"One teacher's dream. One family's dedication. A thousand children's futures."
— Sri Nagaraj R. sir, Founder Secretary, SVS SchoolSri Nagaraj R. sir was a celebrated educator with over 53 years of teaching experience — a Best Teacher awardee who was deeply respected in the field. His lifelong dream was simple but profound: to open a school that would offer quality education to every child, at the most minimal fees in all of Bengaluru.
Nagaraj sir encouraged his wife Shashikala ma'am — herself a highly educated woman and a passionate teacher — to take the first step and start the school. Shashikala ma'am took up the mantle, teaching children with everything she had, riding buses and walking to school every single day. Once the school was on its feet, Nagaraj sir made a defining choice: he turned down the position of Principal at Vijaya School and gave up his career to stand beside his wife and build their dream together.
Sri Vijaya Sai School opened its doors in 2000 in Chikkalasandra, Bengaluru. Over 25 years and counting, it has shaped students who have gone on to careers in engineering, medicine, teaching, sports, MBA and finance. Today, the school is carried forward by the couple's three daughters — Rashmi, Sushma and Roopa — who teach and manage the school alongside their father.
Every year the school pulses with life — Annual Day, Independence Day, Saraswati Pooja, Janmashtami, Sankranti, Kannada Rajyotsava, Christmas, Children's Day, school trips and exhibitions. Every festival is celebrated, every tradition honoured.
Our alumni — over 700 graduates — are out in the world building careers, raising families, and occasionally walking back through our gates just to say thank you.
