Arya Vidya Mandir

Arya Vidya Mandir is a group of schools located in Mumbai, India, which offers English medium education and focuses on holistic growth of the child.

Bandra East branch

It is located in Bandra Kurla Complex.It is behind Asian Heart Institute and opposite UTI building. It has a huge playground and a garden to play in. It also has a lot of parking space along with a multipurpose hall where all the functions take place. It also has a huge atrium which is now used as playing space for children. It has a big library with many useful books. It has a big laboratory which helps children learn a lot. It also has a math lab, yoga room, k-yan rooms. The current principal of this school is Dr.Pramila Katva. Having a huge ground,cricket and football matches are organized and played by the higher standards. This branch is also good but also better and more efficient at the other hand.

Bandra West branch

It is located on St. Cyril road, opposite St. Andrews high school. The current principal of this school is Mrs. Jyoti Kumar. She is the director of AVM group of schools.

Description

All of its schools use English as the medium of instruction and follow the national Indian Certificate of Secondary Education or ICSE board. There are four Arya Vidya Mandir schools in Mumbai. There is one school each in Bandra West, Santacruz West, Juhu, and Bandra East. All AVM schools are co-educational. The Arya Vidya Mandir group of schools are affiliated with the Hindu faith.

There are about forty children in each class. The timings for this school are 8:30am–11:30am for the pre-primary sections, 8:30am–2:30pm for the primary sections & 8:30am–3:30pm for the secondary section.

For the children studying in the Bandra West school, they go to the Santacruz West branch till the second standard (second grade) and then go to the Bandra West branch from the third standard (third grade) onwards. The primary objective of this group of schools is to help the children develop spiritually, mentally, emotionally and physically. The students receive education under the guidance of trained and competent teachers. The schools are cosmopolitan in nature and are non-profit making organisations. The languages taught are English, Hindi and Sanskrit. Sanskrit is a compulsory language taught from Standard 5 to 8. Co-curricular activities are a special feature in the school program. These include Art, Physical Education and Swimming, amongst others. Although the medium of instruction is English, Indian culture and values are emphasized.Hindi, Sanskrit and Marathi Diwas (Days) are celebrated with great enthusiasm. The children put up a variety of performances on the basis of a prescribed syllabus.

Notable alumni

• Aishwarya Rai
• Sonam Kapoor
• Sonakshi Sinha
• Srinath Swaminathan
• Prateik Babbar
• Shefali Shah
• Kunal Deshmukh
• Rahul Bha
• Sanjana Hansraj
• Shrishti Bajaj
• Mahir Patrawala
• Harsh Achhpal