Vidya Vardhaka Sangha High School

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Vidyavardhaka Sangha
Location
Mysore

India
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TypePublic
Established1948
School districtmysore
PresidentGundappa Gowda
Website vvce.ac.in

Vidya Vardhaka Sangha High School is a school in Mysore, Karnataka, India. It was started in 1948 by the politician Kalastavadi Puttaswamy and Sahukar Channayya in Mysore with an intention of propagating education to the poorer sections of the society, at a small choultry in Mysore. Today the school provides education at nursery, primary, junior, high school and degree level, [1] [2] with subjects including law, [3] engineering, ITI, [4] diploma [5] and management [6] [7] courses, including Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering. [8] [9]

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