M. P. Birla Foundation Higher Secondary School


M.P. Birla Foundation Higher Secondary School is a private school in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is coeducational and teaches in English. The school started in 1988. It is run by the M.P. Birla Group, the philanthropic wing of the Birla family.
The principal of the school is Mr. Herbert George who started his tenure in 1989. It is located in James Long Sarani, Behala, Kolkata. It follows the CISCE board of education. The school followed CBSE before switching to CISCE.

Founders

Sri Madhav Prasadji Birla and Smt. Priyamvada Devi Birla are the school's founders.

Facilities

The school has four houses named after sites of learning in ancient India. They are Nalanda, Taxila, Ujjaini and Vikramshila.

Activities

The summer vacation is of approximately four weeks duration covering May and June. The Puja vacation is roughly for two weeks, corresponding to the festival in West Bengal, while the winter vacation is of two weeks' duration. Excursions, in the country and abroad, are organized annually to develop confidence and self-esteem in children. Short visits to places of interest in and around Kolkata are organized regularly.

School prayer

The prayers sung in the school assembly are:
The National Pledge is also recited.

Faculty

Special classes are provided to the weak students, who fail to come up to the school standards. Students who fail to meet the academic standards are provided with mentor teachers who monitor their performance and visit their house to interact with parents.
Years in schoolNameSubject taughtAdditional information
1988 -Moon Moon MukherjeeHistory
1988 -Dr.Susmita DuariPhysics
1988 -Anirudh ChaterjeeEnglish
1988 -Debamita AdhikaryBiology and others
1988 -Srabani SenguptaGeography
1988 -Aparna ChakrobortyComputer
1988 -Smita MukherjeeGeography
1988 -Mousumi PathakChemistry
1988 -Parvati SubramaniamHistory, English
1988 -Bishnupriya BanerjeeBengaliDied 24 December 2012
1988 -Madumita Dasgupta ShyamEnglish
1988 -Usha RajeevBiology
1988 -Sharmila BoseHindi
1988 -Swapna BasuBiology
1988 - 2005Anindita BanerjeeMathsVice-Principal Apeejay School Kolkata
1988 - 2005Alamelu NarayananSUPW
1988 - 2017Samir ChatterjeePhysical Training Instructor
1989 -Herbert GeorgePrincipal
1989 -Tapas Kumar SahaP.T.
1990-Chaitali NandiComputer
1991Purnima ChatterjiChemistryVice Principal
1993 -Rishi Raj MaityPhysics.
1995 -Partha Pratim PalPhysics
1995 - 2019M. Chacko BabyMaths
1995 -Dr. Kanchan Prabha ShrivastavHindi
1996 -Shampa ChowdhuryAccounts
1996 - 2002Anurekha BorkakotiEconomics
2000 -K.S.SmithaEnglish
2002 - 2004Sundari DasEnglish
2002 -2016Chandreyee ChatterjeeEnglish
2004 -Lipika GuhaGeography /Mathematics
2005 - 2016Soma BhargavSUPW
2005 -Mudhumita DasguptaMaths
2005 - 2019Kaberi RoyCommerce
2006 -2015Rumela RoyEnglish
2015 -Nazia KarimEnglish
2016 - 2017Kaustav BannerjeeMusic
2017-2018Abhishek HaldarPhysical Training Instructor
2019 -Sudeshna ReyMathematics

Notable alumni

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