Ramakrishna Mission Students’ Home, Chennai

Started in 1905 by Swami Ramakrishnananda, a monastic disciple of Sri Ramakrishna, the Home was made a branch centre of the Mission in 1918. The centre provides free board, lodging, and education to orphan/destitute children.

Activities

1. A residential secondary school (class 6 to 10) with 218 students.
2. A residential polytechnic college providing three-year diploma courses in mechanical, automobile, and computer engineering with 348 students.
3. A primary school (class 1 to 5) with 55 students.
4. Two coaching centres in slum areas with 83 students, and six coaching centres in villages with 244 students.
5. A mobile robotics lab which trained 1902 students of government and government-aided schools in and around Chennai.
6. A vocational training centre offering training to teachers and trainers of the nearby polytechnic colleges (230 trainees), and computer courses in Tally software accounting with 556 students.
7. Thirty-nine medical camps in rural areas (treated 6883 patients) and a blood donation camp (collected 56 units of blood).
8. Extracurricular activities: Participation by students in NSS, Scout, Student Police, and Junior Red Cross, state and national level seminars in mechanical, computer, and automobile engineering fields, literary, sports and games competitions, special coaching in soft skills, aptitude, and technical training.