Raisina Bengali Senior Secondary School

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Raisina Bengali School (founded 1925) is located at Mandir Marg (Central Delhi) New Delhi, India. Ever since its inception the school has retained its reputation as one of the premier centres of knowledge with a focus on Bengali Culture. It is an English medium school and follows a CBSE curriculum. It made a humble beginning in a premise near Wellingdon hospital, then moved to Baird Road before finally moving into its present building.

The school offers education up to higher secondary level and has over 2500 students. It has a sprawling campus and students come from all parts of Delhi. The school also attracts a lot of students from the Bangladesh High Comnmission located in Delhi for its focus on Bengali language and culture

Bengali language classes are compulsory up to VIII standard. Students have a choice of taking Hindi, Bengali, or Sanskrit as an additional language from IX Standard. The school's primary medium of instruction is English.

The school offers Science/Commerce/Arts for stream selection at higher secondary level.

Late Shri Ajit Chakravarty was one of its distinguished principals. He was awarded best teachers award. Late Shri, Robin Mitra, Shri. Akshoy Roy Choudhury, Shri. Madhu Sudhan Neogi,, Shri Sunil Sen, Gunindra Lal Roy served the institution with distinction. Late Abani Sen and Mr. Manab Banerjee served as Art teacher. This school excelled in studies and sports. Incidentally, many footballers from this school represented Delhi University colour in the sixties and 70s.

Dr. P.N. Sen served as Secretary of Managing Committee in sixties. Mr. Sunil Sen who was the librarian of the school served as secretary of the Managing Committee.

Famous educationist of Delhi Shri S.K.Bhattacharya , who is currently associated with Bal Bharti School and it's trust is a former teacher of economics of this school.

Its primary block building was constructed in the mid-sixties, in seventies a separate science block (Dr. Meghnad Saha block)was constructed. Still later a stage and indoor sports facilities were added. School acquired a proper playing field.

Now its present head of the school is Smt. Madhushree Sengupta.

Ex-students Association:

On various time ex-students tried to form association , but it was only the 1984 batch which formed the first registered body in association with the then school management committee members & the then principal Mr Amar Nath Banerjee.

The Ex-students association was named after lot of deliberations in the annual general Body meeting as ' Raisina Bengali School Alumni Association' & school committee provided 1984 batch with one room in school premises for Alumni Associations day to day activity.

The Raisina Bengali School Alumni Associations first President was Sri. Nisith Kumar Das, Vice President Mr K D Gupto. They association was having a diversified members profile.

The association is a registered body & organised many cultural activities from time to time like musical program, diamond jubilee function of the school, picnic etc.

Recently(On 25th July) the school got it's second registered alumni association, named,"Ex-Raisinian's Welfare Association".