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Seth Anandram Jaipuria School
Kanpur
he foundation stone of the Seth Anandram Jaipuria School, Kanpur (SAJS-Kanpur) was laid in 1966 by Indira
T Gandhi, prime minister of India. Subsequently the school was formally inaugurated by President of India Dr.
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed in 1974. SAJS-Kanpur was the group’s first K-12 institution founded by Seth Mungturam Jai-
puria. An ISO 9001-2015 certified school affiliated with CISCE, SAJS-Kanpur has since evolved into a contemporary
21st century school with a nationwide reputation for delivering rigorous, contemporary IT-enabled education sup-
plemented with a wide range of co-curricular and sports activities to its 2,600 students including 989 girls, mentored
by 128 teachers. In the EducationWorld India School Rankings 2019-20, SAJS-Kanpur is ranked among Uttar Pradesh’s
Top 5 co-ed day schools and #1 in Kanpur (pop. 4.1 million).
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