SUGUNA PIP School (abbreviated to SPIPS) is a comprehensive,

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. Established in 2003 by industrialist G Ramaswamy Naidu, the school sits on a campus and offers classes from

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. It is affiliated to the

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(CBSE),

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History

The Suguna Charitable Trust was established in 1973 by the Suguna Group of Industries, Coimbatore. It set up the SUGUNA PIP School in 2003 as its first CBSE-affiliated educational institution, and admitted the first batch of students in the same year. The centenary year celebration of founder G Ramaswamy Naidu was inaugurated in 2022 by then

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, his close associate. In 2023, the chief guests for the centenary year events were

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Deshikendra Mahaswamiji (24th pontiff of the Sri Suttur Math,

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) and Krishnaraj Vanavarayar (businessman and founder of Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore).

Organisation

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L Suguna of the Suguna Charitable Trust serves as the management trustee and nominates members to the ten-member ''School Management Committee'' (SMC). The Group managing director (V Lakshminarayanasamy) and the school principal are

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members of the SMC. Seven members are selected from amongst the faculty and parents. The ''Parent-Teacher Association'' (PTA) is a fourteen-member committee, consisting of the staff and parents selected on a rotational basis, that deliberates non-management decisions twice a year. A principal and senior principal lead the day-to-day school affairs and are supported by an academic coordinator, grade coordinators, heads of departments, and administrative officers. The

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handles disciplinary matters, publishes the annual school magazine (''YOUTHink''), and assists in conducting events. All students are placed in one of the four school houses at the time of admission: Aqua, Ignis, Terra, Ventus.

Academics and curriculum

The school is affiliated to the

(CBSE) and follows the

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curriculum from grades 6 to 12. Instruction is in

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, while

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and

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are taught as ''second'' and ''third'' languages up to grade 10. Senior secondary students are offered a choice of academic streams: ''science'' (with mathematics), ''pure sciences'', ''commerce'', and ''humanities''. Students in grade 10 take up the

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(AISSE) conducted by CBSE to progress to the next grade. Students in grade 12 sit for the All India Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (AISSCE).

Campus

The campus is located close to the engineering, arts, and polytechnic colleges run by the Suguna Charitable Trust. It consists of the junior wing, the senior wing, an arts and laboratories block, the new block, the sports complex, an hockey 5's ground, and the G Ramaswamy Naidu Auditorium.

Extra-curricular activities

* National Cadet Corps (NCC) *

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* Road Safety Patrol (Coimbatore City Traffic Police)

Affiliations and partnerships

(CBSE), New Delhi *

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, New Delhi * Uyir - Road Safety (run by the Uyir NGO, Coimbatore) * Young Indians - Thalir (run by the

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)

Awards and recognition

Notable alumni

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actress * Uma T V Iyer, bronze medalist, European Girls' Mathematics Olympiad (EGMO 2016) * Vijay Krishna G,

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(APhO 2016)

References

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