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Vidya Peetam Senior Secondary School is a private CBSE school located in Sholinghur, Vellore District, Tamil Nadu. The school timing is 8:30am to 4pm.

History
VidyaPeetam, a Sr. Secondary school, affiliated to C B S E New Delhi, English medium school was founded by Shri. T. S. Santhanam, Chairman of Brakes India Limited, TVS Group and is nurtured with care and concern by Sholinghur Development Trust with support from Brakes India Limited, TEL and other group of companies in Sholinghur area. The school was started to cater to the needs of employees of Brakes India and also for the local public. It is stepping into its 40th year of dedicated service in the field of education. Further to the above, to impart the best of education with care, love and understanding with a view to instilling into children’s young minds early enough, the moral ethical values, strength of character, discipline, global outlook, firm faith in all religions and an abiding spirit of service and sacrifice, thus helping and encouraging them to develop a broader and healthier outlook.

History of Growth
The school was started on 15.6.1982 at No.36, Subbarao Street, Sholinghur with 52 pupils, 5 teaching staff and 5 non teaching staff. At present we have 1305 students, 68 Teaching staff, 12 Non-Teaching staff members and 16 Class IV staff. The Teacher Student ratio is 1:20

Other Activities Of The School
Focus is given to all round development of the students by providing activities like scouts and guides, Coaching for Cricket, Tennis, Karate, Dance, Drums and Keyboard. All our scouts and guides have won the Rajya puraskar awards.Our students have been selected for inter-district cricket tournments. Our students have won overall championships in inter school sports, quiz and cultural competitions several times

Academic Growth
33 batches of students have appeared for AISSE (X) Examinations & have come out successfully. 29 batches of students have appeared for AISSCE (XII) and came out with flying colours. All our alumni are well placed all over the world.The average number of students passing out of +2 every year is 40 and the average number of students passing out of 10th every year is 60. Special coaching is offered for external competitive exams like JEE, NEET, NTSE. The school participated in the Quarter finals of CBSE Heritage Quiz.

External Recognition
The school is awarded with the ISO 9001:2015 Certificate from the British Standard Institute. We have also the “Zero wastage School” award from the Namma ooru Foundation. Career 360, a magazine popular among the Education sectors in India has rated Vidya Peetam School as one of the Best Schools in India (AAAA) for the 4th consecutive year. We were Awarded with Dr. Shivraj Rolling Shield for the 16th Year continuously for mobilizing more than 200 donors in the Blood Donation Camp in rural areas.

Chairman
Professor T. T. Narendran graduated from Guindy College of Engineering in 1971. He earned his master's and doctorate in industrial engineering from IIT Madras. He joined the faculty in 1976 and served IIT Madras for 38 years. During his time as Head of Humanities and Social Sciences at IIT Madras, he introduced the MBA program. He piloted the Post-Graduate Program for Executives for Visionary Leadership in Manufacturing (PGPEX-VLM) in 2007. From 2007 through 2014, he managed this project. Professor Narendran specialised in operations research and management. He investigated cellular and flexible manufacturing systems and published in prominent international publications. In the recent decade, he investigated VRP, CMP, freight-train scheduling, inventory routing problems, and job scheduling based on ergonomics. In his IIT Madras tenure, he guided 20 PhD students. His interests were student counselling, elementary education, and Indian classical music. He was Vidyapeetam's vice chairman from 1995 to 2000. He became chairman of the institution in 2000.

Academic Background

* Ph.D. (Industrial Engineering), IIT Madras

* M.S by Research (Industrial Engineering), IIT Madras

* B.E. (Mechanical Engineering), University of Madras

Coresspondent
MRS.K.VISWABHARATHY

Profile

Highly qualified with an M.sc(Physics), M.Ed, PGDCA, Experienced for over a period of 35 years in the field of education and training both in India and United Kingdom. Started a career as computer programmer and moved on to the field of education and training in schools, in colleges in the United Kingdom, then as technical trainer for various software companies.

Responsible for

* ISO certification for the school.

* Green school Certificate.

* One of the best schools in India with “AAAA”.

Vision:

To create individuals who can identify their strengths and weaknesses, tap into their potential and achieve what they aim for, work towards turning their weaknesses to their advantage.

To create leaders who understand that terrorism is not the answer to solve problems in the world, who are sensitive towards environment, who have a clear thinking of what they want to achieve and also guide others to achieve their goals.

Principal
Mr. T. Thavasi Mony

Qualification:

* M.Sc., (Physics) with distinction from Alagappa University, Karaikudi, TN.

* M.Sc., (Psychology) from Madras University, Chennai, TN.

* M.A., (English) from Annamalai University, TN,

* M. Phil., (Physics) from Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, TN.

* B.Ed., from Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, TN.

* P.G.D.C.A., from Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, TN.

* P.G.D.E.L., from Kuruvilla Jacob Initiatives, Chennai, TN.

* Certificate Course in Business Applications Through Personal Computers from Anna University, Guindy, Chennai, TN.

* Certificate Course in UNIX & C, C++ from CMC Limited (A Government of India Enterprise)