Vivekananda Educational Society (VES) established in 1972 was founded by a few service minded persons who worked for erection of Rock Memorial at Kanyakumari for Swami Vivekananda. VES framed its objective as non profit, to bring education at affordable cost to middle, lower middle and poor people in Chennai and in the suburbs.

Smt. Mohini Saraogi Vivekananda Vidyalaya, Jothi Nagar, is a unit of VES and is a growing school and its making rapid strides in developing all infrastructure viz building, laboratories, computer centre, library and play facilities.