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Institution Profile

Scindia Kanya Vidyalaya, Gwalior

In the latest EW India School Rankings 2025-26, SKV (estb.1956) is ranked India’s #1 girls
boarding school and was elevated to the exclusive Ivy League schools’ category
PAROMITA SENGUPTA

OUNDED IN 1956 by the
late Rajmata Vijaya Raje
Scindia (1919-2001) of the
Froyal family of Gwalior,
Scindia Kanya Vidyalaya (SKV) is an
all-girls boarding school, currently
celebrating its 70th anniversary.
SKV provides contemporary
education rooted in Indian tradi-
tions and values to 535 class VI-XII
students mentored by 55 teachers.
Currently Maharani Priyadarshini
Raje Scindia, President, Board of
Governors, leads SKV to “provide
leadership education to girl children
enabling them to play significant
roles in building an India where
women’s voices matter”.
In the latest EducationWorld
India School Rankings 2025-26, SKV main block: impressive alumni roll call. Inset: Nishi Misra
the CBSE (Delhi)-affiliated SKV is
ranked India’s #1 girls boarding Brar, former Principal of Welham potential. Our highly-qualified teach-
school and was elevated to the exclu- Girls, Dehradun; Vaishali Malhotra, ers provide individual attention and
sive Ivy League schools’ category. IRS Commissioner CGST & Customs, superior pastoral care to every girl
A member institution of the among others. child, to ensure wholesome develop-
prestigious Indian Public Schools Sited in the heart of Gwalior on ment, empowering and preparing
Conference (IPSC), an association a 35-acre neat, green campus which them to assume leadership positions
of the country’s top legacy boarding was once a deer forest, SKV hosts in society,” says Nishi Misra, an
schools, SKV students have consis- Kamla Bhawan, a heritage building alumna of Allahabad University who
tently performed well in the all-India built by Italian architect Sir Michael acquired valuable teaching and ad-
CBSE class X and XII board exams. Filose in the 1800s to serve as a ministrative experience in Nainital’s
In 2024-25, SKV girls averaged guest house for foreign visitors. To St. Mary’s, All Saints' and Sherwood
88.83 percent and 88.32 percent mark the school’s Diamond An- College and served as the Principal of
in the class X and XII board exams niversary celebrations in 2016, an the Vidya Devi Jindal School, Hisar,
respectively, with class X topper iconic clock tower was inaugurated before being appointed Principal of
Shriya Agarwal and class XII toppers by former President of India Pranab SKV in 2010.
Tanu Jain and Shanaya Hiranan- Mukherjee. A century-old banyan With the management committed
dani averaging 98.4 and 98 percent tree under which Maharaja Jivarao to delivering modern academic infra-
respectively. Scindia and his wife spent many structure and sports facilities, several
The school’s impressive alumni hours studying peacocks, is now new buildings have been added over
roll call includes politician and designated a meditation area. the years. Madhav Bhawan is SKV’s
statesman Princess Yashodhara Raje "Over the years, we have designed new airconditioned academic build-
Scindia, Kamaljeet Sandhu Kooner, a unique pastoral care programme ing which houses 21 spacious class-
the first Indian woman athlete to win defined by peer and teacher sup- rooms equipped with smart boards
a gold in the Asian Games; Sunanda port groups, and expert counselling and LED interactive screens, and
Singhania née Daga, Director, JK care to enable students to discover state-of-the art computer science,
Tyres and PSRI Hospital; Jyotsna and develop their latent talent and robotics, physics, chemistry, biology,

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