Sardar Patel Vidyalaya
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Motto | विद्यैव धनमक्षयम् |
Established | 14 August,1947 |
Principal | Anuradha Joshi |
Faculty | 110 |
Grades | Nursery till 12th |
Number of students | 1500 |
Sardar Patel Vidyalaya (SPV) is located in Lodhi Estate, New Delhi, near the famed Lodhi Gardens. It has students from nursery to 12th grade. Its greenery forms the lungs and the beauty of the city.
The school is named after a leader of the Indian independence movement, and independent India's first Home Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Academics[]
Language policy[]
It is perhaps the only private school in India that employs Hindi as a medium of instruction in the primary school. Though primarily subjects such as Math, science and social studies are taught in Hindi, students are taught 'technical terms' which are the English counterparts of whatever they learnt. This equips them to proficiently use the same in both languages.
Students are provided instruction in four languages. From 1st grade, it is Hindi medium. English is the medium of education from the 6th grade onwards. From 6th grade, you have to even choose between Gujrati, Tamil, Bengali and Urdu as your 4th language. Hindi and Sanskrit are mandatory until the 8th grade. In the 9th grade, students are asked to choose between Hindi and Sanskrit.
The objective of this policy is to produce young citizens who are not just bilingual but equilingual in Hindi [1] and English—international link language. The students have to choose a fourth language from Tamil, Gujarati, Urdu or Bengali. This helps the student acknowledge the richness of the Indian culture. It shares an equal status with music where songs in these languages are often taught.
Sports[]
The school has football, basketball, volleyball and cricket teams, and has produced many top class cricketers and athletes who have played for the nation or Ranji teams, including Ajay Jadeja, Rahul Sanghvi, Gagan Khoda, Deep Dasgupta, Vivek Razdan and National Record holder high jumper Tejaswin Shankar.
Every year Activity Week is held in the school in which the school's four houses i.e. Shakti, Neeti, Jyoti and Pragati compete. During the sports week events like 100 m, 200 m, 400 m, 800 m and 1500 m race, shot put, javelin throw, discus throw, high jump, long jump and triple jump are held. Inter house basketball, football, volleyball and chess matches are also held. An inter-house sports quiz is held.
School building during GS elections
School building during GS elections
Principals[]
- Raghubhai M. Nayak
- Vibha Parthasarathy
- Y K Mago (officiating)
- Mukesh Shelath
- Kusum Lata Warikoo
- Vijaya Subramaniam (officiating)
- Ms. Anuradha Joshi (2007–present)
Rhodes Scholars[]
SPV has produced a number of Rhodes Scholars. In 2006, for example, three of the five Indian Rhodes Scholars were alumna of SPV. In 2005, two of the six were alumni.
Notable alumni[]
Administration[]
- , IPS, DIG of Eastern Range Bhagalpur
- Vineeta Rai, Indian Administrative Service officer; former Revenue Secretary, Government of India[2]
Arts and media[]
- Varun Badola, television actor
- Vikas Bahl, Bollywood film producer, screenwriter and director
- Swara Bhaskar, Bollywood actress [3]
- Richa Chadda, Movie actress, Filmfare awardee
- Nandita Das, film actress, director
- Shahana Goswami, Bollywood actress
- Poorna Jagannathan, Hollywood and Bollywood actor and producer
- Ketan Mehta, film director
- Siddharth Narayan, actor
- Anusha Rizvi, Bollywood film director
- Suraj Sharma, film actor
- Pakhi Tyrewala, actress[4]
Literature[]
- Mukul Kesavan, writer and essayist
- Aman Sethi, Writer and Correspondent for The Hindu
Business[]
- S. Ramadorai, CEO, Tata Consultancy Services and recipient of the Padma Bhushan
Science and technology[]
- Kapil Hari Paranjape, Mathematician
Sports[]
- Deep Dasgupta, Indian cricket team
- Ajay Jadeja, Indian cricket team and TV commentator
- Murali Kartik, Indian cricket team
- Gagan Khoda, Indian cricket team
- Vivek Razdan, Indian cricket team
- Rahul Sanghvi, Indian cricket team
- Tejaswin Shankar, Indian Track and field
- Rajpal Singh, Indian Judo
Law[]
- Bishwajit Bhattacharyya, Former Addl. Solicitor General of India
- , Partner - Bharucha & Partners
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- Karuna Nundy, Supreme Court Advocate
- Ujjwal Rana, Supreme Court Advocate
References[]
- ^ Chatterji, Rohini (24 June 2017). "For The Last Time, Hindi Is NOT The National Language Of India". Huffpost. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ "Financial Express article on Vineeta Rai".
- ^ "Personal Agenda: Swara Bhaskar, actress". Hindustan Times. 29 November 2013. Archived from the original on 1 December 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
- ^ "I am dyslexic: Pakhi Tyrewala". The Times of India. 18 December 2010. Archived from the original on 22 August 2013.
External links[]
- Private schools in Delhi
- Educational institutions established in 1957
- Memorials to Vallabhbhai Patel
- 1957 establishments in Delhi