Vidyaranya High School was established in 1961 in Hyderabad, India by its founder Shanta Rameswar Rao, located at the foot of Naubath Pahad.

[1] While the ICSE based syllabus is followed in the higher classes, the school functions with a unique ideology.

The competition is deemphasized, in an unconventional teaching format "beyond a syllabus and examinations", which are administered from class VIII and upwards.

[3] The admission process requires that parent(s) attend an interview, which is more in the nature of a free-wheeling discussion.

Quarterly reports are given to all students and parent-teacher meetings are held to enable parents and teachers to interact.