About Us

In the year 1972 Bharat Education society ,Kurla, started the Vivek English High School. The Main objective of the trust was to provide good quality education to the poor and downtrodden people of the Kurla and particularly the slum people of kasiwada.The aim, is not merely the intellectual education of students, but the careful development of all the moral and social habits which are the basis for the information of upright and loyal citizens of our country. Let the spirit lead the matter. Overall development of BODY, MIND AND SPIRIT is our motto

Overview

About School

The school started functioning in the year 1972 and The Mumbai Municipal Corporation gave permission to start the primary section in 1973. The first recognition was accorded by the Muncipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai in year 1975 . It was just a asbestos sheet shed consisting of 2 rooms. Later on in 1975 more land was taken under lease aggrement from wadia trust . additional 4 rooms were constructed . A full fledge primary school was now working . As we did not have secondary section attached to the school many parents were not finding comfortable to send the students to this school. We felt need to upgrade the school from primary to high school is necessary. In the year 1986 , we started the secondary section . We got permission and recognition for secondary section 1989. Our first batch of SSC students appeared for exam in 1996. Under the able guidance of President Dr. Gopa Kumar G.Nair, the managing council took up various steps to improve the infrastructure. Today, i.e 2011, we have a state of art 4 storied building, with all the amenities. All the class rooms have P.A. System, LCD Projectors , Interactive Black Board system. Best Security system is in place.

Our Founders

Founding fathers: Mr. G.P. Nair, Mr. K.B. Pillai & Mr. K.N. Venketaraman.

Dr. Gopakumar G. Nair has been the President since 1990.
Mr. Ramakrishnan (CFO & Patron) and Mrs. Sheela Nair (CEO & Secretary since 2006) have played key leadership roles.

Appreciation

Managing Council wishes to record the deep sense of appreciation for the good performance of the teaching and non-teaching staff of both the schools during the year under review and wishes to thank all those who had exerted their maximum to bring up the schools and their activities in the year under review.

The Managing Council wishes the Education Inspectors Education Department, Government of Maharashtra and Bombay Municipal Corporation for their assistance in all our efforts

Managing Council

The Managing Council consists of very able and educated members. Every member is a has good expertise in their field of specialization. A very good combination of both old , young, wise and logical people. Matters are discussed and decided as per the merits.

We take this opportunity to thank all members of the Society in their wholehearted support in the betterment of the society and its activities but for which we would not have made such progress.

Humble Beginnings

Late. Shri K.B. Pillai

Bharat Education Society, Kurla had its humble beginnings in 1959, at the poorest and largest slum area of Mumbai (then Bombay) at Kurla. A group of likeminded Malayalees under the leadership of our founder patron Shri K.B. Pillai started Bharatiya Vidyalayam with help from general public, Two class rooms were rented out at Vazir house, which was situated at Halav Pool, near Masrani Lane, Kurla(w), Mumbai 400 070. The Bharatiya Vidyalayam was inaugurated by Shri V.K. Krishna Menon, the then Defence Minister of India, in 1959.

In year 1959 there were 41 students learning in the Malayalam, Tamil mediums as the organization at that time was meant for only South Indians. One of the objective of the trust was to impart quality education and at a reasonable fees. The other objectives were empowerment of the Malayalees children through education. In the subsequent years, 1960 and 1961, the student’s strength increased to 65 to 185 respectively. The first Annual General Body meeting was held in Nov 1960 at Holy Cross School. The space constraint was the biggest hurdle for development of school. The members of B.E.S. felt the need to change the medium of teaching language from Malayalam to English. On Vijayadashmi day of October, 1960, English medium was started. It began with 30 students.

Shri K.N. Venkatraman

Shri K.B. Pillai along with Shri K.N. Venketaraman had taken charge of ‘Bharatiya Vidyalayam’ housed in a small shed called ‘Vazir House’ in Kurla in the most backward slum areas of Kurla, where education was a dire necessity. Being Secretaries of the newly formed Bharat Education Society, Kurla, they were struggling to get students to join the newly started school and were also desperate in running of the school, financially. It is during their “hunt” for benevolent philanthropic malayalees in Mumbai (they “knocked on many a doors”, in vain) that they approached Shri G.P. Nair who thereafter became the President of Bharat Education Society and made the donation for the modern building for “Karthika”.

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Late. Karthika P. Nair

In the year 1967, the then management of Bharat Education Society located at Kurla headed by Shri K.B. Pillai with strong support from Shri Venketaraman, desperately felt the need for a good school building to house an educational facility which was started by them in 1959. Shri G.P. Nair, husband of Late Karthika P. Nair and Managing Director of Bombay Drug House Pvt. Ltd. came forward with a handsome donation of Rs.1.5 Lakhs. This donation was instrumental in constructing the first modern RCC Building for Bharat Education Society. The school was renamed as Karthika High School.

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Late. Shri G.P. Nair

Shri G.P. Nair was the then President of Bharat Education Society as well as Managing Director of Bombay Drug House Pvt. Ltd. He was also the Treasurer of Bombay Regional Congress Committee and Past-President of IDMA. The new school building for “Karthika” was constructed at a newly purchased plot on Hall Road, Kurla and inaugurated in 1968.

Late. Shri Chinmayanandaji

Our Donor President Shri G.P. Nair expired in 1990. Soon thereafter, the Founder Secretary Shri K.B. Pillai also passed away. As per their wishes, Dr.Gopakumar G. Nair was made President. Under his leadership, Bharat Education Society began modernization and financial restructuring.