 The original founders of the school were Nathaniel and Espoir Pearson, devotees of the Mother and Sri Aurobindo, and the school received the Mother's blessings upon its foundation.Espoir Pearson was the founding principal of the school, and Nathaniel Pearson was director of studies.It was originally a primary school, having classes up to Standard 7 until the early 1970s when the Pearsons left Bangalore for Australia.