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 VKVs 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.

No.	State	Total number of VKVs
1	Arunachal Pradesh	44
2	Assam	24
3	Andamans	9
4	Nagaland	1
5	Karnataka	1
6	Tamil Nadu	2

In Arunachal Pradesh

The schools in Arunachal Pradesh are run and managed under of Vivekananda Kendra headquartered at Dibrugarh in Assam.

Sl. No.	School	District	Year of Inception	Level	Website
1	VKV Balijan	Papum Pare	1977	Secondary	http://balijan.vkv.in
2	VKV Jairampur	Changlang	1977	Senior Secondary	http://jairampur.vkv.in
3	VKV Kharsang	Changlang	1977	Secondary	http://kharsang.vkv.in
4	VKV Oyan	East Siang	1977	Secondary	http://oyan.vkv.in
5	VKV Roing	Lower Dibang Valley	1977	Senior Secondary	http://roing.vkv.in
6	VKV Seijosa	East Kameng	1977	Secondary	http://seijosa.vkv.in
7	VKV Sher	Papum Pare	1977	Secondary	http://sher.vkv.in
8	VKV Tafrogam	Lohit	1980	Secondary	http://tafrogam.vkv.in
9	VKV Amiliang	Lohit	1981	Secondary	http://amliang.vkv.in
10	VKV Niausa	Tirap	1981	Secondary	http://niausa.vkv.in
11	VKV Shergaon	West Kameng	1981	Senior Secondary	http://shergaon.vkv.in
12	VKV Sunpura	Lohit	1981	Secondary	http://sunpura.vkv.in
13	VKV Jirdin	West Siang	1982	Secondary	http://jirdin.vkv.in
14	VKV Kuporijo	Upper Subansiri	1987	Secondary	http://kuporijo.vkv.in
15	VKV Nivedita Vihar	East Kameng	1994	Secondary	http://niveditavihar.vkv.in
16	VKV Itanagar	Papum Pare	1995	Senior Secondary	http://itanagar.vkv.in
17	VKV Yazali	Lower Subansiri	1997	Senior Secondary	http://yazali.vkv.in
18	VKV Liromoba	West Siang	1998	Primary	http://liromoba.vkv.in
19	VKV Ziro	Lower Subansiri	2000	Secondary	http://ziro.vkv.in
20	VKV Nirjuli	Papum Pare	2002	Secondary	http://nirjuli.vkv.in
21	VKV Koloriang	Kurung Kumey	2003	Middle	http://koloriang.vkv.in
22	VKV Banderdewa	Papum Pare	2004	Secondary	http://banderdewa.vkv.in
23	VKV Wessang	East Kameng	2007	Secondary	http://wessang.vkv.in
24	VKV Basar	West Siang	2008	Middle	http://basar.vkv.in
25	VKV Vivek Vihar	Papum Pare	2009	Secondary	http://vivekvihar.vkv.in
26	VKV Joram	Lower Subansiri	2009	Middle	http://joram.vkv.in
27	VKV Raga	Lower Subansiri	2009	Middle	http://raga.vkv.in
28	VKV Dado	Kurung Kumey	2009	Primary	http://dado.vkv.in
29	VKV Emrs Bana	East Kameng	2009	Secondary	http://emrsbana.vkv.in
30	VKV Yingkiong	Upper Siang	2010	Secondary	http://yingkiong.vkv.in
31	VKV Changlang	Changlang	2010	Middle	http://changlang.vkv.in
32	VKV Tezu	Lohit	2010	Secondary	http://tezu.vkv.in
33	VKV Kitpi Tawang	West Kameng	2011	Secondary	http://kitpitawang.vkv.in/
34	VKV Dollungmukh	Lower Subansiri	2015	Middle	http://dollungmukh.vkv.in/
35	VKV Kimi	West Kameng	2016	Primary	http://kimi.vkv.in/
36	VKV Chyang Tajo	East Kameng	2016	Primary
37	VKV Mukto	West Kameng	2018	Middle
38	VKV Longding	Longding	2019	Primary
39	VKV Gaga	Kurung Kumey	2019	Primary
40	VKV Namsai	Namsai	2019	Primary

In Assam

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

Sl. No.	School	District	Year of Inception	Level	Website
1	VKV Tinsukia	Tinsukia	1978	Senior Secondary
2	VKV Dibrugarh	Dibrugarh	1981	Senior Secondary
3	VKV Golaghat	Golaghat	1988	Senior Secondary
4	VKV Bokuloni	Dibrugarh	1998	Senior Secondary
5	VKV Umrangso	N.C.Hills	1999	Senior Secondary
6	VKV Baragolai	Tinsukia	2000	Senior Secondary
7	VKV Dhemaji	Dhemaji	2000	Secondary
8	VKV Majuli	Jorhat	2002	Secondary
9	VKV Tingrai	Dibrugarh	2002	Secondary
10	VKV Nalbari	Nalbari	2004	Senior Secondary
11	VKV Ramnagar Silchar	Cachar	2005	Secondary
12	VKV Kajalgaon	Chirang	2007	Secondary
13	VKVK Suklai	Baksa	2007	Secondary
	-	-	-	-	-
14	VKV Tezpur	Sonitpur	2009	Secondary
15	VKV Badarpur	Karimganj	2009	Secondary
16	VKV Sivasagar	Sivasagar	2010	Secondary

17.
VKPV Jengraimukh
Majuli
2012
Primary
18.
VKV Borojalenga
Cachar
2014
Secondary
19. VKV Sadiya
Tinsukia
2014
Secondary
20.
VKV Tumpreng
West Karbi Anglong
2015
Secondary
21.
VKV Sissiborgaon
Dhemaji
2016
Primary
22. VKV Bokakhat
Golaghat
2018
Primary
23.
VKV Khatkhati
2018
Primary
24.
VKV Mangaldai
Darrang
2018
Secondary

In Nagaland

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

Sl. No.	School	District	Year of Inception	Level	Website
1	VKV Doyang	Wokha	2000	Secondary

In Andaman

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