Vikas Vidyalaya

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Vikas Vidyalaya
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Vikas Vidyalaya
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Coordinates 23°26′28″N85°25′46″E / 23.4411409°N 85.4295509°E / 23.4411409; 85.4295509
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Other namesVVR
Type Private
Mottoतमसोमा ज्योतिर् गमया
(From darkness, lead me to light)
Established1952
PrincipalMr. P.S.Kalra
Facultyapprox 55
GenderBoys & Girls
Age8to 17
Number of studentsapprox 1200
Campus200 acres (81 ha)
Colour(s)Grey   and White  
PublicationVikas Vani Monthly
Affiliations Permanently Affiliated to CBSE, Member IPSC, ISO certified
Website vikasvidyalayaranchi.com

Vikas Vidyalaya is a co-educational boarding school in Ranchi, Jharkhand, India. Established by Manav Vikas Trust, Kolkata, the school was inaugurated by then president of India Dr. Rajendra Prasad in 1952.

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The school is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education New Delhi, for All India Secondary School Examination and All India Senior School Certificate Examinations. It has classes from IV to XII. Admissions to the school are based on an entrance examination and an interview.

The school is governed by its Board of Governors whose Chairman is Mr. Chandra Shekhar Nopany. The current principal of the school is Mr. P.S. Kalra.

Spread over an area of 220 acres (90 ha), the school is situated on the RanchiPatna Highway 15 km (9 mi) from the railway station, 35 km (22 mi) from Ramgarh railway station and 20 km (12 mi) from the airport. It is in the outskirts of Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand.

More than 50 acres (20 ha) are occupied by the school complex consisting of a three-storey academic block, science laboratories, workshops, hobby centres, library and art block, four boarding houses, temple, gymnasium hall/auditorium, swimming pool, rifle shooting range, an open-air theatre, and central dining hall.

Organization and administration

List of members of School Managing Committee with their address/tenure and post held.

Faculty

Many renowned faculty members retired in the past five years who had experience of 40+ years of teaching experience and they served all 40 years in Vikas Vidyalaya only. Some of the faculty of our time were Mr. P.K.Roy, Mr. M.K.Mehta, Mr.Shiv Kumar Jha, Mr. U.K.Srivastava, Mrs. Rina Rani, Mrs. J.Khalko, Mr. Avinash Sharan, Mr. Ram (sports teacher), etc. Some of the present faculty mentioned here are:-

Mrs. Barkha Rani = Department Of Physics

Boarding houses

There are four hostels – Sarojini Naidu (Girl's Hostel), Abhimanyu, Bharat & Shivaji(Boy's Hostels), Each hostel is under the charge of a three Housemaster. There is a Hostel Superintendent in every Hostel who assists the housemasters in looking after the student's line, general cleanliness, etc. Each hostel has prefects and vice-prefects selected from among the students.

Other facilities

Sports in Vikas

The school has allowed 1.3 hours of game time. Almost all the games are played in Vikas. Also, there are a lot of sports events to keep the students in competitive mood always and inculcate good discipline in society and school. School colors are also issued every year to those students who are exceptional in a particular game or sport. The games are played by groups that are divided. So the entire games are played every day and everybody gets a chance to play the games. Vikas has grounds more than the total intake annually. Teachers and House Masters also play with the students and teach them the necessary skills. The school team goes outside to participate in almost all sports. The students participate in zonal level, IPS, CBe clusters, etc.. Students of Vikas have made the school proud by their great achievements while staying on the campus also, let it be academics or sports. There are only two basketball courts in the school, and both are unmaintained. The school even do not have a playing grounds, only a multi purpose ground for ceremonies, cricket and football. The infrastructure is also not too good

Vikas Preparatory School

There is another unit for tiny tots known as ‘Vikas Preparatory School’ in the school premises where the local children study, the children of the underprivileged family of Ormanji. It is an English Medium School from Nursery to Standard III. The School is run by the female spouse of teachers of Vikas.

Notable alumni

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