The corporate headquarters of the organization is at Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu in southern India.
The ideology of Gyan – Yagna, meaning Knowledge Worship, started by Ekanathji Ranade led to the inception of VKV.
The school teachings are inspired by the Vivekananda's philosophy of Man – Making & Nation Building.
There are a total of 64 VKVs providing education to approximately 20,000 students in the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Karnataka, Nagaland and Tamil Nadu, besides the Andaman Islands.
VKV Mangaldai Darrang 2018 Secondary The schools in Nagaland are run and managed under Vivekananda Kendra Shiksha Prasar Vibhag (VKSPV) of Vivekananda Kendra headquartered at Guwahati in Assam.