Sailendra Sirkar Vidyalaya
Sailendra Sircar Vidyalaya (Bengali: শৈলেন্দ্র সরকার বিদ্যালয় Shoilendro Shôrkar Biddalôe) is West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) affiliated and one of the oldest Bengali medium schools in Kolkata, India, located at 62A, Shyampukur Street in north Kolkata. It is a Government sponsored Higher Secondary School. The school was founded in 1920 & the original name of the school was Saraswati Institution. The school was renamed as Sailendra Sircar Vidyalaya in paying homage to the great lover of education and founder Head Master of the school Sailendranath Sircar by the then legendary Head Master Jyotirbikash Mitra (Rector) in 1948. The current main building of the school was built in 1934.
Main School Building
Notable alumni
- Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, Chief Minister of West Bengal
- Ashoke Sen, theoretical physicist working in string theory.
- Shyamal Kumar Sen, Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court