HISTORY

The school “Mohan Lal Sah Bal Vidya Mandir” has a very rich history, culture and heritage. The foundation stone of the school, then “Birla Balika Vidya Mandir” was laid in the year 1959 by Bharat Ratna Dr. Rajendra Prasad who was the then President of India. Those were the days when free India was a young nation and patriotism was flowing in the blood of every Indian. The medium of instruction was then obviously “HINDI”. Birla Balika Vidya Mandir was the girls wing of Birla Vidya Mandir the renowned boys school of Nainital. It also used to cater to boys till Class V. With the passage of time, around 1970, the Board of Governors of the Birla Education Trust decided to wind up the girls wing.

MISSION STATEMENT

To facilitate learning and to instill a culture of excellence. To ensure acquisition of knowledge, skills, beliefs and habits which make our students confident young ladies capable of facing the world by tending moral values, sports and team spirit. Also to inculcate a sensitivity towards environment and towards the usage of scarce resources.

Uttarakhand Shiksha Bharati Society

It was then that some educationists and social workers of Nainital got together and founded a society the “Uttarakhand Shiksha Bharati Society” to run the school and save it from an untimely and premature demise. Prominent among the people who started the society were :

1. Late Shri Sukhdev Pande                         Padma Shree
2. Late Shri Ghananand Pande                     Padma Vibushan
3. Late Shri Shyam Lal Verma                        Ex M.L.A.
4. Late Shri Chandra Lal Sah                         Educationist & Social Worker
5. Late Shri Manohar Lal Sah                        Chairman, Municipal Board, Nainital
6. Late Shri Madan Lal Sah                           Founder & Chairman, Kurmanchal Nagar Sahkari Bank