Here is a list of some alternative schools in India, although the term "alternative" is not easy to define.
Please note that inclusion in the list does not constitute a recommendation. People have different values and priorities, so anyone interested in a particular school should make their own enquires. A comprehensive directory of alternative schools in India can be found in the book "Alternative Schooling in India". It is edited by Sarojini Vittachi and Neeraja Raghaven, published by Sage publications paperback and costs Rs 360.
Andhra Pradesh Aaverbhav Contact Person K T S V PRASAD Founder Director Aaverbhav-The School, Plot No. 12, Balaji Hills, Opp. Village Bus Stand, Nizampet, Kukatpally, Hyderabad – 500 072 INDIA. email aaverbhav Ph: +91 40–65132827 +91 98664 03181 Website: www.aaverbhav.com (- for a brief introduction from the words of the founder click here).
Rishi Valley Education Center (KFI) Rishi Valley – 517 352, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh, India Tel: 011 91 8571 62037 Fax 011 91 8571 68622 OFFICE@RISHIVALLEY.ORG web: http://www.rishivalley.org/school/overview.htm This school is one of the Krishnamurti Foundation Schools Sadhana Vidya Nilayam Thettu Village, Rishi Valley P.O. Madanapalle, AP 517352, India; contact V. Nagabusharam. Sloka - The Steiner school in Hyderabad. Plot No. 287, Road No. 25, Jubilee Hills, (Off Rd # 10 Jubilee Hills, near "Irani Chai") Hyderabad.500033 Tel: 040 23545206 040 65994510 sloka_97@yahoo.co.in http://www.slokawaldorf.com/home.html Sumavanam Village School T. M. Narasimhan Sumavanam Village School, Cheegalabailu, Madanapalli, Chittoor District. Andhra Pradesh - 517 325 (click here for an article on Sumavanam school). This school is influenced by David Horsburgh (- for a summary of these schools click here). The Peepal Grove School PO Gongivaripalle, Sadum Mandal, Chittoor Dist., Andhra Pradesh 517123 office@peepalgroveschool.org website: www.peepalgroveschool.org Tel: 08583-202200, +91-9440212826 http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/27/stories/2006052716940200.htm - an article in The Hindu newspaper about the school when Sri A P J Abdul Kalam, then president of India came to inaugurate the school.
Delhi Mirambika Sri Aurobindo Ashram Opposite IIT Sri Aurobindo Road New Delhi. Phone Number : 011-2686 3741 Contact person: Mrs. Kamala Menon. The organisation is based on Sri Aurobindo and Mother's Principals. It was started around twenty five years ago. Mirambika is run by Aurobindo Ashram, Delhi. It is an experimental school up to eighth.
Goa ITTC Primary School. Rangavi Estate, Plot No D-9 ,Issorcim, Dabolim, Off Bogmalo Road, Goa, India; contact Liza Chowgule Tel:[91] (832) 540 272 / 98221 27039
Haryana Shikshantar (a unitech school for learning) J Block,South City 1 Gurgaon. 122 001 Haryana. Phone no. 0124-25082359. 0124-2258 0538. Email: office@shikshantarschool.com Website: http://www.shikshantarschool.com Fax: 0124-6581306, 0124-638 3332. Core Team: Ms. Minoti Bahri (Chairperson) Mr. Sanjay Prakash, Team Director Mr. Sunil Batra, Education Director. The Heritage School - Gurgaon ( Affiliated to CBSE) Adjacent Sector 57, Sushant Lok Phase -III, Gurgaon Haryana Phone: 0124-2855124/25/26, 2764320-21 E-mail: info_ggn@theheritageschool.com www.theheritageschool.com/gurgoan_new The Shri Ram School, DLF Campus Block V, off Moulsari Avenue DLF Phase - 3,Gurgaon Tel # 95124-2352174 / 4061344 / 4061345 Telefax # 95124-2355569 E-Mail - tsrs@nde.vsnl.net.in http://www.tsrs.org. The Sri Ram School, Aravalli. Hamilton Court Complex DLF Phase IV Gurgaon Haryana. India. Phone No. 2396548, 2570489 http://www.tsrs.org.
Karnataka Arivu Primary and Middle school Lingabhudhi Palya, Sri Rampura Mysore info@ariu.in http://www.arivu.in (- about this school click here)
Aarohi Life School Aditi & Ratnesh of Geniekids, Bangalore Two campus - One at No 3023, 8th Cross, 13th Main, HAL 2nd Stage, Bangalore 560008 Second at a village near Kelamangalam, near Hosur (Tamil Nadu) Contact Phones: 2520-2510, 411-61-575 , 98450-45833 Website: www.aarohilife.org For Children 2 to 16 yrs. We are more of a unschool school. Children of all ages learn together. They decide what they want to learn, how they want to learn, when they want to learn and use only self assessment. It is a parent cooperative school - with lot of involvement from interested parents.
Aurinko Academy 82, Tropical Paradise, Kudlu Village, Bangalore 560068. Phone : 09845497901 To know more visit www.aurinkoacademy.com We are a learning environment with a unique curriculum that facilitates the complete development of a child - Social, Cognitive, Language, Emotional and Motor. Come and see labels like Dyslexia and Learning Difficulties vaporize into thin air when a child experiences true learning at Aurinko Academy. [staff required aurinkoacadamy@gmail.com] Bangalore Steiner School Trust Sristi Farm, Thindlu village, Sarjapur Hobli, Anekal Taluk, Bangalore. Contacts: Smitha Mallya 98458 19185 G.Manivannan 94483 78949 Website: www.bangaloresteinerschool.org E-mail: bangaloresteinerschool@gmail.com Center For Learning 545, Banagiri Nagar, Banashankari 3rd Stage, Bangalore 560085, India Contact Person: N. Venu email: info@cfl.in http://cfl.in (- for more on teachers required click here). Poorna Learning Centre Indira Vijaysimha 1627C Block, Sahakarnagar Bangalore 560092 Tel: 080-3620364 indira502@hotmail.com http://www.poorna.in [staff and volunteers wanted] Prakriya Green Wisdom School Main School Campus NO. 70, Chikkanayakanahalli Road, off Doddakannelli, Sarjapur Road, Bangalore-560035. (about 7 km from HSR Layout) Phone: 91-80-844 0925, 333 3001 E-mail: teachers@prakriyaschool.org http://www.prakriyaschool.org Nursery School 446, 8th Main, 4th Block, Koramangala, Bangalore-560034. Phone: 91-80-552 3473 Shibumi C/o Roopa Devadasan, Flat #6, Block 12-C, Nandi Gardens Phase 2, Anjanapura Post, Bangalore-560 052 Phone: +91-9743513238 Email: Shibumi Web: http://shibumi.org.in (- for a brief summary of this school click here) The Valley School (KFI) Bangalore Education center, “Haridvanam”, 17th K.M. Kanakapura Road, Thatguni Post, Bangalore – 560 062 India Tel: (080) 8435240/8435241/8435030 Fax: (080) 8435032 web: http://www.kfionline.org/schools/valley.asp e-mail: thevalleyschool@vsnl.net This school is one of the Krishnamurti Foundation Schools Vikasana School Ms. Malathi M.C. Vikasana Rural Center For Education, Doddakallasandra, P.O. Bangalore - 560 062. (click here for an article on Vikasana school). This school is influenced by David Horsburgh (to read more click here). Kaliyuva Mane M.R.Ananth Kumar Divyadeepa Kenchalagudu village, Manandavadi Road, Mysore - 570008 Ph : 821-2900927, 3202249, 09341369901 divyadeepa.trust@gmail.com www.divyadeepatrust.org Poorna Pragnya Mrs.Tara Gopinath 144/2, Alanahally Lalithadripuram Post, Mysore Email: tara_champu@yahoo.com http://www.ashanet.org/conferences/lni/poornapragnya.htm This school is influenced by David Horsburgh (read more).
Kerala Sri Atmananda Memorial School Atmananda Memorial School, Malakkara via Edayaranmula, Kerala 689 532, Tel: 0468 2317 309. www.avef.org click here for more information The Gurukul Asha Panickar (Director) The Gurukul, Mukkolakal, Kalayam PO (Kerala) Trivandrum - 695 043 Ph: +91 471 2544477 / 3093310 Direct: 2534608 www.gurukulkerala.org
Madhya Pradesh Adharshila Learning Centre village - Sakad, P.O. - Chatli via Sendhawa, District - Badwani Madhya Pradesh Contact: Amit and Jayashree Phone : 09425981606 email : adharshila.learningcentre@gmail.com http://adharshilask.tripod.com/adharshila.html (- for a description of this school click here) [staff wanted at Adharshila]
Maharashtra Akshar Nandan School, 103, Bahirat Road, Shivaji Housing Society, Senapati Bapat Road, Pune 411016; Tel.: 91-20-5677513/2224; The school values integration and positively seeks to admit children from varied socioeconomic backgrounds in pursuance of this goal. For some information about this school - http://www.cere-india.org/Pune.html Amor, Rudolf Steiner School of Pune Location: Plot 29, Kanchanganga Soc., Bibwewadi Kondhwa Rd, Pune, India 411037 Email : SANDESH_SAM@YAHOO.CO Phone : +91-8976193157 Website : http://www.punesteinerschool.org http://www.facebook.com/pages/Amor/324989607535554 Bal-Anand “Akash Deep”, 28, Dongersi Road Mumbai – 400 006 India prahul@hotmail.com http://www.kfionline.org/schools/balanand.asp This school is one of the Krishnamurti Foundation Schools Gram Mangal R. K. Deole, President, Jai Building , Cinema Road , Ghatkoper (West), Mumbai 400083. Tel.: (022) 514-8396 Email:grammangal2006@yahoo.com. http://www.grammangal.org/ Sahyadri School Administrative Officer, Sahyadri School, Post Tiwai Hill, Tal. Rajgurunagar, Dist. Pune 410 513 Tel. 011 91 2135 84270/84271/84272 Fax: 011 91 2135 84269 web: http://www.sahyadrischool.org e-mail: sahyadrischool@vsnl.net This school is one of the Krishnamurti Foundation Schools
Tridha Mumbhai. Tridha, Malpa Dongri No.3, Near Pump House, Opp. Satya Darshan Soct., Andheri (E) Mumbai 400093 Tel. 022-32921768 e-mail: tridha@hotmail.com and tridha.rs@gmail.com web: http://tridha.com/ This is a Rudolph Steiner school
Punjab ISP Foundation Public School Malerkotla Road, Dinghi, Nabha, Dist.- Patiala, Punjab (due to open on 1st April 2008)
Rajasthan Digantar School Rohit Dhankar, Digantar, Todi Ramjanipura, Jagatpura, Jaipur - 302017 (click here for an article on Digantar school). This school is influenced by David Horsburgh. (to read more click here). Samarth School
R-21, Raaj Aangan,
NRI Colony,
Sector 24,Jagatpura Extn,
Pratap Nagar, Jaipur
Phone:0141-2796077
Contact Person: Mrs. Ritu Mann
Mobile Phone: 09928010777
E-mail: mail@samarthschool.org:
Website: http://www.samarthschool.org/index.php Shikshantar (The people’s institute for rethinking education and development) 21 Fatehpura, Udaipur. 313 004 Rajasthan, India. Phone Number: (91) 294 245 1303 Fax: (91) 294 245 1949. Email: shikshantar@yahoo.com Website: http://www.swaraj.org/shikshantar Team Leaders: Ms. Shilpa Jain Mr. Manish Jain. (- for a brief summary click here).
Tamil Nadu Anugriha Mr. and Mrs. M.R. Raghavan Anugriha Charitable Trust 3/31 Anugriha Arasavangkadu, via Sembangudi P.O. NQM District, Tamil Nadu - 612 603 Phone: 04362-269478 actrust@bsnl.in http://www.ashanet.org/conferences/lni/anugriha.htm www.absolsoftec.com/netact/index.htm - about the Charitable Trust Please click here to see article from Anugriha. Auroville Subash, Lourdes Auroville Educational Resource Center SAIIER, Auroville 605 101 (Tamil Nadu) Tel: 91-413-623350 (subash), 91-413-623350 (Lourdes) Email: nceert@auroville.org.in http://www.ashanet.org/conferences/lni/auroville.htm Please click here here to see article from Auroville. Good Earth School Senior School No.83, Nauveerapattu Manimangalam Road, Naduveerapattu Village, Somamangalam Post, Sriperumbadur Taluk – 602 109. Ph. : 27178239 / 27178310 goodearthschl@gmail.com http://goodearthschool.org Play School No 72/4, Old State Bank Colony, West Tambaram, Chennai – 600045 Ph. : 22381642 Isha Home School Founder: Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev Contact: Swami Nisarga, Maa Parini Velliangiri Foothills Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641 114 Phone: 0422-2515444 E-mail: homeschool@ishafoundation.org http://www.ishaeducation.org/ihs [staff wanted] Sholai School P.O.Box 57, Kodaikanal 62401, Tamil Nadu, India; contact Brian Jenkins Tel:[91] (4542) 3 02 97 email cloaat@kodaikanalonline.com http://www.sholaischool.org http://www.newindpress.com/sunday/sundayitems.asp?id=SE120050721075408&eTitle=Development&rLink=0 The Blue Mountains School 'Dilkhush Mahal" Ootacamund 643 001 The Nilgiris (Tamil Nadu) Telfax : +91 - (0) 423-2444837 contact:Archana Neginhal www.bluemountains.org.in The School (KFI) “Damodar Gardens”, Besant Avenue, Chennai – 600 020 India Tel: 011 91 44 491 5845 web: http://www.theschoolkfi.org/ email: theschool.kfi.chennai@gmail.com This school is one of the Krishnamurti Foundation Schools
Uttarakhand Lakshmi Ashram P.O. Kausani, District Almora Uttaranchal 263-639,India web http://lakshmiashram.dk/?page_id=18 email: lone-poulsen “at” comxnet “dot” dk
Uttar Pradesh
Rajghat Education Center Rajghat Fort, Varanasi – 221 001, Uttar Pradesh, India Tel: 91-542-2440336 , 91-542-2440579 , 91-542-3200179 Web: www.j-krishnamurti.org, www.rajghatbesantschool.org e-mail: rbskfi@gmail.com This school is one of the Krishnamurti Foundation Schools Vidyashram - The Southpoint Varanasi Utter Pradesh http://www.nirman.info/vidyashram/southpoint_school_home.php a school for boys and girls, of all classes, communities, and abilities with new methods in bilingualism (English and Hindi), the sciences, and the arts.
Special Needs Schools SETU Developmental Intervention Centre Registered Office: 118, Jeevandeep Row Houses Nr. Ghosha Society Drive-In Road Ahmedabad- 380 054 Gujarat Telephone: +91- 79- 3100 8674 E-mail: contact@setuindia.org http://www.setuindia.org
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