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Chinmaya International Residential School from the air: the courtyards, the
              swimming pool and the playing fields inside a boundary of forest.

The CIRS alumni community

Where CIRS Takes You

Many paths. One beginning.

Students seated in the concentric brick rings of the CIRS amphitheatre after
                dark, under floodlights, during evening practice.
Siruvani The amphitheatre, after dark

Everyone here begins in the same rings.

CIRS has been teaching on the Siruvani campus since 1996. This journey brings together destinations published by the school and educational institutions reported by alumni in the registration form.

166 destinations, one origin.

The map shows reviewed campus locations in every country represented in the directory. Other identifiable institutions remain in the directory without guessed coordinates.

Showing 37 mapped destinations. The directory below lists all 166 institutions.

Select a country to explore its institutions.

Read the full institution directory. Points locate reviewed campus references, not confirmation of the campus attended; small display offsets separate nearby institutions. Routes are illustrative. Counts describe institutions in this directory, not alumni totals. Countries with no entries remain available to explore. Illustrative boundaries: Natural Earth, 1:50m, via world-atlas 2.0.2; Robinson projection. Additional location data: © OpenStreetMap contributors and the linked campus sources.

The institution directory

All institutions

Alumni-reported institutions are not confirmation of an individual’s attendance or campus. Points show reviewed campus references. Entries without reviewed coordinates are listed, not plotted.

    In their own words.

    Three alumni reflect on what their years at CIRS left with them.

    CIRS is an emotion.

    Kavya S

    I learned the value of balance in my life over those seven years there.

    Roshan B

    I would literally trade anything to just go back and re-live each and every moment spent there.

    Mugdha Sultania

    Four paths, followed in public.

    Four CIRS journeys through research, sport and design. Their short biographies link to public profiles and updates.

    Hari Om Jani wearing glasses and a navy jacket against a plain background.

    Hari Om Jani

    Materials research, University of Oxford

    He moved to Singapore to pursue his bachelor’s degree in Physics and PhD at the National University of Singapore. He continued there as a Research Fellow and later as a Senior Research Fellow, before moving to Oxford in 2022 as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow. In 2024, Hari was selected as a Young Scientist for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting and was awarded the Royal Society University Research Fellowship, through which he established his research group, Designer Quantum Materials for Devices. He took up his current position at Queen’s College and the Department of Materials in 2026.

    Read atNational University of SingaporePathScience and research

    The Queen’s College profile

    Soham Desai standing with his arms folded in a navy sports shirt.

    Soham Desai

    Strength and conditioning coach

    Soham Desai has been the backbone of one of the most celebrated cricket teams in the world. He served for five years as the lead Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Indian Cricket Team, and is currently with the IPL team Lucknow Super Giants.

    PathSport

    Indian Express profile Soham Desai’s 2026 update

    Divyaj DT, on the right in a red football kit, standing with another person.

    Divyaj DT

    Goalkeeper in India youth squads

    Divyaj is an alumnus of Alchemy International Football Academy & Baroda Football Academy, progressing to the NorthEast United FC, where he currently plays as Goalkeeper, and has represented India internationally at the youth levels, including the India U19 and India U20 national teams. He was a part of the squad that became champions at the SAFF U19 Championship.

    PathSport

    AIFF: 2023 SAFF U19 squad AIFF: 2023 SAFF U19 champions AIFF: 2025 AFC U20 qualifying squad

    Shashwath Santosh seated outdoors and speaking into a microphone.

    Shashwath Santosh

    Designer, Google Creative Lab

    Shashwath Santosh is an industrial and product designer based in New York, currently working at Google Creative Lab on AI-driven experiences like Gemini, Project Astra, and Genie. His website can be found at shashwathsantosh.com.

    PathDesign

    Shashwath Santosh’s portfolio

    These four stories are a selection, not a complete alumni register. Former students can update their details through the school's alumni database form.

    Five ways out of the same gate.

    University counselling begins in Grade X and continues through Naviance. The IB opens direct application to North America, the UK, Europe and Australia; CBSE keeps the Indian national pathway fully open. Each pathway below names what it was drawn from.

    Higher education abroad

    The Diploma applies directly.

    The IB opens direct application to North America, the UK, Europe and Australia. 69 of the 166 institutions CIRS students have gone on to are outside India.

    Drawn from

    • Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom
    • University of ChicagoUnited States
    • The London School of Economics and Political ScienceUnited Kingdom
    • Boston UniversityUnited States

    The Indian national pathway

    And the national pathway stays open.

    CBSE keeps the Indian route fully open, with board examinations at Grades X and XII and a choice of Engineering, Medicine and Management streams in the senior years.

    Drawn from

    • IIT MadrasIndia
    • Shri Ram College of CommerceIndia
    • Chinmaya Vishwa VidyapeethIndia

    Design and the arts

    Some of them make things.

    Design schools also appear among the destinations, and one of the four alumni the school has named works as a designer.

    Drawn from

    • National Institute of DesignIndia
    • The New School — ParsonsUnited States
    • Shashwath SantoshDesigner, Google Creative Lab

    Science and research

    Some of them stay in the question.

    The furthest a CIRS education has been followed in public is into a university physics department — and the route into research runs through institutions already on this list.

    Drawn from

    • Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom
    • The Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyHong Kong
    • Purdue UniversityUnited States
    • Hari Om JaniMaterials research, University of Oxford

    Sport

    And some of them go professional.

    Sport at CIRS fills the four o’clock hour every day of the school year. Two of the four alumni the school has named carried it into a national side.

    Drawn from

    The institutions, in plain text.

    All 166 educational institutions, searchable by name or country.

    Alumni-reported institutions are not confirmation of an individual’s attendance. The directory includes identifiable institutions whose campus location is unresolved, without placing them on the map.

    India 97 destinations

    • Alliance University India
    • Amity University (campus unspecified) India
    • Amity University Noida India
    • Amrita School of Engineering India
    • Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham India
    • Anna University India
    • Bangalore University India
    • Chinmaya Vishwa Vidyapeeth India
    • CHRIST University India
    • College Of Architecture Trivandrum India
    • College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University India
    • Dayanand Sagar University India
    • Delhi University India
    • Doon Business School and Allied Sciences India
    • DY Patil School Of Medicine India
    • Faculty of Management Studies India
    • Fergusson College India
    • FLAME University India
    • Gujarat University India
    • Hr college India
    • Ibs India
    • ICFAI India
    • IIT Madras India
    • Indian School of Design and Innovation Parsons Mumbai India
    • INIFD India
    • Institute of Chartered Accountants of India India
    • Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad India
    • J. D. Birla Institute India
    • Jadavpur University India
    • Jai Hind College India
    • Jain university India
    • Karunya University India
    • KIIT University India
    • Kirori Mal College India
    • Kumaraguru College of Technology India
    • Loyola College India
    • M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology India
    • M.O.P. Vaishnav College for Women India
    • Maharashtra Institute of Technology, School of Management India
    • Manipal Institute of Technology India
    • Manipal University India
    • Mc'gans ooty school of architecture India
    • Mithibai College India
    • Mount Carmel college India
    • National Institute of Bank Management India
    • National Institute of Design India
    • National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli India
    • NLU, Delhi India
    • NMIMS India
    • NMIMS-Balwant Seth School of Architecture India
    • O.P. Jindal Global University India
    • Pearl Academy India
    • Ppg Institute of technology India
    • Prin.L.N Welingkar institute of management development & research India
    • PSG College of Technology India
    • PSG Institute of Technology India
    • Sardar Patel university India
    • Savitribai Phule Pune University India
    • School of Allied Health Sciences, Manipal University India
    • School of Inspired Leadership India
    • School of planning and architecture India
    • Shiv Nadar University India
    • Shri Devraj URS Medical University India
    • Shri Ram College of Commerce India
    • Sri Sri University India
    • Sri Venkateswara College India
    • Srishti University of Art, Design Technology India
    • SRM Institute of Science and Technology India
    • St Joseph's college of law India
    • St. Joseph's College of Arts and Science India
    • St. Joseph's college of commerce, Bengaluru India
    • St. Xavier's College, Kolkata India
    • St. Xavier's College, Mumbai India
    • St.Xavier's College, Ranchi India
    • Symbiosis Centre for Management Studies India
    • Symbiosis Centre for Media and Communication India
    • Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce India
    • Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication India
    • Symbiosis International University India
    • Symbiosis School of Economics India
    • T A Pai Management Institute India
    • University of Madras India
    • University of Mumbai India
    • University of Petroleum and Energy Studies India
    • Utkal University India
    • Vellore Institute of Technology India
    • Visvesvaraya Technological University India
    • Ashoka University India
    • BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus India
    • CEPT University India
    • Istituto Marangoni, Mumbai India
    • Krea University India
    • Mahindra University India
    • Masters' Union India
    • Shiv Nadar University, Chennai India
    • Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur India
    • Whistling Woods International India

    United Kingdom 17 destinations

    • Cardiff University United Kingdom
    • Durham University United Kingdom
    • Glasgow Caledonian University United Kingdom
    • Imperial College London United Kingdom
    • Oxford Brookes University United Kingdom
    • Royal Holloway, University of London United Kingdom
    • The London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom
    • The University of Manchester United Kingdom
    • University College London United Kingdom
    • University Of Bristol United Kingdom
    • University of Liverpool United Kingdom
    • University of Nottingham United Kingdom
    • University of Sheffield United Kingdom
    • University of the Arts London United Kingdom
    • University of Warwick United Kingdom
    • University of Westminster United Kingdom
    • University of St Andrews United Kingdom

    United States 22 destinations

    • Boston University United States
    • Carnegie Mellon University United States
    • Cornell University United States
    • Emory University United States
    • Fairleigh Dickinson University United States
    • Florida Institute of Technology United States
    • Georgia Institute of Technology United States
    • Hofstra University United States
    • New York University United States
    • Northwestern University United States
    • Purdue University United States
    • Rochester Institute of Technology United States
    • The New School — Parsons United States
    • University of California, Irvine United States
    • University of Chicago United States
    • University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign United States
    • University of Scranton United States
    • University of Southern California United States
    • University of Toledo United States
    • University of Virginia United States
    • University of Wisconsin- Madison United States
    • University of California, Los Angeles United States

    Canada 5 destinations

    Asia–Pacific 16 destinations

    Europe 6 destinations

    Middle East 3 destinations

    Students and staff assembled on the front steps of the school, holding flags
                and country placards at a school assembly.
    Students and staff on the front steps with the flags and country placards carried at a school assembly.

    Two ways to stay connected

    Wherever the journey leads, CIRS remains part of the story.

    Use the official alumni form to update your details, or email the school office to share a story.

    School office
    +91 422 261 3303
    Address
    Siruvani Main Road, Coimbatore 641 114, Tamil Nadu

    The journey continues at CIRS