3 Sivaswami schools in Mylapore leap forward, go solar

BY PRAKASH M SWAMY

The three schools run by National Boys and Girls Education

Society – Lady Sivaswami Ayyar Girls’ Higher Secondary School,

Sir Sivaswami Kalalaya Senior Secondary School and Sivaswami

Kalalaya Higher Secondary School – have now gone solar with

the installation of 130 KV solar projects to produce solar power

to meet the needs of the three schools.

At a function held at RK Swami Auditorium, Srinivasan K

Swamy, president of the Society, said the solar initiative will

usher in a green future and instill the idea of renewable energy

in the minds of children.

The three schools and the auditorium will have separate solar

panels made in India and the surplus energy generated will be

sold to the Tamil Nadu Government also. The school will get

free electricity for at least the next 25 years resulting in

substantial cost reduction, Swamy said.

The total cost of the project is Rs 75 lakhs donated by a well

wisher. The project not only helps save money but promotes

sustainability in the minds of youngsters.

H Shriram a devotee of Maha Periyava whose grandmother V

Jayalakshmi studied 6th Form in the school in 1925 came as the

representative of the family and addressed the gathering

Five generations of my family are associated with the school

and hence he had an emotional attachment to the institution,

he said.

S Sridharan, honorary Joint Secretary and treasurer and

correspondent of Sir Sivaswami Kalalaya Senior Secondary

School spoke on the developments happening at the three

schools such as installation of latest smart boards.

The project was undertaken by Virupaksha Energy.

Namachivayam M, director of the company highlighted the

advantage of solar energy and the technological advancements

happening in the sector. Vijin T, Senior Engineer Virupaksha

spoke.

Dr Vatsala Narayanaswami, Honorary Secretary, NBGES, V S

Subramanian, Correspondent, Sir Sivaswami Kalalaya,

Matriculation Higher Secondary School Uma Shankar, Principal,

Sir Sivaswami Kalalaya Matriculation Higher Secondary School K

G Pushpavalli, Headmistress, Lady Sivaswami Ayyar Girls Higher

Secondary School and Subbulakshmi, Vice Principal, Sir

Sivaswami Kalalaya Matriculation Higher Secondary School

attended the event