DAV Jawahar Vidya Mandir, Shyamali

Jawahar vidya Mandir, Shyamali
The higher-secondary section of the school
Location
Shyamali, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
Information
Type	Public, co-educational
Established	1965
Founder	MECON
Chairperson	A. K. Tyagi
Principal	A. K. Singh
Number of students	5,500
Classes	Nursery - 12
Medium of language	English
Campus	Urban
Affiliation	CBSE

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 kindergarten to senior secondary levels. It has a permanent affiliation to the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi, and is managed by a committee appointed by MECON, Ranchi[jharkhand].

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 R.E. Singh became the Principal. When he left, Mr. D.R.Singh as the principal. Mr.D.R.Singh, Principal (2000-2013) was succeeded by Mr. A.K.Singh (2013 - till date).

Jawahar Vidya Mandir, Shyamali is a premier institute of Eastern India for senior secondary studies and many students from other states of India come to Ranchi for pursuing senior secondary studies from it.

The school has a strength of around 5,500 students on a campus spread over 5.6 acres. The curriculum is based on CBSE. The principal of the school is Mr. A. K. Singh.

The school has laboratories for Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Biotechnology, Computer Science and Mathematics. The school has two libraries: a general library and a reference library which is only for the use of senior secondary students.

The school consists of separate campuses for primary, secondary and higher secondary. A big and sprawling section for senior secondary has been constructed.