Sardar Patel Vidyalaya (SPV) is an education school located in Lodhi Estate, New Delhi, India. The school is named after a leader of the

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, and independent India's first

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and Deputy Prime Minister, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

Academics

It is a private school in India that employs

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as a medium of instruction in primary school. Though primarily subjects such as Math,

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and social studies are taught in Hindi, students are taught ' technical terms' which are the English counterparts of whatever they learnt. Students are provided instruction in four languages. From 1st grade, it is Hindi medium.

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is the medium of education from the Class VI onwards. From Class VI, students have to choose between Gujarati, Tamil, Bengali and

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
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and

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are mandatory until Class VIII. In Class IX, students are asked to choose between

and

Principals

* Raghubhai M. Nayak * Vibha Parthasarathy * Y K Mago (officiating) * Mukesh Shelath * Kusum Lata Warikoo * Vijaya Subramaniam (officiating) * Ms. Anuradha Joshi (2007–present)

Notable alumni

Administration and civil services and diplomatic services

* Achal Kumar Jyoti,

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officer; Former

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, Former Chief Secretary, Commissioner of Education Govt of Gujarat * Vineeta Rai,

officer; former Revenue Secretary,

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* Late Abhijit Sen,

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and Former Member of the Planning Commission of India * TCA Raghvan, A former

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n diplomat of the

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with considerable experience in South Asia policy issues and considered an expert on

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.From 2013 to 2015 he was the High Commissioner of India to

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. In July 2018 he was appointed Director General of the Indian Council of World Affairs.

Arts and media

Ketan Mehta Ketan Mehta (born 21 July 1952) is an Indian film director who has also directed documentaries and television serials since 1975. Early life and education Born on 21 July 1952 in Navsari in Gujarat, Mehta did his schooling from Sardar Patel V ...

, film director *

Varun Badola Varun Badola (born 7 January 1974) is an Indian actor, known largely for his roles in television. Early life Varun Badola was born on 7 January 1974. His father is a known artist, Vishwa Mohan Badola. He has two elder sisters – Alka, who is ...

, television actor *

Nandita Das Nandita Das (born 7 November 1969) is an Indian actress and director. She has acted in over 40 feature films in ten different languages. Das appeared in the films ''Fire'' (1996), ''Earth'' (1998), '' Bawandar'' (2000), '' Kannathil Muthamittal' ...

, film actress, director *

Shahana Goswami Shahana Goswami is an Indian actress. She is the daughter of Indian economist and writer Omkar Goswami. Career Through her theater circle Goswami met talent consultant Shaanu Sharma who asked her to audition for a role in Naseeruddin Shah's ...

, Bollywood actress *

Poorna Jagannathan Poorna Jagannathan is an American producer and actress of Indian descent. She is best known for her portrayal of Safar Khan in the HBO drama miniseries ''The Night Of'', as well for her role as Nalini Vishwakumar in the Netflix teen comedy seri ...

, Hollywood and Bollywood actor and producer *

Anusha Rizvi Anusha Rizvi (born 13 March 1978) is an Indian film director and screenwriter. Formerly a journalist, Anusha's directorial debut, ''Peepli Live'', premiered at the Sundance Film Festival 2010 in the World Competition Section. It was the first In ...

, Bollywood film director *

Suraj Sharma Suraj Sharma (born 21 March 1993) is an Indian actor who made his debut in the 2012 film '' Life of Pi''. Directed by Ang Lee, the film was adapted from the novel of the same name, and earned Sharma critical acclaim as well as a BAFTA Rising S ...

, film actor *

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, actress *

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serials like

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Shrikrishan Sharma Pandit Shri krishan Sharma is an Indian musician. He hails from a family of musicians. His initial training in music came from the "Guru Shishya Parampara" from his father, Pandit Gopal Krishan Sharma the foremost Vichitra Veena maestro. He h ...

, a mastro of slide guitar and

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. He featured in programmes broadcast by

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and on television for over three decades * Aditya Arya, has played a pivotal role in the establishment of India Photo Archive Foundation and the Neel Dongre Awards/Grants for Excellence in Photography, His India Photo Archive Foundation and The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram, has set up Museo Camera, in Gurugram that is dedicated to the art and history of photography.

Literature

* Aman Sethi, Writer and Correspondent for The Hindu

Corporate

* S. Ramadorai, CEO,

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and recipient of the

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, CEO of

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and co-founder of

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Science and technology

Kapil Hari Paranjape Kapil Hari Paranjape is an Indian mathematician specializing in algebraic geometry. He is a Professor of Mathematics at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali. Biography He was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra near the Kabo ...

, Mathematician * Vidyut Mohan, social entrepreneur and Earthshot Prize winner

Academia

* Shalini Randeria, A

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and social anthropologist/sociologist. She was Rector of the

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(IWM) in Vienna and Professor of Social Anthropology and Sociology at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) in Geneva, where she was also Director of the Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy. She holds the Excellence Chair at the

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, where she leads a research group on “soft authoritarianisms" * Mohit Randeria, Professor, Department of Physics, Ohio State University, Fellow of the

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, Distinguished Alumni Award,

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Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the

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. *

Shivaji Sondhi Shivaji Lal Sondhi is an Indian-born theoretical physicist who is currently the Wykeham Professor of Physics in the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics at the University of Oxford, known for contributions to the field of quantum cond ...

, A theoretical physicist who is currently the Wykeham Professor of Physics in the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics at the University of Oxford *

Sandeep Marwah Sandeep Marwah is an Indian film producer, director, educator, journalist and businessman. He is the founder-president of the Asian Academy of Film & Television and Noida Film City, and is the chairman of the advisory committee of Miss Earth Ind ...

, media and film production educator. Founder of Marwah Studios

Environmentalism

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, has been a member of Steering Committees of the

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(WCPA) and

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Commission on Environmental, Economic, and Social Policy (CEESP) He has also been a teacher of environment at

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Adventure/Mountaineering

Sports

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, Indian cricket team *

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, Indian cricket team and TV commentator *

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, Indian cricket team *

Gagan Khoda Gagan Khoda (born 24 October 1974) is a former Indian cricketer. He played two One Day Internationals in 1998. Despite scoring 89 runs in one of those two innings, he never made it to the Indian team after those two matches.He is from Meena co ...

, Indian cricket team * Vivek Razdan, Indian cricket team * Rahul Sanghvi, Indian cricket team * Tejaswin Shankar, Indian Track and field

Law

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, Supreme Court Advocate

References

External links

* * {{official, http://www.spvdelhi.org
The official alumni network
Private schools in Delhi Educational institutions established in 1957 Memorials to Vallabhbhai Patel 1957 establishments in Delhi