History of the School

While receiving education in one of the most reputed Public Schools of India - the Scindia School, Gwalior, His Holiness Shri Siddharaj Manik Prabhu Maharaj would often be disheartened when it came to his mind that the people of his region were deprived of quality education. After returning from the Scindia School, he decided to start a Public School, at Maniknagar, on the lines of his alma mater, to provide modern education to the people of the backward and neglected region of Northern Karnataka. He found the right kind of person in Shri J. L. Dar, former Principal of the Scindia School, who had a similar desire and passion to work for the uplift of education in rural areas and also the capacity to transform Shreeji's dream into a reality. His Holiness donated 200 acres of land from his own estate. Raising finance to start such an expensive project was a Herculean task. Through sheer grit and determination Shreeji was able to build the School from scratch. With the able guidance and active cooperation of Shri Dar his dream was finally realized. The school was inaugurated on 27th July, 1972 with Shri Dar as its founder Principal. After the retirement of Shri Dar in 1979, Shri S.B.Salvi, former head of the department of English at the Scindia School, assumed the responsibility of helping Shreeji in the management of the School.