The school began in 1964 as Jawahar Vidya Mandir. The principal was Harsh Tiwary. 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 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 completed and the School got divided into Primary School and Secondary 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. S.K. Jha became the vice principal then. Mr.D.R.Singh, Principal was succeeded by Mr. A.K.Singh. He was succeeded by Mr. Samarjit Jana. 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 had a reputation of producing cities' top rankers in engineering, medical and defence entrance exams. The school was previously known as DAV Jawahar Vidya Mandir, is an educational institute in Shyamali Colony, has a global alumni base in almost all professions.
Overview
The school has 6,000+ students on a campus spread over 15 acres. The curriculum is based on CBSE. The principal of the school is Mr Samarjit Jana. 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.
Campus
The school consists of separate campuses for primary, secondary and higher secondary. The school has also constructed a large, sprawling senior secondary section. MECON cricket stadium is adjacent to the school campus and is used by the school to hold her annual sports events. Until a few years back, the stadium used to regularly hold Jharkhand's Ranji matches.
Co-Curricular Activities
To foster team-spirit, self-confidence, co-operation and the spirit of emulation, the school has introduced the 'house system' whereby the students are divided into four houses viz. Rajendra, Tilak, Tagore and Dayanand. House activities are supervised by teachers acting as House Masters & Mistresses while everything else is taken care of by the students under the leadership of the House Captains and Vice Captains. Competitions in debate, quiz, music, elocution, painting etc. are held at inter-house levels as per the calendar of events published at the commencement of an academic session. Inter-house sports tournaments are an important part of house activities and students are coached to participate in various district, state and national level championships. Regular yoga classes are also conducted for all-round moral and physical growth. Jawahar Vidya Mandir also has special sports, music and dance rooms to allow students to cultivate their passions.
