Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalaya


Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalaya or VKV is the academic wing of Vivekananda Kendra, operating a chain of schools under the project . Vidyalaya is a sanskrit word meaning School. The corporate headquarters of the organization is at Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu in southern India. The ideology of Gyan – Yagna, meaning Knowledge Worship started by Ekanathji Ranade led to the inception of VKV. The school teachings are inspired by the Vivekananda's philosophy of Man – Making & Nation Building.

Schools

There are a total of 64 providing education to approximately 20,000 students in the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Karnataka, Nagaland and Tamil Nadu, besides the Andaman Islands. The schools are guided by their corporate values inspired by the general philosophies of Swami Vivekananda, such as Education is the manifestation of perfection already in man, If the poor boy can't come to education, education must go to him etc. The first VKV was started at Sher in Arunachal Pradesh. Most of these schools are fully residential and focus on the holistic growth of their students.

In Arunachal Pradesh

The schools in Arunachal Pradesh are run and managed under of Vivekananda Kendra headquartered at Dibrugarh in Assam.
Sl. No.SchoolDistrictYear of InceptionLevelWebsite
1VKV BalijanPapum Pare1977Secondaryhttp://balijan.vkv.in
2VKV JairampurChanglang1977Senior Secondaryhttp://jairampur.vkv.in
3VKV KharsangChanglang1977Secondaryhttp://kharsang.vkv.in
4VKV OyanEast Siang1977Secondaryhttp://oyan.vkv.in
5VKV RoingDibang Valley1977Senior Secondaryhttp://roing.vkv.in
6VKV SeijosaEast Kameng1977Secondaryhttp://seijosa.vkv.in
7VKV SherPapum Pare1977Secondaryhttp://sher.vkv.in
8VKV TafrogamLohit1980Secondaryhttp://tafrogam.vkv.in
9VKV AmiliangLohit1981Secondaryhttp://amliang.vkv.in
10VKV NiausaTirap1981Secondaryhttp://niausa.vkv.in
11VKV ShergaonWest Kameng1981Senior Secondaryhttp://shergaon.vkv.in
12VKV SunpuraLohit1981Secondaryhttp://sunpura.vkv.in
13VKV JirdinWest Siang1982Secondaryhttp://jirdin.vkv.in
14VKV KuporijoUpper Subansiri1987Secondaryhttp://kuporijo.vkv.in
15VKV Nivedita ViharEast Kameng1994Secondaryhttp://niveditavihar.vkv.in
16VKV ItanagarPapum Pare1995Senior Secondaryhttp://itanagar.vkv.in
17VKV YazaliLower Subansiri1997Senior Secondaryhttp://yazali.vkv.in
18VKV LiromobaWest Siang1998Primaryhttp://liromoba.vkv.in
19VKV ZiroLower Subansiri2000Secondaryhttp://ziro.vkv.in
20VKV NirjuliPapum Pare2002Secondaryhttp://nirjuli.vkv.in
21VKV KoloriangKurung Kumey2003Middlehttp://koloriang.vkv.in
22VKV BanderdewaPapum Pare2004Secondaryhttp://banderdewa.vkv.in
23VKV WessangEast Kameng2007Secondaryhttp://wessang.vkv.in
24VKV BasarWest Siang2008Middlehttp://basar.vkv.in
25VKV Vivek ViharPapum Pare2009Secondaryhttp://vivekvihar.vkv.in
26VKV JoramLower Subansiri2009Middlehttp://joram.vkv.in
27VKV RagaLower Subansiri2009Middlehttp://raga.vkv.in
28VKV DadoKurung Kumey2009Primaryhttp://dado.vkv.in
29VKV Emrs BanaEast Kameng2009Secondaryhttp://emrsbana.vkv.in
30VKV YingkiongUpper Siang2010Secondaryhttp://yingkiong.vkv.in
31VKV ChanglangChanglang2010Middlehttp://changlang.vkv.in
32VKV TezuLohit2010Secondaryhttp://tezu.vkv.in
33VKV Kitpi TawangWest Kameng2011Secondaryhttp://kitpitawang.vkv.in/
34VKV DollungmukhLower Subansiri2015Middlehttp://dollungmukh.vkv.in/
35VKV KimiWest Kameng2016Primaryhttp://kimi.vkv.in/
36VKV Chyang TajoEast Kameng2016Primary
37VKV MuktoWest Kameng2018Middle
38VKV LongdingLongding2019Primary
39VKV GagaKurung Kumey2019Primary
40VKV NamsaiNamsai2019Primary

In Assam

The schools in Assam are run and managed under of Vivekananda Kendra headquartered at Guwahati in Assam.

In Nagaland

The schools in Nagaland are run and managed under of Vivekananda Kendra headquartered at Guwahati in Assam.
Sl. No.SchoolDistrictYear of InceptionLevelWebsite
1VKV DoyangWokha2000Secondary

In Andaman

Ten schools are run in Andaman of which situated in the capital of Andaman and Nicobar Islands is one among the oldest and reputed schools in the islands.