Sundari Devi Saraswati Vidya Mandir


Sundari Devi Saraswati Vidya Mandir is a residential school in the Bataha village, Samastipur, Bihar, India. The school is about north of Patna, capital of Bihar; and serves about 5000 students aged from 5 to 16.'''

History

SDSVM was founded in 1998 with around 200 students by Dr Ram Swaroop Mahto, who also originally came from the same village. After leaving India and becoming an ophthalmologist in England, he decided to build a school to educate the people of his village. He also decide to build a medical college, but this dream could not be successful.

Financial aid

Some of the children receive financial support from the Friends of Sundridevi, a British charitable organisation.