Puranchandra Vidyaniketan

Year Name of the distinguished Chief Guest1991 Shri Rajiv Gandhi

(For Inaugural Ceremony)1991 Shri Vidya Charan Shukla

Hon'ble Minister for Water Resources Govt. of India1992 Shri Satyanarayan Reddy

Governor of U.P.1993 Shri Motilal Vora Governor of U.P. and

His Holiness Swami Ram1994 Shri Madhav Rao Scindia

Union Minister, Govt. of India1995 Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi1996 Shri Romesh Bhandari

Governor of U.P.1997 Shri Chandra Shekhar

Ex-Prime Minister, Govt. of India1998 Shri Ajay Shankar, I.A.S.

Commissioner, Kanpur1999 Dr. Yogendra Narain, I.A.S.

Chief Secretary of Govt. of U.P.2000 Shri Yashwant Sinha

Union Finance Minister, Govt. of India2001 Shri Vishnu Kant Shastri

Governor of U.P.2002 Shri Nitish Kumar

Union Minister for Railways, Govt. of India2003 Prof. (Dr.) Mahendra Bhandari

Vice Chancellor, C.S.M. Medical University, Lucknow2004 Shri Arun Jaitley, M.P.

General Secretary, BJP2005 Shri Ashok Ganguly, Chairman, CBSE and

Shri Sriprakash JaiswalMinister of State for Home, Govt. of India

2006 Shri Praful PatelMinister of State for Civil Aviation, Govt. of IndiaShri Vijay Darda, M.P. Editor, Lokmat

2007 Shri Sriprakash JaiswalMinister of State for Home, Govt. of India

2008 Shri Rahul GandhiHon'ble M.P. Lok SabhaShri Jitin PrasadaMinister of State for Steel, Govt. of India

2009 Shri Jyotiraditya M ScindiaMinister of State for Commerce & Industry Govt. of India

2010 Shri Sachin PilotMinister of State, Ministry of Communication andInformation Technology, GOI

2011 Shri Sriprakash JaiswalUnion Coal Minister, Government of India

2012 Shri Abhishek MishraMinister of state for Protocol,Government of Uttar Pradesh

2013 Shri Vineet JoshiChairman, CBSE, New Delhi

2104 Shri Ram NaikGovernor of U.P.

2015 Shri Prakash Javadekar Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Govt. of India.

2016 Shri Daljit Singh Chawdhary ADG (Law and Order) – Uttar Pradesh

2017 Dr Dinesh SharmaDeputy Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh

2018 Prof Narendra Bahadur SinghVice-Chancellor, HBTU - KANPUR

Barra-2, Kanpur-208027principalpcvn@gmail.comPhones +91 512 2612126, +91 512 2612046Web: pcvnkanpur.com

Affiliation : CBSE Affiliation No.2130141

Inauguration : 26 March 1991 by Hon'ble Shri Rajiv Gandhi, Ex-Prime Minister of India

Classes : LKG-XII

Students : 2086 [58% boys 42% girls]

Hostel : In the school campus housing 45 boys

Teachers : 90

Area : Six Acres

Transport : Fleet of 7 buses & students' own

Conveyance

Games : 18 games & sports like Football, Cricket,

Hockey, Athletics, Kho-Kho, Basketball, Volley

ball, Badminton, Skating, Boxing, Karate, Chess etc.

Activities : About 100 activities such as Appliqué work,

Music, Cooking, Electronics, Paper recycling, Adventure

Sports, Western Dance, Photography, etc

Alumni : A good number have gone to IITs, IIMs,

reputed medical, engineering and other colleges,

NDA, IMA, Merchant Navy, Corporate Sector and

some abroad

Social Service: SEWA, Green SchoolProgramme,

Grow India, Scouts & Guides, NCC, BEST etc.

Puranchandra Vidyaniketan

Annual Day Celebrations Over The Years

AchieversMark of excellence

Shagun PathakClass XII –Fourth in City (97.8%)100(Eco and B St) BA Hon's(Eco)

Hindu College – New Delhi

Satyam RajputClass XII – First in School(Hum)MA (Dev Stds) HSEE (AIR-17)

IIT -Chennai

Anushka MaheshwariClass XII

IPM (Integrated MBA)IIM - Indore

Geetika AgarwalClass XII – 100 (Eco)

BA Hon's (Eco)Motilal Nehru College-

New Delhi

Arnav DixitClass XII

B.Tech (CSE)NIT - Bhopal

Pulkit GuptaClass XII – First in Science

B.Sc St Stephen's - New Delhi

Kirti KaushalClass XII – 100 (Painting)

MBBSSSMU - Russia

Shweta DixitClass XII – 100 (History)

BA Hon's (History)Banasthali - Jaipur

Vaishnavi GuptaClass XII - 100 (Music-Vocal)

BAJDMU – New Delhi

Pratham MishraClass XII

B.Tech (Mech) BITS - Pilani

SalviClass XII

B.Tech(CS) HBTU-Kanpur

Harsh TiwariClass XII

B.Tech (Mech) IIIT-Guwahati

Arshdeep SinghClass XII

B.Tech (CS) SICSR - Pune

Avneesh SrivastavaClass XII

B.Tech (Marine Eng) TMI - Pune

Ravija TripathiClass XII BA LL.B

IPU-New Delhi

AchieversMark of excellence

Navya SrivastavaClass X – First in School (98.4%)

100 (Sc and SS)

Adhyatma TrivediClass X – Second in School

100 (English)

Alisha SinghClass X – Second in School

Ishika SarafClass X – Second in School

Ambar SoniClass X – Third in School

100 (Maths)

Manya JainClass X

100 (Maths)

Siddharth Shankar PandeyB Tech (Chemical)

IIT - Guwahati

Utkarsh SinghMBBS

KGMU - Lucknow

Poorvi GuptaMBBS

KGMU - Lucknow

Aradhaya TrivediBA: LL B

NALSAR - Hyderabad

Ujjwal ShuklaMBBS

GSVMMC - Kanpur

Vaibhav AwasthiIPM (Integrated MBA)

IIM - Rohtak

Divyansh BhatnagarBA; LL B

NLU - Vishakhapatnam

Devansh SharmaBA; LL B

NLU - Jabalpur

Akshita TripathiMBBS

KMC - Manipal

Our Quizzards won the KSS Inter School Quiz at Mantora Public School 18 August 2018

Yanshi Vaish won the Second Prize 'Trip to Korea' in 6th All India Korea India Friendship Essay Competition 11 October 2018

Our Quiz duo emerged 4th in All India Bharat Ko Jaano Quiz held at Bhilwara 12 January 2019

Arnav Dixit won All India Anveshika Competition31 October 2018

Students get ample opportunities to explore and display their versatility, getting accolades for the school on

varied platforms

Quiz-wizards did it again to win 29th Metro Inter School Quiz at PSIT - Kanpur 13 October 2018

Affaire d'honneur

A patriotic dance during the Independence Day celebrations:15 August 2018

Students were quite interactive during the 'Sanskarshala' assembly conducted by Dainik Jagran: 3 October 2018

Sh Yogendra Mohan Gupta Ji and the school prefects performing 'HAWAN'during Megh-Malhar Celebrations:

4 August 2018

Students bow to Goddess Saraswati for blessings of wisdom: 10 Feb 2019

Puranchandra Vidyaniketan carries the essence of culture in its ways of curriculum. Not surprisingly, the students display our ethos

Students performing on Teachers' Day:5 September 2018

Culture is dynamic - Not static

Trekking brings in a sensation of thrill and pride: Water beds provide relief- Mukteshwar : June 2018

Summer expedition – fun with bonds : Nainital June 2018

Class V and VI got a rare break to soak in winter sun at Junabganj Adventure Park– Lucknow : December 2018

Class I students had oodles of fun at Nawabgunj Bird Sanctuary : December 2018

Hostellers Day Out just rocks!August 2018

Expeditions make the children look or feel young and energetic again

Excursions – Resurgence of Self

PCVN entourage at MacFair International got a chance to interact with Dr Jagdish Gandhi and Mr Santosh Gangwar: 8 September 2018

Prof Narendra Bahadur Singh, Vice-Chancellor, HBTU-Kanpur, Chief Guest at 28th Annual Day interacting with the students at

Science Exhibition : 20 November 2018

Six students under two teacher escorts got to get the guidance of Music Maestro Shankar Mahadevan at

Sangam-2018 : 14 July 2018

Mrs. Raveena Tyagi, SP(South) Kanpur Nagar, igniting the spirit of sustenance and success amongst the students at EOTA : 28 March 2019

The real illumination and inspiration that children get through interaction with dignitaries is unparalleled

Muses Light-up A Spark Dr Arati Dave Lalchandani, Principal, GSVMMC-Kanpur being welcomed

as Guest of Honour on the First Day of 28th Annual Day19 November 2018

Our Boys were the Runners-Up at the 27th Inter School Invitational Hockey Tournament : 23 April 2018

Our Girls wrested the title at the 15th Inter-School Basketball Tournament : 9 August 2018

The Boys won the KSS Basketball Tournament to end the session on a sweet note : 4 December 2018

Our Boys won both the titles (Under 14 and Under 19) at Inter School Football Competition organized by Allenhouse Public School

1 December 2018

Our Girls team was Runners-Up at 14th Inter-School Kho-Kho Tournament. Boys also were the runners-up : 21 August 2018

The Boys and Girls were above all in Basketball throughout the year and Boys

retained their monopoly of Football.

Sports –Ueber Allen

Despite all the highs and lows, Charisma of Cricket is always appealing

Groomed at a young age, Yoga is the perfect path towards mental and physical fitness

Tanisha Nigam winning Bronze at UP State Boxing held at Mirzapur was no surprise as she went on to represent UP at National Youth Boxing at

Rudrapur

Athletics' standards by the students of the four houses bring to the fore, the budding talent and foster team-spirit

Games and sports are a way of life at PCVN – Surety to fitness and sucess

PCVN adds a new activity every year to sports and games – And children took to Aerobics with exceptional zeal

Sports - A Creed of Numero-unos

Mr. James Pearce from M/S Global Classrooms conducted a workshop on 'Developing communication skills' for teachers

of all the schools under JEF : 9 May 2018

NCC Boys and Girls being guided about operations of .22 Bore Rifle by Commandant 59 UP Bn NCC : 20 July 2018

A workshop on Business Studies organized by CBSE at GNPS-Kanpur : 4 December 2018

Students of Classes V to VIII attending Adolescent awareness workshop 'AB BAS' : 1 August 2018

Accountancy teachers attending a workshop by Dr T S Grewal on GST and the latest changes in accounting procedures : 28 July 2018

Avant-garde world demands changes in the concept of education - seminars

and workshops provide that much needed stimulus

Symposia: Keeping abreast with the latest

An academic scholar being rewarded by the Distinguished Guest Dr Arati Dave Lalchandani

Nursery kids dance their way from 'Ball Dance' through 'Hip Hop' with aplomb

NCC cadets Mahendra S Chandel and Manik Malhotra escorting the Distinguished Guests to the Exhibition Hall

Dance troupe displays different Taals, Abhinaya and Mudras in Kathak to depict “Riturang”

1st Day of the 28th Annual Dayis a gentle reminder of the legacy to be preserved and carried forward

The School Orchestra stirred the heart strings of the audience

A sublime yet majestic stride into the 28th Year

Prof. N B Singh, Vice-Chancellor, HBTU, the Chief Guest, garlanding the bust of Late Shri Puran Chandra Gupta Ji

The Chief Guest being escorted to the Annual Day Celebration venue by the NCC cadets, Headboy and Headgirl

National Anthem –Curtains to an evening of achievementsMedley of International Folk Dance provides the finishing touch to the Rainbow of the school

An academic scholar being rewarded by the Chief Guest

The 28th Annual Day Celebrations were a testimony to commitment to retain

honour for the school till infinity

Honorem Ad Infinitum

Shri Yogendra Mohan Gupta Ji planting a sapling at the culmination of Megh Malhar Utsav

Spirit of patriotism transcends all barriers when it comes to NCC cadets participation in NCC Camps

A school where students really keep the campus clean by removing the garbage

Scouts and Guides do their bit for initiating their contribution towards a Great India

School has followed the ethos of values and discipline with responsibility which the students learn to shoulder as a way of life

Independence Day "Prabhat Pheri" by the students echoed their patriotism

Social Responsibility

Our school celebrated 'Bhasha-Sangam' in its true spirit for 11 days as part of the National event to make the students learn

a dialogue in all the 22 languages

All the students from class I to X onwards underwent vaccination under MR campaign

'Unity Run' on 31 October to mark the Birth Anniversary of Sardar Patel

Children learning simple but untold principles of 'Mera Bharat Swachh'.

Which bond can be stronger than care for an abandoned individual – A student hugs an inmate of old age home under SEWA project

Nation is taking long strides of reforms and growth and our students are

committed to be a part of that change

Commitment beyond Curriculum

School Dance Troupe at KSS Dance Competition

Children of Classes 5 to 8 attended a two-week film-making workshop under Mr Amitabha Singh of Cinevidya-Mumbai

An exceptional display of art by Shreya Gautam at KSS art competition

Winning hearts – School English Choir at KSS English Choir Competition

Creativity in all its shades

Artists with their presentation during KSS One Act Play Competition

Expressions Unlimited

Games periods are the perfect way to learn social behaviour and physical fitness

Getting right the steps of dance in tune with hand postures develops coordination of mind and body

Christmas celebration by the young students during the year was a well-enacted event that made them imbibe new values

SHIVA, the cartoon character joined the primary students to make them imbibe values in a fun-way

First GK Quiz – all charged up to make their house win

Goal of primary education is to impart a basic and well-balanced education in the

social, emotional, intellectual and physical spheres and our teachers do it well

Primary Wing - foundation of life

Splash Pool – to beat the heat, there is nothing better

Come Christmas and Santa Claus they wait for while dressed as Santa themselves

'Ice-Cream Day' during hot summers is the most welcome change

Holi, they like not just for colours, well, it marks their end of a session!

Children like action and need love with trust to shine the way they do here

Table-etiquettes are what they learn with keen enthusiasm and meticulously follow

Nursery Gems

Pride of School - Our AlumniPCVN provides a thought provoking

experience like nuggets of treasure that remain stored in the psyche of the

alumni, reminding them of the hallways of the school – Some of our Alumni!

Subodh Sachan : 1996Director Software Technology Parks (STPI), Ministry of Communication & I T Govt of India NEW DELHI

Anuj Katiyar : 1999Marketing HeadTimes NowMumbai

Neeraj Sundrani: 2000Vice President and National Business Manager - Axis Mutual Fund Mumbai

Bhawana Dubey: 2007Business Development Manager (Fashion) FlipkartNew Delhi

Shruti Trivedi : 2008Cyber Risk Analyst Deolittle, San Jose, California

Srishti Mongia : 2009Senior Consultant Transfer Pricing Grant Thornton India Gurgaon

Ragini Mishra : 2011Civil Judge (Junior Division)Allahabad

Kartiki Arora: 2012Asstt ProducerIndia TodayGautam Budha Nagar

Anukriti Awasthi :2007Visual Merchandising Manager Nike India Bengaluru

Pulkit Agarwal : 2007Assistant Professor(AI) - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

Akanksha Gautam : 2008 Senior Technical Consultant Acumen Solutions New York

Rajat Mishra : 2010PH.D.Asstt ProfessorNUSSingapore

Harshita Srivastava : 2012Co-founder and CTO Allin Call Mumbai

Supreet Singh: 2013CFA Level 3 + Investment Banking Analyst Goldman Sachs Bengaluru

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