Sri Sankara Senior Secondary School (CBSE)

(Affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi)

About Us
Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.
- Aristotle

Meet our Principal

Mrs Vidyalakshmi S

B.Sc., M.C.A., B.Ed.

“At Sankara, we strive for the students to be happy and enjoy learning, leading to stress free education. The academics supported by various co scholastic, sports and value education help them evolve into good human beings and enables them to make informed choices in this fast-changing world.”

History of Sankara Adyar

1970

Sri Sankara Vidyalaya inaugurated at RA Puram

1972

The school begins a new journey from the Vasantha Press campus, Adyar

1977

Smt. T.R. Meenakshi Sundaram takes over as Principal

1979

Senior Secondary courses begin. The school is renamed as Sri Sankara Senior Secondary School

1981

The first batch of students is sent to take the XII Standard examination

1992

Thuraiyur Arunachala Ramaswami (TAR) Block comes up

1993

Shri S.R. Santhanam takes over as Principal

1995

Sri Sankara Senior Secondary School celebrates its Silver Jubilee. The school’s facade changes as Vasantha Press building is demolished and North Block is built

1997

Smt. Ramaa Swaminathan takes over as Principal

2002

Biotechnology introduced as a subject for Senior Secondary classes; Biotech lab inaugurated

2004

Smt. Subala Ananthanarayanan takes over as Principal

2006

Student delegates attend Asia-Pacific Young Leaders Summit in Singapore.

First SANMUN (Sankara Model United Nations) is conducted at the school.

2008

First ISO 9001-2008 certification awarded

2010

Math Lab introduced

2011

Sankara student leadership summit initiated by alumni

2015

Smt. Mita Venkatesh takes over as Principal

2016

East block inaugurated.

Labs updated with state-of-the-art infrastructure.
Humanities introduced.

First ISO 9001-2015 certification awarded.

2017

West Block and Auditorium with state-of-the-art acoustics inaugurated.
Legal Studies introduced as a subject for Senior Secondary classes.

2018

Virtual Reality lab introduced

2020

Digital Transformation Committee formed comprising of Principal, Vice Principal, Teachers,  Alumni and a Digital Transformation Consultant.

Artificial Intelligence introduced as a subject for the Secondary classes.

2021

Marketing introduced as a subject for Senior Secondary classes

2022

ISO 9001-2015 latest recertification

2023

Smt. Mita Venkatesh is promoted as Senior Principal and Smt. Vidyalakshmi S. as Principal

Physical Education introduced as a subject for Senior Secondary classes