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
Director	Guruprasad Rege
Classes offered	Nursery to Std X

Balmohan Vidyamandir was founded on June 03, 1940 by Late Shri. S.D.Rege alias “Dada” as he was fondly known amongst his students, parents and the community, was a teacher par excellence. The School was named “Balmohan Vidyamandir”. “Balmohan” being coined from the names of Lokmanya Balgangadhar Tilak and Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and “Vidyamandir” meaning a temple of learning. Today, the name “Balmohan Vidyamandir” is synonymous with being the leading cultural and educational hub of the State of Maharashtra, India.

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
• 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