Sri Venkateswara Bala Kuteer

Sri Venkateswara Bala Kuteer (SVBK) is a private school located in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India. It was established in 1965 by Dr. Nannapaneni Manga Devi and Ms. Garige Prabhavathi.^[1] The school has grades from pre-primary to the 10th (ages 3 to 15). The school has three branches -- Brodipet branch (affiliated to Andhra Pradesh Board of Secondary Education), Syamala Nagar branch (affiliated to CBSE) and Ushodaya English Medium School in Chowdavaram (affiliated to CBSE).

Sri Venkateswara Bala Kuteer
Guntur , Andhra Pradesh India
Information
School type	Private, Public
Motto	Child is Father of the Man William Wordsworth
Established	1965; 60 years ago (1965)
School district	Guntur
Gender	Co-education
Language	English
Houses	Benjamin, Hahnemann, Ramanujan, Thompson
Color(s)	Blue & White
Nickname	Kuteerians
Affiliations	CBSE, BSEAP
Website	svbk.edu.in

History

The first branch in Brodipet, Guntur was established in 1965 by Dr. Nannapaneni Manga Devi and Ms. Garige Prabhavathi.^[2] Later, two more branches were opened in Syamala Nagar and Chowdavaram in 1975^[3] and 2012^[4] respectively. Dr. Nannapaneni Manga Devi is the Founder-Secretary of Sri Venkateswara Bala Kuteer and Chetana Charitable Trust.^[5]

Notable alumni

Name	Occupation	References
P. V. Sindhu	Badminton player (Olympic silver medal)	[6]
Harika Dronavalli	Chess grandmaster (Padma Shri and Arjuna Award recipient)	[7]
Karthik Mikkilineni	Professor in Vascular Surgery, Stanford University	[8]