The Mother's International School | |
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![]() MIS Senior Building
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Sri Aurobindo Ashram - Delhi Branch, Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi - 110016 | |
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Type | Secondary |
Motto | More true, forever, more true |
Established | 23 April 1956 |
Founder | Shri Surendra Nath Jauhar "Faquir" |
Principal | Smt. Sangamitra Ghosh |
Grades | 1-12 |
Campus | Urban |
Color(s) | white, blue |
Ranking | 1st in India |
Website | www |
Coordinates: 28°32′26″N 77°12′6″E / 28.54056°N 77.20167°E
The Mother's International School (MIS) is a public secondary school in New Delhi, India. It is an establishment of the Sri Aurobindo Education Society, an agency of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram. It shares its campus with the New Delhi branch of the Ashram. The school is an English-medium co-educational institution affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).
In 2001, Outlook's "C-Fore Best School Survey" has ranked MIS as one of the top 10 schools in India, and the best school in Delhi.
The school shares a campus with other institutions including the alternative education school, Mirambika. Mirambika and The Mother's International often collaborate to celebrate certain events like Mirra Alfassa's birthday. The schools share the same sports ground on campus. The campus also hosts a bakery, iron-work unit, wood-work unit, candle-making and handmade paper unit, vocational training centre, and book store. The school also has a "Pre-Primary Wing" after the closing of Mira Nursery.
The school was founded on 23 April 1956 by founder Shri Surendra Nath Jauhar "Faquir", with the blessings of The Mother, Mirra Alfassa, a spiritualist, the spiritual partner and collaborator of Sri Aurobindo.