Vivekananda Institution is a

high school A secondary school, high school, or senior school, is an institution that provides secondary education. Some secondary schools provide both ''lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper secondary education'' (ages 14 to 18), i.e., ...

West Bengal West Bengal (; Bengali language, Bengali: , , abbr. WB) is a States and union territories of India, state in the East India, eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabi ...

, India. It is located in the

Howrah district Howrah district (, ) is a district of the West Bengal state in eastern India. Howrah district is one of the highly urbanized area of West Bengal. It has thousands of years of rich heritage in the form of the great Bengali kingdom of Bhurshut. ...

of West Bengal.Howrah Vivekananda Institution
Vivekanandainstitution.com (2010-01-30). Retrieved on 2011-01-16. The school was established in 1922 (the first school named after the great Indian sage

Swami Vivekananda Swami Vivekananda () (12 January 1863 – 4 July 1902), born Narendranath Datta, was an Indian Hindus, Hindu monk, philosopher, author, religious teacher, and the chief disciple of the Indian mystic Ramakrishna. Vivekananda was a major figu ...

) and is inspired by his philosophy "Education is the manifestation of the perfection already in man". The school is a leading performer in the secondary and higher secondary exams of the state of West Bengal. The school is located at 75 & 77 Swami Vivekananda Road, Santragachhi, Howrah 711104, India.

Affiliations

The school is affiliated to WBBSE (

West Bengal Board of Secondary Education The West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) is the West Bengal state government administered autonomous examining authority for the Standard 10 examination (or secondary school level examination) of West Bengal, India Indi ...

) for tenth Exam and WBCHSE (

West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education The West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) is an Indian examining authority (School Educational Board), which is responsible for conducting examinations for standard XII for both government and private schools affiliated to ...

) for 12th exam.

History

The institution is named after the Hindu monk

and was established in 1923. Swami Vivekananda

In 1928, the school was graced by the presence of

Swami Shivananda Swami Shivananda (1854–1934), born Tarak Nath Ghosal, was a Hindu spiritual leader and a direct disciple of Ramakrishna, who became the second president of the Ramakrishna Mission. His devotees refer to him as Mahapurush Maharaj (Great Sou ...

. In 1956 the new main building was inaugurated by the then Governor of West Bengal Dr. Harendranath Mukhopadhaya. The principal function of the school is to observe the ‘Swamiji Janmo Tithi’. The presidents of this function in the previous years were men like Ajit Kumar Ghosh, Swami Chidatmananda, Charuchandra Bhattacharya, Kumud Bandhu Sen, Pramathanath B. C., and Mahendranath Sarkar. Mrigendranath Mukhopadhyay was one of the founders of the institution. Two ex-Headmasters (Sudhangshu Sekhar Bhattacharya and Sri Brojamohan Majumder) were honoured by the government of India when they received the National Award for Teachers. The institution has a roll strength of about two thousand students from class I to XII. The teaching and non-teaching staff range from 50 to 60.

Notable alumni

Jahar Das Jahar Das (born 5 April 1947) is a former Indian association football, football player and current manager (association football), manager. During his playing days in the 1970s, Das played for teams including Howrah Union, Aryan FC, Mohun Bagan ...

, former Indian football player Howrah Vivekananda Institution. Notable Ex-Students
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Sankari Prasad Basu Sankari Prasad Basu (21 October 1928 – 6 July 2014, also credited as Sankariprasad Basu) was an Indian scholar, writer and critic who writes mainly in the Bengali language. He is a researcher on Swami Vivekananda and his books on the subject ...

, writer *Reetabrata Ghosh, Visual performer *

Swapan Sadhan Bose Swapan Sadhan Bose, also known as Tutu Bose (born 23 January 1948), is an Indian politician from All India Trinamool Congress who was a Member of the Parliament of India representing West Bengal in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parli ...

, industrialist *Bholanath Chakraborty, Homeopath doctor * Nemai Sadhan Basu, historian *Samyo Bhaumik, Singer, Filmmaker, Writer *

References

{{Swami Vivekananda Primary schools in West Bengal High schools and secondary schools in West Bengal Schools in Howrah district Educational institutions established in 1922 1922 establishments in India

Affiliations

History

Notable alumni

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