Vivekananda Institution
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| name = The Vivekananda Institution, Howrah
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| location = Howrah
| streetaddress = 75& 77 Swami Vivekananda Road
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| city = Howrah, West Bengal
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| zipcode = 711104
| country = Ind
| coordinates = {{coord|22.5784|N|88.3166|E|region:LK_type:edu|display=inline,title}}
| schooltype = Government undertaken
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| Assitant headmaster = Subir kumar bera
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| established = {{Start date|1923|02|02|df=y}}
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| campus director = Sri Jhantu charan das
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| students = 4,685
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| international_students = 2
| classes = 12
| medium = Bengali,English
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| hours_in_day = 6
| classrooms = 50
| campuses = 1
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File:Vivekananda Institution, Main building.jpg
Vivekananda Institution is a high school in West Bengal, India. It is located in the Howrah district of West Bengal.[http://www.vivekanandainstitution.com/ Howrah Vivekananda Institution]. Vivekanandainstitution.com (2010-01-30). Retrieved on 2011-01-16. The school was established in 1922 (the first school named after the great Indian sage Swami Vivekananda) and is inspired by his philosophy "Education is the manifestation of the perfection already in man". The school is a leading performer in the secondary and higher secondary exams of the state of West Bengal. The school is located at 75 & 77 Swami Vivekananda Road, Santragachhi, Howrah 711104, India.
Affiliations
The school is affiliated to WBBSE (West Bengal Board of Secondary Education) for tenth Exam and WBCHSE (West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education) for 12th exam.
History
The institution is named after the Hindu monk Swami Vivekananda and was established in 1923.
In 1928 the school was graced by the presence of Swami Shivananda. In 1956 the new main building was inaugurated by the then Governor of West Bengal Dr. Harendranath Mukhopadhaya.
The principal function of the school is to observe the ‘Swamiji Janmo Tithi’. The presidents of this function in the previous years were men like Ajit Kumar Ghosh, Swami Chidatmananda, Charuchandra Bhattacharya, Kumud Bandhu Sen, Pramathanath B. C., Mahendranath Sarkar,
Mrigendranath Mukhopadhyay was one of the founders of the institution. Two ex-Headmasters (Sudhangshu Sekhar Bhattacharya and Sri Brojamohan Majumder) were honoured by the government of India when they received the National Award for Teachers.
The institution has a roll strength of about two thousand students from class I to XII. The teaching and non-teaching staff range from 50 to 60.
Howrah Vivekananda Institution, a glowing name in the annals of the education in west bengal,set out our journey in 1923 and still moving towards the devolopment of young men. the institiution named after famous Hindu monk Swami vivekananada still keeps up its old heritage in the academic firement.Thanks to the innitiative taken by the young men ,the ramkrisna vivekananda Ashram was set up in 1916.swami Shivanada ji,the then President of our Belur moth said these young men,
Notable alumni
- Jahar Das, former Indian football player [http://www.vivekanandainstitution.com/alumni.html Howrah Vivekananda Institution. Notable Ex-Students]
- Sankari Prasad Basu, writer
- Reetabrata Ghosh, Visual performer
- Swapan Sadhan Bose, industrialist
- Bholanath Chakraborty, Homeopath doctor
- Nemai Sadhan Basu, historian
- Samyo Bhaumik, Singer, Filmmaker, Writer