The Hyderabad Public School, Ramanthapur

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The Hyderabad Public School is located in Ramanthapur, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.

The school was established in 1972. It has over 1 400 students in grades 1 through 12. Students are taught in English. The teacher student ratio is 1:18. The school is affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi. HPS is a member of Indian Public Schools’ Conference (IPSC). Admission into school is through annual competition.

Facilities

The school has 9 main buildings. The administrative block, accommodates the Principal’s office, the accounts office and the clerical staff, a two storeyed main academic block, the Principal’s academic office, the Vice-Principal’s office, the staff room, the assembly hall and class rooms.

The school is co-ed. The boarding facilities are offered for boys only, with approximately 160 places for boarders.

There is also a 20-bed infirmary, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Computer laboratories.

There is a mess hall large enough for approximately 800 students.

Lunch and snacks are included in the school tuition fees for non-boarders.

ports and extra-curricular activities

The school in a 40-acre closed campus has enough playgrounds for Cricket, Basketball, football, Volleyball, Badminton, Kabaddi, Tennis and Table tennis. The cricket pitches are well maintained. Basketball and Tennis courts are in conformity with international standards. There is children’s park near the primary wing and the parallel bars adjacent to the boarding house.

There are a number of societies functioning in the school. These are the Science Club, the History Society, the Geography Society, the Debating Societies in English, Hindi and Telugu, the Quiz Contest Conclave and the Dramatics Society. The children function as the secretaries of the societies under the guidance of the teachers as chairman. These societies meet regularly and conduct programmes.

The Ravindra Bharati Cultural Programme and Sports Day held once in a year is a regular feature.

History

In 1972, The Hyderabad Public School Society realized the need for another public school. By resolution of the Board of Governors, the society decided to start a new unit. The Late Sri T.B.V. Subhramanyam was entrusted with the project and was appointed the founder principal. Thus a new unit of the Hyderabad Public School came into existence in a rented building at Panjagutta. Later, the Osmania University leased out 40 acres of land at Ramanthapur and the school was shifted to its present site.

Management

The Hyderabad Public School is managed by the Hyderabad Public School Society through its Board of Governors. The Board of Governors comprises:
*1. Six elected representatives of the Hyderabad Public School Society
*2. The Vice Chancellor, Osmania University, Hyderabad
*3. The Vice Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad.
*4. Two Nominees of Education Department of Andhra Pradesh State Government.
*5. The Principal, The Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet, Hyderabad.
*6. The Principal, The Hyderabad Public School, Ramanthapur, Hyderabad.The Executive Body of the Managing Committee of H.P.S. Society also constitutes the Executive Body of the Board of Governors of H.P.S.

Principals, Vice-principals and Staff members

Principals:

# Sri T.B.V. Subramaniam - 1972
# Sri N.R.K. Moorthy - 1977 to 1984
# Sri O.P. Pathak - 1984 to 1986
# Sri Chandrasekhar - 1986 (no info.)
# Sri Sarveshwar Rao
# A. K. Vashney
# Sri R.K. Maini - May' 1995 to May' 2006
# Sri AS Rao
# Capt.( IN) Alokesh Sen
# Ramandeep Kaur SamraVice-Principals:

# S.N.Tiwari
# Chandrasekhar
# Sarveshwar Rao

Head of Departments
* Mrs. Shukla Sen (English)
* Mrs. Veena Singh (Hindi)
* Mr. Prabhakar Yadav (Maths)
* Mr. Suresh (Physics)
* Mr. Vishwanath (Chemistry)
* Mr. Balachandrudu (Biology)
* Mr. Nagarjuna (games)

Prominent staff members:
* Mr. B. P. Chary (English)
* Mrs. Franklin (English)
* Mrs. Shukla Banerjee (English)
* Mr. Ratnam Reddy (Telugu)
* Dr. Vedant Prakash (Hindi)
* Mrs. Rajyalaxmi (Mathematics)
* Mrs. A. N. Shobha (Mathematics)
* Mrs. Padma ragam (History & Civics)
* Mr. B. K. Nair (History & Civics)
* Mr. V. P. Puranik (Geography)
* Mrs. Pushpapal (Geography)
* Mr. Suresh (Physics)
* Mr. Damodar Reddy (Chemistry)
* Mr. Krishnamoorthy (Telugu)
* Mr. Ashfaque Ali (Crafts)
* Mrs.Ratnamala Noori (Arts)
* Mrs. Vanita Vyas (Hindi)
* Mr. Srinivas Rao (Sanskrit)
* Mr. Vijay Prakash (Hindi)
* Mr. Abdul Aziz (Chemistry)
* Mr. Venkateshwar Rao (Physics)
* Mr. Srinivas Rao (Chemistry)
* Mr. Balachandrudu (Biology)
* Mr. Mathan (Physical Training)
* Mr. R. T. Ratnam (Physical Training)
* Mr. Subhash (Library)
* Mr. Nagarjuna (Games)
* Mr. Ramesh (Games)
* Mrs. Laxmi Tulasi(Biology)

The school song

These words were exclusively composed and set to music by the staff members.The school sings this song every Saturday morning at assembly.

It goes thus:

God, keep this school and all who herein dwell
Safe from all harm and evil's mighty spell
Teach us to live so one and all may be
Proud of this land and man's equality
God grant that we may live in liberty

Lead us along the path of good and right
Lead us to greatness always in thy sight
All in the school who grow from year to year
May know the truth that thou art always near
And give their best without regret or fear

So in the end this school may grow in fame
All who are here may loudly sing its name
And through the years and from each day to day
May we have cause to rise and proudly say
God bless this school and all who herein dwell

The house system

The entire student body is divided into four houses named after renowned empires.

*Satavahana - The Blue House
*Vijaynagara - The Red House
*Kakatiya - The Green House
*Asif Jahi - The Yellow House

The prefectorial system

The prefectorial system is a distinctive tradition of the School. A select body of students is invested (in a grand Investiture Ceremony which includes, among other festivities, a parade) with defined powers and privileges . The heads of the student body are the Head Boy and Head Girl. They serve to provide inspiration to the student body, and endeavour to lead it into realms of achievements. These students are chosen not only based on their academic and leadership skills but also for their sense of integrity and honour.

Head Boys and Head Girls

Head Boys:

# Christopher MF Prabhu 1974-76
# Bharat Bhalla 1976-77
# Sriramulu - 1977-79
# Prahlad Rao - 1979-80;
# Ratan Tipirneni 1990-81;
# Bharat - 1981-82;
# D.T.S.Prasad - 1982-83;
# P.Ravindra - 1983-84;
# Niren Pradhan - 1984-85;
# TES Srinivas - 1985-86;
# G Kiran (PB) - 1986-87;
# S.Bhattacharya - 1987-88;
# Ram Bhadra - 1988-89;
# Ugrasena Reddy Samala - 1991-92
# Srikanth - 1992-93
# Balram Reddy - 1993-94
# Jagdeep - 1994-95
# Venkateshwar Rao - 1995-96
# Bhaskar - 1996-97
# R.K.Mohan - 1997-98;
# Gaurav Sahu - 1998-99;
# Chanchal Kumar Mall - 1999-2000;
# Mayank Ratan Bhardwaj - 2000-01;
# P Kranti Kiran - 2001-02;
# Mayur Gupta - 2002-03
# Vidyarth Venkateswaran - 2004-05
# Dhruv Ratan Bhardwaj - 2005-06
# Manoj - 2006-07
# Satyanand - 2007-08
# Suresh Naik - 2008-09

Head Girls:
# Swati Singh-2003-04

Present Head Boy:
# Suresh Naik - 2008-09

Present Deputy head boy:
# Manoj Naik - 2008-09

Academic Toppers:
*G Linga Raj - 1980-81
*Murali - 1986-87
*Tejaswi Venumadhav - 2002-03 "ALL India CBSE Topper"

External links

* [http://learning.indiatimes.com/school/pages/homepages/othercity/othschaf/hydhpsram1.htm School profile from "India Times"]
* [http://hpsr.nfshost.com/ HPS(R) Students' Website]