Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Vivekananda or SMKV, also known as SMK VIVE among the local students, is one of the oldest schools in Brickfields, a neighbourhood of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was previously known as Sekolah Menengah Tamil Vivekananda.
History
SMKV was officiated By Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj, the first Prime Minister of Malaysia.
Principals
Mr M T Pillai 1960-1962
Mrs I. G. Yogam 1962-1964
Mr K. Purushotamam 1964-1979
Mr G. Ramalingam 1980-1983
Mr B. A. Deimudu 1983-1988
Mrs Padmavathy Chee 1988-1989
Mr R. Ganesan 1989-1998
Mrs Suseela Nair 1998-1999
Mrs Pushpa Leela Mahalingam 2000-2004
Mrs Sumam Velayudhan 2005-2007
Mrs Yogarathai C Nagalingam 2007-2011(May) Mr. Mohgan Shamugam 2011(June)-2015 Mrs. Krishna Kumarie Dr. BaskeraRao Shastri 2015- Oct 2016 Mr. Thangaperumal Oct 2016 -
Buildings
There are 4 blocks in SMKV: Block A, B, C and D, and three halls.
Block A comprises: 12 Classrooms (Pre-Form/Remove to Form 6) Chemistry Lab Physics Lab 2 Staff Rooms Administrator's Office General School Office Principal's Office Prefect Room Band Room 2 Sports Storerooms 2 Kemahiran Hidup Workshops(Living Skills) Setting Room Store Room
Block B comprises: Single Classroom Art Room 2 Science Labs Setting Room Library Computer Lab
Block C comprises: 3 Classrooms
Block D comprises: Classroom Hall
Extracurricular activity
There are over 50 clubs in SMKV that students can participate in.
Sports
SMKV has several achievements in sports, notably in and athletics. Other sports include soccer, basketball, badminton, Hockey, handball, volleyball, tennis and table-tennis.
Houses
Four sports (Red, Blue, Green and Yellow) houses compete against each other on sports day which is held annually since 1960.
Uniformed services
Examples include: National Police Cadet (Malaysia) (Pasukan Kadet Polis Diraja Malaysia) Marching band (The VSS Band) Malaysian Red Crescent Society Persekutuan Pengakap Malaysia (Boy Scouts) Kadet Remaja Sekolah Malaysia (Malaysia School Youth Cadet Corps) Persatuan Pandu Puteri Malaysia (Girl Guides) Taekwando
Student Boards
Prefects
Vivekananda has the oldest prefects' board in Lembah Pantai. it was formed in 1n 1962 The maximum number of prefects in the board at any one time cannot exceed 20 in afternoon session and 40 in the morning session. There are Two Head of prefects one in the morning and one in afternoon
Librarians
There are about 20 librarians in the afternoon and around 35 in the morning, where the Head of Librarians is present for both morning and afternoon sessions.
"Teknopen" prefects
There are about 5 "Teknopen" prefects from Form 4 and 5 only, whose job is to maintain school computers & sound systems for the school