lower Subansiri	2009	Middle
27	Joram	Lower Subansiri	2009	Primary
28	Raga	Lower Subansiri	2009	Primary
29	Dado	Kurung Kumey	2009	Primary
30	Emrs Bana	East Kameng	2009	Middle

In Assam

Sl. No.	VKV	District	Year of Inception	Level
1	Tinsukia	Tinsukia	1978	Hr. Secondary
2	Dibrugarh	Dibrugarh	1981	Hr. Secondary
3	Golaghat	Golaghat	1988	Hr. Secondary
4	Bokuloni(NEEPCO)	Dibrugarh	1998	Hr. Secondary
5	Umrangso(NEEPCO)	N.C.Hills	1999	Hr. Secondary
6	Baragolai(NEC)	Tinsukia	2000	Hr. Secondary
7	Dhemaji	Dhemaji	2000	Secondary
8	Majuli	Jorhat	2002	Secondary
9	Tingrai	Dibrugarh	2002	Secondary
10	Nalbari	Nalbari	2004	Secondary
11	Ramnagar Silchar	Cachar	2005	Middle
12	Kajalgaon	Chirang(BTAD)	2007	Primary
13	Suklai	Baksa	2007	Primary
14	AUC Silchar	Cachar	2007	Primary
15	Tezpur	Sonitpur	2009	Primary
16	Badarpur	Karimganj	2009	Primary
17	Sivasagar	Sivasagar	2010	Primary

In Nagaland

Sl. No.	VKV	District	Year of Inception	Level
1	Doyang(NEEPCO)	Wokha	2000	Secondary