bengaluru to keep their son hymamshus memory alive who died to a liver dispute at the age of 3 late ml srinivasa sastry and sundaramma laid foundation of hymamshu shishu vihar a school with five children in 1942 started during the british era the school today turned 75 successfully imparting education to 2100 children nowthis school is known to be the first to conceptualize and implement montessori method of education at preprimary level which was a nascent concept those days the middle class residents of malleshwaram sent their children to this school with an affordable fee structure and focus on holistic development and value based education arts culture and sportspadmashri v prakash director of central food technological research institute cftri mysuru and alumni of hymamshu said my parents admitted me to this school as they used to provide one glass of milk daily along with one hour of sleep in the afternoon we had very interesting classes where we were allowed to play with tire swings and butterflies i owe my success to all my teachers at hymamshuthe higher primary wing of this school began from 1970 and high school wing was initiated in 1984 when the schools strength increased to 800 students with 40 staff membersthe school has retained its culture and tradition till now and we have not diluted any aspect of it we used to have bullock carts to get children to school before the second world war english became the medium of instruction from 1956 since our founder was an artist dramatist our school has given birth to many dancers and artists said b v a rao president of hymamshu jyothi kala peethaanurag behar ceo at azim premji foundation and the chief guest of 75th annual day celebration said the contribution of this institution to the society is commendable i have visited more than 600 schools in india but not a single school is as rich in culture and unity as this the teachers here mould the student in a shape that the country wants