Shanti Bhavan is accredited by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), and administers the ICSE and ISC exams during students' 10th and 12th grades.

Shanti Bhavan was established in August 1997 as a project of The George Foundation to help economically and socially disadvantaged children, mostly Dalit, in rural India - specifically in the Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka regions.

[5] With the help of current Chief Operating Officer, Ajit George, Shanti Bhavan Children’s Project moved from a privately funded institution to a mixed model of individual donations, corporate and NGO partnerships, and grants.

"[1] In June 2009, Sriram Srinivasan for Outlook (Indian magazine) praised the school's goal to "give world-class education to its students so that these children of sewer cleaners, bonded labourers and masons can become society leaders as lawyers, environmentalists and astronauts.

"[2] Shanti Bhavan faced scrutiny after the release of Daughters of Destiny (TV series), an in-depth Netflix ethnography about the school conducted by social worker Vanessa Roth.