Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Vidyamandir | |
Motto: | [atmano mokshartham jagat hitaya cha] |
Motto Translation: | For one’s own salvation and for the welfare of the world |
City: | Malda |
State: | West Bengal |
Coordinates: | 24.9956°N 88.1474°W |
Pushpin Map: | India West Bengal#India#Asia |
Status: | Active |
Religious Affiliation: | Hinduism |
Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Vidyamandir is a unit of Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, in Malda district, India, which is a branch of Ramakrishna Mission. This boarding school is situated beside Ramakrishna Mission Road, South Baluchar at Malda, Malda district.[1] It is affiliated to the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education and West Bengal Board of Secondary Education.[2] It is the first English-medium school in North Bengal run by Ramakrishna Mission.[3]
Ramkrishna Ashram was started in 1944 in Malda.[4] In 1942, Swami Parashibananadaji Maharaj who came to Malda Ashram and felt the need of setting up a school in the region. By the help of local people, the institute was established on 2 January 1944. Initially it was a night school set up inside the Ashrama campus with a few students. It was started as Vivekananda Vidyamandir. In 1980 the epithet Ramakrishna Mission was added to the name.[5] The school was awarded for good academic results in 2020.[6]