Our story

A school for a rural belt

Minerva, named for the Roman goddess of learning, began in 1987 as Minerva Public School in Prathipadu, East Godavari, with sixteen children from LKG to the second standard. Its purpose was plain: to raise the socio-economic standing of a predominantly rural, sub-plan tribal belt through what its founder, Sri D.V.S. Raju, called "man-making education".

Gandhiji said that for a nation to prosper, the village must be the focal point of development. That idea shaped where Minerva was built and whom it serves. The institution grew from the ground up: a junior college, then a degree college, hostels for students coming from far beyond the district, and a fleet of buses so that children from 81 surrounding villages could attend.

In 2022 the Murari group took over the running of Minerva and opened schools under the same name at Murari and Anakapalli, with the same emphasis on spacious campuses and outdoor play, at fees families in the region can afford.

Mission

To give every child in our care a progressive mind, a compassionate heart and a sense of responsibility for themselves and for society, and to do it one child at a time.

What we hold to

• Integrity above all. Academic honesty in teaching and learning, and plain dealing with parents.
• Discipline with warmth. NCC, NSS and Scouts and Guides units sit beside music, dance and sport.
• Learning that lasts. Foundations and logical thinking first, so that students can keep learning after they leave us.
• Rooted locally. English and Telugu medium at the junior college, and transport that reaches the villages.