The Hindu Foundation Day marked at Hyderabad school
Sri Saraswathi Vidya Mandir High School in Hyderabad celebrated The Hindu's 148th Foundation Day with a guest lecture by M.V. Nagavender Rao. The event emphasized the importance of ethical journalism, integrity, and civic responsibility for students.
Why it matters
The event promotes media literacy and the value of traditional journalism among the younger generation in an era of misinformation.
As The Hindu prepares to celebrate its 148th Foundation Day on Sunday (September 20, 2026), the occasion was marked at Sri Saraswathi Vidya Mandir High School in Venkataramana Colony, Hyderabad, on Saturday (September 19, 2026), with former APSRTC Executive Director (Engineering) M.V. Nagavender Rao urging students to embrace values, ethics and integrity in their lives.
Addressing the students, Mr. Rao, who is the Founder-President of Vriksha Mithra and President of the TGSRTC Retired Officers Welfare Association, recalled how his English teacher, the late Rangaiah Naidu, had encouraged him to read The Hindu regularly when he was studying in Class X in 1962 to improve his command of English. He said he had remained a loyal reader of the newspaper for the past 64 years.
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