bengaluru to keep their son hymamshus memories alive who died due to a liver ailment at the age of three late ml srinivasa sastry and sundaramma laid the foundation of hymamshu shishu vihar in 1942 started during the british era the school has completed 75 years and the strength has grown from five to 2100 studentsthis school is supposedly the first to conceptualize and implement the montessori method of education at the preprimary level which was a nascent concept those days residents of malleswaram sent their children to the school because of the affordable fee structure and its focus on holistic development valuebased education arts culture and sportspadmashri v prakash director of central food technological research institute cftri mysuru and an alumnus of the school said my parents got me enrolled here as the school provided a glass of milk daily along with an hour of sleep in the afternoon the classes were very interesting we were even allowed to play with butterflies i owe my success to all my teachers at hymamshu the higher primary wing was started in 1970 and the high school wing in 1984 when the schools strength increased to 800 students and 40 staff membersthe school has retained its culture and tradition over the years before the second world war bullock carts used to ferry children to school english became the medium of instruction in 1956 since our founder was an artiste dramatist our school has given birth to many dancers and artistes said b v a rao president hymamshu jyothi kala peethaanurag behar ceo azim premji foundation who was the chief guest at the 75th annual day celebration said the contribution of this institution to society is commendable it boasts of a rich culture the teachers at hymamshu mould the students to become responsible citizens rakshitha r