Indira Nehru was taught mostly at home by tutors and attended school intermittently until matriculation in 1934. She was a student at the Modern School in Delhi, St. Cecilia's and St. Mary's Convent schools in Allahabad, the International School of Geneva in Geneva, the Ecole Nouvelle in Bex in Vaud, Switzerland, and the Pupils' Own School in Poona in Maharashtra and in Bombay, which is affiliated with the University of Mumbai. She and her mother moved to the Belur Math headquarters of the Ramakrishna Mission where Swami Ranganathananda was her guardian. Indira then studied at the Vishwa Bharati in Santiniketan, which became Visva-Bharati University in 1951. During an interview with Rabindranath Tagore, he named Indira Priyadarshini, which means "looking at everything with kindness" in Sanskrit and she became known as Indira Priyadarshini Nehru. A year later, however, she had to leave university to attend to her ailing mother in Lausanne, Switzerland. There it was decided that Indira would continue her education at the University of Oxford. After her mother died, Indira attended the Badminton School in Bristol, England for a short time period and then enrolled at Somerville College in Oxford in 1937 to study history. She had to take the entrance examination twice, having failed at her first attempt with a poor performance in Latin. At Oxford, she excelled in history, political science, and economics but her grades in Latin—a compulsory subject—remained poor. However she was active socially at the university and was a member of the Oxford Majlis Asian Society.
indira nehru was taught mostly at home by tutors and attended school intermittently until matriculation in 1934 she was a student at the modern school in delhi st cecilia's and st mary's convent schools in allahabad the international school of geneva in geneva the ecole nouvelle in bex in vaud switzerland and the pupils' own school in poona in maharashtra and in bombay which is affiliated with the university of mumbai she and her mother moved to the belur math headquarters of the ramakrishna mission where swami ranganathananda was her guardian indira then studied at the vishwa bharati in santiniketan which became visva-bharati university in 1951 during an interview with rabindranath tagore he named indira priyadarshini which means "looking at everything with kindness" in sanskrit and she became known as indira priyadarshini nehru a year later however she had to leave university to attend to her ailing mother in lausanne switzerland there it was decided that indira would continue her education at the university of oxford after her mother died indira attended the badminton school in bristol england for a short time period and then enrolled at somerville college in oxford in 1937 to study history she had to take the entrance examination twice having failed at her first attempt with a poor performance in latin at oxford she excelled in history political science and economics but her grades in latin—a compulsory subject—remained poor however she was active socially at the university and was a member of the oxford majlis asian society