Sundari Devi Saraswati Vidya Mandir

Sundari Devi Saraswati Vidya Mandir (commonly known as SDSVM, Bataha) is a residential school in the Bataha village, Samastipur, Bihar, India. The school is about 60 miles (97 km) north of Patna, capital of Bihar; and serves about 5000 students aged from 5 to 16.

Sundari Devi Saraswati Vidya Mandir (SDSVM)
Location
Bataha village

Rosera (Samastipur)
,
India
,
Bihar
Information
Number of students1500
Websitewww.sdsvm.in

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.

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