Chinmaya International Residential School

Chinmaya International Residential School (abbreviated CIRS) is a private school located in Siruvani, Coimbatore, India,^[1] in the foothills of the Western Ghats, and encompasses a 100-acre campus.^[2][3]

Chinmaya International Residential School
Swami Chinmayananda Lane Nallur Vayal Post, Siruvani Coimbatore , Tamil Nadu , 641114 India
Information
School type	Private Co-Education Residential School Private
Motto	Jyanam Seva ca Kaushalam (Knowledge Service and Efficiency)
Founder	H.H. Swami Chinmayananada
Status	Open
Authority	Central Board of Secondary Education, International Baccalaureate
Chairperson	Swami Swaroopananda
Director	Swami Anukoolananda
Principal	Ms Rajeshwari G
Grades	5-12
Gender	Male and Female

It offers CBSE from grades 5 to 12 and IB for grades 11 to 12. The school is currently run by Mrs. Rajeshwari (Principal). The school has various facilities for various activities. It is a fully residential school.^[4][5]

Overview

Chinmaya International Residential School (CIRS) was established by Swami Chinmayananda on June 6, 1996.

Affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi and the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO), Geneva, Switzerland, CIRS is currently headed by chairperson Swami Swaroopananda,(the global head of Global Chinmaya Mission and a direct disciple of the founder Swami Chinmayananda. CIRS boasts of a campus area filled with 80 acres of natural tract of flora and fauna.

The campus was awarded the “Green School Award” by the Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi.

The school started out with 96 students from Grades 5-8. Today, it has over 550 students.^[6]

It is spiritually oriented school that boasts that its houses are named after the great Indian sages.