Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalaya is situated at Nanjappa Nagar, Hutbay, Little Andaman. VKV is an academic wing of Vivekananda Kendra (an organization based on Swami Vivekananda's preaching of life). Vidyalaya is a sanskrit word which means school. The corporate headquarter of the organisation is at Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu.
The ideology of Gyan-Yagna, meaning Knowledge Workship, started by Eknathji Ranade led to the inception of VKV. The school teachings are inspired by the Vivekananda's philosophy of Man-Making & Nation Building.