Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School is a school in India

India

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, situated in the southern city of Chennai

Chennai

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. Founded in 1956 by M. Subbaraya Aiyar, Smt. Subbalakshmi Ammal and Mrs. Padmini Chari, the school recently celebrated its 50th anniversary. It follows the Central Board of Secondary Education

Central Board of Secondary Education

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 pattern of education. The school began as a Ladies Club and started in February 1956 with a handful of students. Today the school has over 2000 students, 100 teachers and 35 support staff.

Notable alumni

• International cricket players Krishnamachari Srikkanth
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   and Laxman Sivaramakrishnan
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• Davis cup tennis player Ramesh Krishnan
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• Movie director Mani Ratnam
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• Film producer G. Venkateswaran
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• Cinematographer P.C. Sreeram,
• Computer game designer Krishnan Vidya Shankar,
• Flute artist Shashank,
• Carnatic vocal singer Sanjay Subrahmanyan
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• Cricketer Abhinav Mukund
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   who plays for Tamil Nadu
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  , IPL
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   franchise Chennai Super Kings
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   and India
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• Carnatic music violinist Charumathi Raghuraman
• Young Carnatic Classical Musician Rithvik Raja
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• Sikkil Gurucharan
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  , South Indian classical music singer
• Anil Srinivasan
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  , well-known pianist and composer
• India No.1 under 18 tennis player Rishabhdev Rajshekar