Balmohan Vidyamandir

Balmohan Vidyamandir बालमोहन विद्यामंदिर
Address
Dr. M. B. Raut Road, Shivaji Park Dadar (West) Mumbai , India , Maharashtra 400028 India
Information
Founder	Shri. S. D. Rege alias Dadasaheb Rege
School board	Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education
Director	Guruprasad Rege
Classes offered	K.G. to 10th

Balmohan Vidyamandir is a Mumbai based co-ed School in India. It was established by Shivram Dattatray Rege in 1940 with eight students and four teachers. The name Balmohan is derived from Bal - Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Mohan - Mahatma Gandhi. It teaches classes up to the 10th Grade.

Notable alumni

Notable alumni include:

• Lt. Dilip Hemchandra Gupte, Indian Army, Date of Martyrdom : Oct 11, 1965, India-Pakistan War
• Lt. Prakash Narayan Kotnis, Indian Army, Date of Martyrdom : Sept 15, 1965, India-Pakistan War
• Uddhav Thackeray, Chief Minister, Maharashtra, Shiv Sena Chief
• Jayant Patil, Cabinet Minister, Government of Maharashtra
• Raj Thackeray, Politician, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena Chief
• Poonam Mahajan, Politician, Member of Lok Sabha
• Hemant Gokhale, Former Judge, Supreme Court of India
• Ranjana Desai, Former Judge, Supreme Court of India
• Dilip Babasaheb Bhosale, Judicial Member of Lokpal Committee, Former Chief Justice, High Court, Allahabad
• Neela Satyanarayanan, Retd. IAS, First Woman State Election Commissioner (SEC) of Maharashtra
• Smita Dolas Somane, Additional Commissioner, Customs and Central Excise
• Veeren Kamat, Group Captain, Indian Air Force
• Captain Paresh Kowli, Indian Navy
• Dr. Aniruddha Pandit, Vice Chancellor, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai
• Asha Bhosle, Singer - Padma Vibhushan in 2008
• Hridaynath Mangeshkar, Singer and Music Director - Padma Shri in 2009
• Usha Mangeshkar, Singer - Maharashtra Ratna Award in 2011
• Meena Khadikar, Singer
• Shridhar Phadke, Singer and Music Director
• Padmaja Phenany Joglekar, Singer - Padma Shri in 2001
• Manohar Hardikar, Indian Test Cricketer
• Sandeep Patil, Indian Test Cricketer
• Raju Kulkarni Indian Test Cricketer
• Pravin Thipsay, International Chess Grandmaster - Arjuna Award in 1984
• Jay Kowli, Secretary-General, Boxing Federation of India - ‘Pillar of Hindustani Society' Award in 2007
• Nitin Kannamwar, International Tennis Referee, the first Indian Line Umpire for Men's and Ladies Wimbledon finals.
• Sonali Vishnu Shingate, International Kabaddi player
• Dinesh Thakur (Mathematician), Mathematician
• Shashi Prabhu, Architect
• Sandeep Shikre, Architect
• Sucheta Bhide Chapekar, Bharatnatyam Guru & Choreographer
• Phulwa Khamkar, Choreographer
• Om Raut, Director - Maharashtra State Award 2015
• Nanda (actress), Actor
• Amol Palekar, Director, Actor - National Award
• Vijay Kenkre, Actor - Recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1974 and the Jeevan Gaurav Puraskar in 2008
• Ajit Bhure, Actor, Producer, Director
• Arun Khopkar, Film-maker, Writer - National Award for the best book on cinema "Guru Dutt"
• Smita Talwalkar, Producer, Actor - National Award in 1989 and 1998
• Anant Jog, Actor
• Atul Parchure, Actor - 6 times Gold Medalist of Maharashtra State Best Actor Award in Professional Play category
• Sukanya Kulkarni Mone Theatre, Television, and Film Actor
• Priya Bapat, Actor - Maharashtra State Award 2014 for Best Acting
• Spruha Joshi, Actor, Anchor, Poet
• Pooja Sawant, Actor
• Suchitra Bandekar, Actor

External links

• Official website