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{{Infobox school
|name = Sardar Patel Vidyalaya
|image =
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|location = [[Lodhi Road]], [[Delhi]]
|country = [[India]]
|motto = '''विद्यैव धनमक्षयम'''<br />
|established = 14 August 1947 set up and administered by Gujrat Education Society
|ranking =
|grades = Nursery till 12th
|principal = Anuradha Joshi
|head_of_school =
|dean =
|faculty = 110
|staff =
|students = 1500
|enrollment =
|athletics =
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|free_label2 = School Site
|free_text2 =
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'''Sardar Patel Vidyalaya''' (SPV) is located in the Lodhi Garden in Delhi. It has students from nursery till 12th grade. Its greenery forms the lungs and the beauty of the city.

The school is named after a leader of the [[Indian independence movement]], and independent India's first [[Home Minister]] and Deputy Prime Minister, Sardar [[Vallabhbhai Patel]]

==Academics==

===Language policy===
It is perhaps the only private school in India that employs [[Hindi]] as a medium of instruction in the primary school. Though primarily subjects such as Math, science and social studies are taught in Hindi, students are taught 'technical terms' which are the English counterparts of whatever they learnt. This equips them to proficiently use the same in both languages.

Students are provided instruction in four languages. From 1st grade, it is Hindi medium. [[English Language|English]] is the medium of education from the [[Education in India#Structure|6th grade]] onwards. From 6th grade, you have to even choose between Gujrati, Tamil, Bengali and Urdu as your 4th language. [[Hindi]] and [[Sanskrit]] are mandatory until the 8th grade. In the 9th grade, students are asked to choose between Hindi and Sanskrit.

The objective of this policy is to produce young citizens who are not just bilingual but equilingual in Hindi <ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.huffingtonpost.in/2017/06/24/for-the-last-time-hindi-is-not-the-national-language-of-india_a_22952944/?ec_carp=5496633689030939507 | title=For The Last Time, Hindi Is NOT The National Language Of India | date=24 June 2017 | publisher=Huffpost | first=Rohini | last=Chatterji | accessdate=31 December 2018 }}</ref> and English—international link language. The students have to choose a fourth language from [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Urdu]] or [[Bengali language|Bengali]]. This helps the student acknowledge the richness of the Indian culture. It shares an equal status with music where songs in these languages are often taught.

==Sports==
The school has [[Football (soccer)|football]], [[basketball]], [[volleyball]] and [[cricket]] teams, and has produced many top class cricketers and athletes who have played for the nation or Ranji teams, including [[Ajay Jadeja]], Rahul Sanghvi, Gagan Khoda, Deep Dasgupta, Vivek Razdan and National Record holder high jumper Tejaswin Shankar.

Every year Activity Week is held in the school in which the school's four houses i.e. Shakti, Neeti, Jyoti and Pragati compete. During the sports week events like 100 m, 200 m, 400 m, 800 m and 1500 m race, [[shot put]], [[javelin throw]], discus throw, high jump, long jump and triple jump are held. Inter house basketball, football, volleyball and [[chess]] matches are also held. An inter-house sports quiz is held.
[[File:Spvout.jpg|right|thumb|Main corridor from the garden]]

<gallery>
Image:campaigning.jpg|School building during GS elections
File:Sardar Patel Vidyalaya 1.jpg|School building during GS elections
</gallery>

==Principals==
* [[Raghubhai Morarji Nayak|Raghubhai M. Nayak]]
* [[Vibha Parthasarathy]]
* Y K Mago (officiating)
* Mukesh Shelath
* Kusum Lata Warikoo
* Vijaya Subramaniam (officiating)
* Ms. Anuradha Joshi (2007–present)

==Rhodes Scholars==
SPV has produced a number of [[Rhodes Scholars]]. In 2006, for example, three of the five Indian Rhodes Scholars were alumna of SPV. In 2005, two of the six were alumni.

==Notable alumni==

===Administration===
* [[Vikas Vaibhav]], IPS, DIG of Eastern Range Bhagalpur
* [[Vineeta Rai]], [[Indian Administrative Service]] officer; former Revenue Secretary, [[Government of India]]<ref name="Financial Expressarticle">{{cite web | title=Financial Express article on Vineeta Rai | url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/Id-Like-To-Be-Born-A-Woman-Again/82247/0 }}</ref>

===Arts and media===
*[[Varun Badola]], television actor
*[[Vikas Bahl]], Bollywood film producer, screenwriter and director
*[[Swara Bhaskar]], Bollywood actress <ref>{{cite web| title = Personal Agenda: Swara Bhaskar, actress| publisher = Hindustan Times| url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/Brunch/Brunch-Stories/Personal-Agenda-Swara-Bhaskar-actress/Article1-1157084.aspx| date = 29 November 2013| accessdate = 2013-12-01| url-status=dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20131201132233/http://www.hindustantimes.com/brunch/brunch-stories/personal-agenda-swara-bhaskar-actress/article1-1157084.aspx| archivedate = 2013-12-01}}</ref>
*[[Richa Chadda]], Movie actress, Filmfare awardee
*[[Nandita Das]], film actress, director
*[[Shahana Goswami]], Bollywood actress
*[[Poorna Jagannathan]], Hollywood and Bollywood actor and producer
*[[Ketan Mehta]], film director
*[[Siddharth (actor)|Siddharth Narayan]], actor
*[[Anusha Rizvi]], Bollywood film director
*
*[[Suraj Sharma]], film actor
*[[Pakhi Tyrewala]], actress<ref name=toi2010>{{cite news |title=I am dyslexic: Pakhi Tyrewala|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-18/news-interviews/28271351_1_first-film-protective-life-delhi |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130822113351/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-18/news-interviews/28271351_1_first-film-protective-life-delhi |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 August 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=18 December 2010 }}</ref>

===Literature===
*[[Mukul Kesavan]], writer and essayist
*[[Aman Sethi]], Writer and Correspondent for The Hindu

===Business===
*[[S. Ramadorai]], CEO, [[Tata Consultancy Services]] and recipient of the [[Padma Bhushan]]

===Science and technology===
*[[Kapil Hari Paranjape]], Mathematician

===Sports===
*[[Deep Dasgupta]], Indian cricket team
*[[Ajay Jadeja]], Indian cricket team and TV commentator
*[[Murali Kartik]], Indian cricket team
*[[Gagan Khoda]], Indian cricket team
*[[Vivek Razdan]], Indian cricket team
*[[Rahul Sanghvi]], Indian cricket team
*[[Tejaswin Shankar]], Indian Track and field
*Rajpal Singh, Indian Judo

===Law===
*[[Bishwajit Bhattacharyya]], Former Addl. Solicitor General of India
*[[Kaushik Moitra]], Partner - Bharucha & Partners
https://www.bharucha.in/lawyers.html
*[[Karuna Nundy]], Supreme Court Advocate
*Ujjwal Rana, Supreme Court Advocate

==References==
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==External links==
* {{commonscatinline}}
* {{official|http://www.spvdelhi.org }}
* [http://www.spv.net The official alumni network]
* [http://www.boloji.com/wfs/wfs095.htm Article by Chitra Srinivas, history teacher]
* [http://fecolumnists.expressindia.com/full_column.php?content_id=52053 Good Teachers are a Class Apart (An article about Chitra Srinivas)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110225040132/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/she-taught-us-that-history-was-not-the-past-but-the-present/293074/ Article in The Indian Express on Chitra Srinivas' death]
* [http://www.bharucha.in]

[[Category:Private schools in Delhi]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1957]]
[[Category:Memorials to Vallabhbhai Patel]]
[[Category:1957 establishments in Delhi]]

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