History
The school began in 1964 as Jawahar Vidya Mandir. The principal was Ms Parmar. 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 1971 the Primary School building was extended for more classes/sections. In 1973, the class KG II was removed, the children were given two options; one either to get double promoted to class I or remain in KG II.
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 ready and the School got divided into Primary School and Secandary 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. Subsequently, Mr R.E. Singh left with Mr. D.R.Singh as the principal.
Mr.R.E. Singh, Principal (1983–2000) was succeeded by Mr.D.R.Singh (2000 till date).
JVM Shyamali is regarded as one of the best school of eastern India for senior secondary studies.
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