Sheth Chimanlal Nagindas Vidyalaya

Sheth Chimanlal Nagindas Vidyalaya
Sheth C. N. Vidyalaya
Location
Ambavadi Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, 380006
Coordinates	23°1′14″N 72°33′6″E / 23.02056°N 72.55167°E / 23.02056; 72.55167Coordinates: 23°1′14″N 72°33′6″E / 23.02056°N 72.55167°E / 23.02056; 72.55167
Information
School type	Granted, co-education
Motto	Sanskrit: तस्य भासा विभाति (The light radiates from Him.)
Established	26 April 1912; 105 years ago (1912-04-26)
Founder	Sheth Indumatiben Chimanlal
Area trustee	Kartikeya Sarabhai, Saubhagyachand Shah, Balchandra Shah, Mirai Chatterjee
Chairman	Suhrid Sarabhai
Director	Tushar Purani
Principal	Hitendra Trivedi
Campus size	72 acre
Song	Ame Namie Tane Cheersathi, Sathi Vidyavihar by Snehrashmi
Publication	Sannidhi
Website	cnvidyavihar.edu.in
Snehrashmi prayer hall
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Sheth Chimanlal Nagindas Vidyalaya is a school and the Sheth Chimanlal Nagindas Vidyavihar (abbreviated Sheth C. N. Vidyavihar) is a group of educational institutes located within a campus in the Ambawadi area of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It is one of the oldest educational institutions in Gujarat established in 1912. It is known as "Santiniketan of the Western India".

In 1908, Sheth Chimanlal Nagindas prepared his will establishing a trust in the name of his late brother – Sheth Sarabhai Maganbhai and started a boarding school for children from the interest of the fund. He died within four months of preparing his will at the age of forty. His wife Manekba Chimanlal established Kumar Chhatralaya (Boys Hostel) on 26 April 1912 in memory of his husband.

This first institution was established at Maganbhai ni Wadi in Gheekanta. in 1921, the hostel was shifted to Sheth Ambalal Sarabhai’s bungalow, "Shantisadan" in Mirzapur. The trust established his own middle and high schools in 1926 for the hostel boys. The boys hostel again shifted from "Shantisadan" to Military bunglow in Khanpur in 1928. Chiman Chhatra Sangh, an association of hostel students, was also established in 1928. With growing needs, the Trust acquired land in Ambawadi to establish campus in 1929. The high school building was constructed and opened on 26 February 1933 and khadi was introduced as the uniform for students and staff.

In 1937, the school started admitting students other than hostel boys and Sheth C.N. Technical Centre was established to provide vocational training courses. Indumatiben, a daughter of Chimanlal, was elected as a member of Ahmedabad Municipal School Board in 1937. Jhinabhai Desai aka Snehrashmi joined the institute and coined the word, "Vidyavihar" for the entire campus comprising boys hostel, schools, technical institute. In 1941, the primary school was established. Shishuvihar (pre-primary school) was established in 1945 along with Kanya Chhatralaya (Girls Hostel).

In 1947 a Primary Teachers Training College was established. Indumatiben was appointed as the Deputy Education Minister of Bombay State in 1952. An art teachers’ diploma was started in 1952 which later became Fine Arts College. In 1953, Manekba and the trustee Nirmalaben died. In 1959, Derasar was constructed. Manekba Vinayvihar was established at Adalaj in 1959. In 1961, Indumatiben established Vyayam Vidyabhavan for training physical instructors and the first fine arts college of newly founded Gujarat state. In 1962, Indumatiben won the Gujarat Legislative Assembly elections and became the Education Minister of Gujarat. In 1964, the high school was given special recognition of a multipurpose school and the Government of India recognized it as the special science school. As part of this recognition, technical education classes were introduced in the school in 1965. The same year Vidyaviahr Geetmala written and compiled by Bhailalbhai Shah was published. Indumatiben is appointed as a member of University Grants Commission in 1969.