CIRS students running together across the athletic field, trees behind them

The CIRS experience

Culture, community, canvases waiting to be filled.

One residential campus in the Siruvani foothills, and two schools living the same day on it at different times.

Follow the day

A day at CIRS

The same rhythm, at different times.

Junior and Senior School share one campus and one daily rhythm, from the junior rouser at to the end of the senior timetable at . Follow one day with both timetables side by side, at the times the school keeps.

Photographs illustrate school activities; they are not time-stamped records of one day.

  1. Jogging on the campus road, past the signpost to the Annakshetra and the residences

    Junior Senior

    Rouser, jogging and milk

    Senior School starts 40 minutes later

    Before first light, students get ready and head to the Arjuna athletic field for a morning jog, then return to the dorms for hot milk and biscuits.

    Junior School Grades V–VIII

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    • Rouser –
    • Jogging –
    • Milk and getting ready –

    Senior School Grades IX–XII

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    • Rouser –
    • Jogging –
    • Milk and getting ready –
  2. In the hall beneath Pujya Gurudev’s portrait

    Junior Senior

    Spiritual class

    Senior School starts 40 minutes later

    Bhagavad Gita shlokas, stotram and japa.

    Junior School Grades V–VIII

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    • Spiritual class –

    Senior School Grades IX–XII

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    • Spiritual class –
  3. Onam lunch in the dining hall

    Junior Senior

    Breakfast

    Senior School starts 45 minutes later

    Breakfast at the Annakshetra.

    Junior School Grades V–VIII

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    • Breakfast –

    Senior School Grades IX–XII

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    • Breakfast –
  4. Prayer in the hall

    Junior Senior

    Assembly

    Senior School starts 55 minutes later

    The Principal addresses the school, and students regularly offer talks, speeches, book reviews and quizzes.

    Junior School Grades V–VIII

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    • Assembly –

    Senior School Grades IX–XII

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    • Assembly –
  5. A junior class at work with their teacher

    Junior Senior

    Classes

    Senior School starts 1 hour later

    The academic morning, until the juice break.

    Junior School Grades V–VIII

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    • Academic classes –

    Senior School Grades IX–XII

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    • Academic classes –

  6. Junior Senior

    Juice break

    Both schools, the same time

    The one pause both schools take at the same minute.

    Junior School Grades V–VIII

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    • Juice break –

    Senior School Grades IX–XII

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    • Juice break –

  7. Junior Senior

    Classes

    Both schools begin together

    Lessons resume until lunch.

    Junior School Grades V–VIII

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    • Academic classes –

    Senior School Grades IX–XII

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    • Academic classes –

  8. Junior Senior

    Lunch and rest

    Senior School starts 1 hour 10 minutes later

    Students return to the Annakshetra for lunch, then rest and reset for the afternoon.

    Junior School Grades V–VIII

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    • Lunch and rest –

    Senior School Grades IX–XII

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    • Lunch and rest –
  9. Working together on a circuit and a laptop

    Junior Senior

    Study time

    Senior School starts 1 hour 20 minutes later

    A focused study period bridges classroom learning and the playing fields.

    Junior School Grades V–VIII

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    • Study time –

    Senior School Grades IX–XII

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    • Study time –
  10. A bicycle kick on the field below the hills

    Junior Senior

    Sports

    Senior School starts 1 hour later

    The day moves outdoors for organised sport and movement.

    Junior School Grades V–VIII

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    • Sports –

    Senior School Grades IX–XII

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    • Sports –

  11. Junior Senior

    Snacks and aarti

    Senior School starts 1 hour 15 minutes later

    Snacks and time to get ready lead into prayer and aarti.

    Junior School Grades V–VIII

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    • Snacks and getting ready –
    • Prayer and aarti –

    Senior School Grades IX–XII

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    • Snacks and getting ready –
    • Prayer and aarti –
  12. Studying together, out of uniform

    Junior Senior

    Dinner, study and milk

    Senior School starts 1 hour later

    Dinner, then self study, and milk before lights off.

    Junior School Grades V–VIII

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    • Dinner –
    • Self study –
    • Milk –
    • Lights off –

    Senior School Grades IX–XII

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    • Dinner –
    • Self study and co-curricular work –
    • Milk, lights off –

Senior students sitting together, laughing, on a platform of logs among the trees
Seniors together, out of uniform

Life together

A campus that never really stops.

Dormitories, classrooms, the Annakshetra dining hall and playing fields form one walkable campus. Meals are shared in the dining hall, and the day’s classes, study, games and prayer all happen a short walk from where students live.

The four houses carry the names of Bharat’s visionary saints: Vasishta, Valmiki, Vishwamitra and Vyasa. They meet in sport, quizzing and culture.

Explore the four houses
Junior boys at a dining-hall table with steel plates and tumblers, waving at the camera
Lunch on Vishu and Tamil New Year, in the dining hall
A student lining up a shot at a billiards table while two friends watch
A game of billiards

Student leadership

The Student Council, in its own words.

The Student Council 2026–27 is led by the School Deans. Each group of the council wrote a pledge for the school’s bulletin; the Deans’ is printed here.

The Student Council 2026–27 standing in rows on the steps of a school building, in sashes over school uniform, with a swami in saffron among them
The Student Council 2026–27, as the bulletin pictures it. The sashes name each office.
The two School Deans of the Student Council 2026–27 standing side by side among green plants
From left: Aarav Ashish Bhartia and Rhea Sontakke.

Student Council 2026–27

School Deans

Inspired by Gurudev’s vision, of “Spreading Maximum Happiness to Maximum People for The Maximum Amount of Time,” we, the Student Deans of CIRS 2026 - 27, aspire to contribute to it. Our aim is to transform ourselves and our fellow students into strong, capable and cultured individuals. We shall not fear to stand for Dharma and shall work together to safeguard the glory of Bharat with our dynamic spirituality.

  • Aarav Ashish Bhartia
  • Rhea Sontakke
School Deans, Student Council 2026–27

The rest of the council, in its own words

Beyond the timetable

Life beyond the timetable.

What happens between the bells has pages of its own. Three ways in.

Practical information

Life on campus at a glance.

The complete daily timetables, and the essentials of residential life.

Full Junior School timetableGrades V–VIII
Junior School, Grades V–VIII: the daily timetable
TimeActivity
–Rouser
–Jogging
–Milk and getting ready
–Spiritual class
–Breakfast
–Assembly
–Academic classes
–Juice break
– Academic classes
–Lunch and rest
–Study time
–Sports
–Snacks and getting ready
–Prayer and aarti
–Dinner
–Self study
–Milk
–Lights off
Full Senior School timetableGrades IX–XII
Senior School, Grades IX–XII: the daily timetable
TimeActivity
–Rouser
–Jogging
–Milk and getting ready
–Spiritual class
–Breakfast
–Assembly
–Academic classes
–Juice break
– Academic classes
–Lunch and rest
–Study time
–Sports
–Snacks and getting ready
–Prayer and aarti
–Dinner
–Self study and co-curricular work
–Milk, lights off
Spiritual class and assembly

After hot milk and biscuits, spiritual class brings Bhagavad Gita shlokas, stotram and japa into the day. Breakfast at the Annakshetra leads to assembly, where the Principal addresses the school and students regularly offer talks, speeches, book reviews and quizzes.

Residential life

Residential houses are named for great figures of Bharat’s history. Questions about boarding, visits and what a new student brings are answered by the Admissions Office.

Amphitheatre and facilities

The amphitheatre is built into the slope, with the hills behind the stage and music rising from the audience. The campus also includes laboratories, a library and sports facilities.

Related pages

Our Houses · Our Sports · Curriculum · CIRS Festivals · Admissions and campus visits

Students in yellow kurtas seated in the lit amphitheatre after dark, a teacher facing them

Lights off

One campus goes quiet, an hour apart.

Junior School
Lights off, –
Senior School
Milk and lights off, –