Shree Kandivali Vidyalaya was started on 31st March, 1936 with an initial enrolment of 13 students. In 1960, the school was renamed as ‘Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel High School’; which popularly came to be known as SVP School over the years. Realizing the need for technical education, a technical section was started in 1961 and a Junior college section in science stream was added in 1976. The Junior college section was renamed as Shri. T. P. Bhatia Junior College of Science in 2004. Currently the SVP School has more than 4500 students on its roll while the T. P. Bhatia Junior College of Science has an enrolment of about 2500 students