A dream long cherished, to start an educational centre combining the virtues of a Temple of Art and Culture, a dedicated school that blends discipline with freedom, endeavoring to raise the integrated child, led me to start this Vidyashram in 1986 says the founder Dr.Meena Muthiah, Kumara Rani of Chettinad.

     “The institution’s motto is ‘ The Golden Mean :

• To attain discipline without distaste & to exercise freedom with a responsibility.
• To imbibe the wards with respect for our roots and nurture our ancient art, culture & tradition in all their purity & variety
• To lead them into future through a methodical dissemination of scientific       knowledge.

In this endeavour, the school shapes every child into an integrated human being not dwarfed by caste, creed or community. They are instilled with a value system. They are encouraged to build their self confidence and a spirit of service. These noble tasks are achieved by the combined effort and earnest co-operation of the vibrant youth, dedicated educators and devoted parents and patrons.

The sanctity of an educational institution rests on the shoulders of the Head of the Academics of the Institution who is called either a PRINCIPAL or a HEAD MASTER. We all have heard of the poem ‘Village School Master’ by Oliver Goldsmith and the famous head master who is always on his rounds in ‘Tom Brown’s school days’. Every school is proud of it’s principal. It glorifies him as a Demigod. His whiplash words are acceptable to them and when he is silent and dignified he is more accepted. A Principal is also a teacher and his teachings, exhortations and his pedagogy are always light. Now, you wonder why these statements are made in an impersonal way. Well, let us become personal. We are talking about the principal of Chettinad Vidyashram,
S. Amudha Lakshmi. She is all this and more together.

CHETTINAD HOUSE
Rajah Annamalaipuram Chennai - 600 028.
Phone: (044) 24938040, 24933722
E-Mail:vidyashram@vsnl.com
Website: www.cvs.ac.in