Jawahar Vidya Mandir
Jawahar Vidya Mandir previously known as DAV Jawahar Vidya Mandir is an educational institute in Jharkhand located at Shyamali Colony, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India.
The school features education from the Prep to the Senior Secondary levels. It is affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi, and is managed by a School Managing Committee appointed by MECON, Ranchi.
Overview
The school has a strength of around 7,500 students & the campus is spread around 4.5 acres.The curriculum is based on CBSE directives under the guidance of Prep. There are seven sections named A-G in each class till standard 10 Xth. The school runs in two sessions; morning and afternoon for XI and XII. This is due to the large number of students who apply for admission in the Science stream.The school has a record of giving 40-50 students to IIT every year.
The cut-off for admission in Science stream is well above 92%.The school has laboratories for physics, chemistry, biology, computers and maths. The school has two libraries - the general library and the reference library (for the students of class XI-XII).
Campus
The school consists of separate campuses for primary, secondary and higher secondary. A big and sprawling section for senior secondary has been constructed.
Notable alumni
The INDIAN Cricket Team captain M. S. Dhoni is an alumnus of this school.
Dr. Harsh Kumar,an aspiring Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon is an alumnus of this school.
Ar. Nikhil Jain, world renowned architect is also an alumnus of this school.
Prof.Sanjeev Sinha (University of Illinois,Urbana Champagne) - MS and PhD from Stanford University.
Ms. Ananya Banerjee, B.Tech. IIT Roorkee, MBA University of Michigan, currently at McKinsey and Company is also an alumnus of this school
The school has produced hundreds more who have achieved success like people above and even more.
Gallery
The school began in 1964 as Jawahar Vidya Mandir. The principal was Ms Parmar. The school started with only one building, where the present Primary School is located. During this period the school had Nursery, KG I and KG II classes before Class I. In 1971 The Primary School building was extended for more classes/sections. In 1973, the class KG II was removed, the children were given two options; one either to get double promoted to class I or remain in KG II.
In 1973, the school changed its name from Jawahar Vidya Mandir to DAV Jawahar Vidya Mandir and started following the CBSE Board and again in 2008 it changed to Jawahar Vidya Mandir. In 1975, the new school building was ready and the School got divided into Primary School and Secandary School. In 1975 the School principal was Dr Vohra who continued till 1978-79 and was replaced with Mr Ramakrishna as the principal. Mrs Krishnaswamy was the Vice Principal. Subsequently, Mr RE Singh (from Netarhat) joined as Dean of the school with Mr Ramakrishna continuing as principal. Subsequently, Mr Ramakrishna left with Mr R.E Singh as the principal.
Mr. R.E.Singh, Principal (1983â2000) was succeeded by Mr. D.R.Singh (2000 till date).