Sree Rama Varma High School (Malayalam: ശ്രീ രാമവര്‍മ്മ ഹൈസ്കൂള്‍, officially Sree Rama Varma Govt Model Higher Secondary School, popularly known as SRV High School) is a school located in Kochi

Kochi

-Places:* Kochi, a city in the state of Kerala, India, formerly known as Cochin* Kingdom of Cochin, a former feudal city-state on Malabar Coast, India** Fort Kochi, one of the three main urban components which constitute the present day city of Kochi, Kerala, India...

, Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

, India.

Established by the Kochi Royal family

Cochin Royal Family

The Cochin royal family were rulers of Cochin, or Kochi, India. They were also known as Perumpadapu Swaroopam or Kuru Swaroopam.-Tradition of Perumpadapu Swaroopam:...

 in 1845, SRV was the first school in Kochi. Post independence, the school was handed over to the Government of Kerala, which now owns and runs it.

Organization

Even though the school caters for grades 1 to 12, the different sections have separate, even though adjoining, campuses as well as separate administration. Thus the school have separate campuses and Headmasters for Lower Primary (grades 1 to 4), Upper Primary (grades 5 to 7), High School (grades 8 to 10), and Higher Secondary (grades 11 and 12) sections.

Colonial architecture

The architecture of the school showcases the British colonial adaptation for Kerala. It is a two storied building built predominantly using lime and wood in an age prior to the advent of concrete and steel reinforcement. The floor is paved entirely with terracotta tiles, while the roofing entirely is with terracotta roofing tiles. Whole of the wood work of the structure is in teak

Teak

Teak is the common name for the tropical hardwood tree species Tectona grandis and its wood products. Tectona grandis is native to south and southeast Asia, mainly India, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Burma, but is naturalized and cultivated in many countries, including those in Africa and the...

 wood.

Space Museum

Donated by ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization), during the term of the former chairman Dr. Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan (a former student of the school), the school has a Space Museum, which at the same time showcases ISRO's achievements in space research as well as educates the students in space science. The museum has miniature repicas of ISRO's satellites as well as satellite launch vehicles. The exhibits educates the students on various kinds of satellites and launch techniques namely Polar Satellites, Geosynchronous Satellites and related technologies and applications like remote sensing etc.

Noted alumni

• Dr. Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan, Member of Planning Commission. Former Chairman, ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization).
• Swami Chinmayananda, founder of Chinmaya Mission
  Chinmaya Mission
  Chinmaya Mission was founded in 1953 by the devotees of Swami Chinmayananda to 'give organizational structure and cohesiveness to the work and activities initiated by Swami Chinmayananda' . It is administered from Central Chinmaya Mission Trust, Mumbai...
  
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• Changampuzha Krishna Pillai
  Changampuzha Krishna Pillai
  Changampuzha Krishna Pillai was a celebrated Malayalam poet from Kerala, India, known almost exclusively for his romantic elegy Ramanan which was written in 1936 and sold over 100,000 copies...
  
  , Malayalam poet, known best for his romantic pastoral elegy Ramanan.