Balmohan Vidyamandir

Balmohan Vidyamandir was founded on 3 June 1940 by Late Shri. S.D.Rege alias "Dada" as he was fondly known amongst his students, parents and the community, was a teacher par excellence. The School was named "Balmohan Vidyamandir". "Balmohan" being coined from the names of Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and "Vidyamandir" meaning a temple of learning. Today, the name "Balmohan Vidyamandir" is synonymous with being the leading cultural and educational hub of the State of Maharashtra, India.

Balmohan Vidyamandir बालमोहन विद्यामंदिर
Address
Dr. M. B. Raut Road, Shivaji Park Dadar (West) Mumbai , Maharashtra 400028 India
Information
Funding type	Private
Founder	Shri. S. D. Rege alias Dadasaheb Rege
Director	Guruprasad Rege
Classes offered	Nursery to Std X

Notable alumni

Notable alumni include:

• Lt. Dilip Hemchandra Gupte, Indian Army, Date of Martyrdom : 11 October 1965, India-Pakistan War
• Lt. Prakash Narayan Kotnis, Indian Army, Date of Martyrdom : 15 September 1965, India-Pakistan War
• Uddhav Thackeray, Former Chief Minister, Maharashtra, Former Shiv Sena Chief
• Jayant Patil, Cabinet Minister, Government of Maharashtra
• Raj Thackeray, Politician, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena Chief
• Poonam Mahajan, Politician, Member of Lok Sabha
• Sunil Rane, Politician, Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
• Shirish Madhukarrao Chaudhari, Politician, Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
• Hemant Gokhale, Former Judge, Supreme Court of India
• Ranjana Desai, Former Judge, Supreme Court of India
• Dilip Babasaheb Bhosale, Judicial Member of Lokpal Committee, Former Chief Justice, High Court, Allahabad
• Neela Satyanarayanan, Retd. IAS, First Woman State Election Commissioner (SEC) of Maharashtra
• Smita Dolas Somane, IRS, Commissioner Customs GST
• Veeren Kamat, Group Captain, Indian Air Force
• Captain Paresh Kowli, Indian Navy
• Aniruddha B. Pandit, Vice Chancellor, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai
• Asha Bhosle, Singer – Padma Vibhushan in 2008
• Hridaynath Mangeshkar, Singer and Music Director – Padma Shri in 2009
• Usha Mangeshkar, Singer – Maharashtra Ratna Award in 2011
• Meena Khadikar, Singer
• Shridhar Phadke, Singer and Music Director
• Padmaja Phenany Joglekar, Singer – Padma Shri in 2001
• Manohar Hardikar, Indian Test Cricketer
• Sandeep Patil, Indian Test Cricketer
• Raju Kulkarni Indian Test Cricketer
• Pravin Thipsay, International Chess Grandmaster – Arjuna Award in 1984
• Jay Kowli, Secretary-General, Boxing Federation of India – 'Pillar of Hindustani Society' Award in 2007
• Nitin Kannamwar, International Tennis Referee, the first Indian Line Umpire for Men's and Ladies Wimbledon finals.
• Sonali Vishnu Shingate, International Kabaddi player
• Dinesh Thakur, Mathematician
• Shashi Prabhu, Architect
• Sandeep Shikre, Architect
• Sucheta Bhide Chapekar, Bharatnatyam Guru & Choreographer
• Phulwa Khamkar, Choreographer
• Om Raut, Director – Maharashtra State Award 2015
• Nanda (actress), Actor
• Amol Palekar, Director, Actor – National Award
• Vijay Kenkre, Actor – Recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1974 and the Jeevan Gaurav Puraskar in 2008
• Ajit Bhure, Actor, Producer, Director
• Arun Khopkar, Film-maker, Writer – National Award for the best book on cinema "Guru Dutt"
• Smita Talwalkar, Producer, Actor – National Award in 1989 and 1998
• Anant Jog, Actor
• Sachin Khedekar Theatre, Television, and Film Actor
• Atul Parchure, Actor – 6 times gold medalist of Maharashtra State Best Actor Award in Professional Play category
• Sukanya Kulkarni Mone Theatre, Television, and Film Actor
• Priya Bapat, Actor – Maharashtra State Award 2014 for Best Acting
• Spruha Joshi, Actor, Anchor, Poet
• Pooja Sawant, Actor
• Suchitra Bandekar, Actor
• Mithilesh Patankar. YouTuber

External links

• Official website