Scindia School
School in Gwalior, India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Scindia School is a premier residential school for boys, established in 1897, and situated in the iconic Gwalior Fort, in the city of Gwalior. It is one of the finest, most expensive and elite school in India. The school's legacy boasts of an illustrious alumni including actors, musicians, business tycoons, politicians, army officers, diplomats and top CEOs.The school structure has an element of classic British Barrack architecture, complete with arches, spandrels, louvers, long corridors and slanting stone roofs. Two East India Company cannons guard the main entrance. The towering sandstone building glistens in the summer sun. It was known as the Sardar's School and catered exclusively for the sons of royals and nobles of Indian princely states. It was only in 1933 that the school opened its gates to boys from all sections of society and was renamed The Scindia School.[5][6] In 2010, the school enrolled 606 students, with a teacher and student ratio of 1:12.[7] The Scindia School is the only institution which has BCCI approved coveted cricket ground for Ranji trophy matches named as Madhav Pavilion.
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| School type | Private Boarding School |
| Motto | "Knowledge Liberates" |
| Founded | 1897 |
| Founder | Maharaja Madho Rao Scindia of Gwalior State |
| School board | Central Board of Secondary Education |
| Director | Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia |
| Principal | Ajay Singh[1] |
| Gender | Boys |
| Enrolment | 600[2] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 1:12 |
| Classes offered | Class VI to Class XII |
| Language | English |
| Classrooms | Modern Smart Class Rooms |
| Campus size | 110 acres (0.45 km2) |
| Colour(s) | Blue/White |
| Nickname | Scindian |
| Annual tuition | ₹13,25,000 (home students)[3] and ₹17,25,000 (foreign students)[4] (As of April 2025[update]) |
| Affiliation | Central Board of Secondary Education |
| Website | www |
History
Housed in the 300 ft. high hill fortress of Gwalior, the all boys Scindia School was established in 1897 as the Sardar's School by Maharajah Madho Rao Scindia I of Gwalior. The school moved to its present premises on Gwalior Fort in 1908 when the military school was amalgamated, and an endowment fund established. In 1933, the Regency Council felt that the institution would be far more useful to the sardars, the state, and the country if it were run on the lines of an up-to-date public school. It was, therefore, reorganized and renamed the Scindia School. At present the school has Board of Governors, presently headed by Jyotiraditya Scindia, scion of Scindia Dynasty.[5][8]
Notable alumni
- Mukesh Ambani
- Sunil Mittal
- Lord Aamir Ali Bhatia
- Ameen Sayani
- Vikram Misri
- Anurag Kashyap
- Salman Khan
- Arbaaz Khan
- Manmeet Singh
- Harmeet Singh
- Madhavrao Scindia
- Sooraj R. Barjatya
- Shiv Shankar Menon
- Rajendra Pawar
- Jitendra Singh
- K. Natwar Singh
- Om Prakash Mehra
- Pratap Chandra Lal
- Pusapati Ashok Gajapati Raju
- Lt. Gen. Samer Pal Singh Dhillon
- Shouvik Roy
- Abhay Firodia
- Bharat V Patel
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