JAYAJI HOUSE
Who was Jayaji ?
After a long period of turmoil, His Highness Maharaja Jayajirao Scindia provided stability to the State of Gwalior. Jayajirao Scindia started modernizing the State of Gwalior from the young age of 19. He established a new revenue collection system and set up a judicial system with courts and judges. In 1872, Jayajirao Scindia loaned Rs 75 lakhs for the construction of the Agra-Gwalior portion of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway, and constructed many new buildings, reconstructed the Koteshwar Mandir, and donated Rs 15 lakhs for the reconstruction of Gwalior Fort’s boundary wall and the broken parts of Man Mandir, Gujari Mahal and Johar Kund.
About the Housemaster
Mr Sumit Chakrabarty, from the faculty of Commerce is the House Master of Jayaji House. His democratic style of functioning and his constant motivation and counselling of students helped bring about a culture of excellence in the house and school. A person gifted with an analytical bent of mind and a multi-dimensional vision, he displays a deep insight into all problems and possesses the ability to bring innovative and original solutions to them. With a firm belief in introspection as a touchstone he aspires to untiringly satiate his hunger for knowledge.
RECENT WINS
Appointments
- Ayaan Agrawal – Senior School Prefect
- Swarit Varshney – Academic School Prefect
- Nimit Agrawal, Aditya Raj Pandey, Bhavya Jain, Shiv Shah, Vivaan Agrawal – House Prefects
- Nimit Agrawal – School Swimming Captain
- Yash Nitharwal – School Band Major
- 8 students were appointed as secretaries and joint secretaries of various hobbies and societies
Academics
- Ayaan Agrawal – Class 11 Batch Topper & Science Stream Topper (97% aggregate); Scholar’s Blazer; Subject Topper in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry & Computer Science
- Vivaan Agrawal – Commerce Stream Topper (94% aggregate); Subject Topper in Economics & Accountancy
- Swarit Varshney – Subject Topper, English
- Scholar’s Tie: Ayaan Agrawal, Swarit Varshney, Vivaan Agrawal
- Scholar’s Scarf: Kumar Abhikshit Narayan
- 12 students – Scholars’ Banquet
- 5 students – Honour’s Book signatories
- 5 students – VP’s Breakfast
Individual Achievements
- Ayaan Agrawal – Umang Mathur Trophy 2024–25 (presented by Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan); P.M. Khar Trophy for Best Science Student 2025–26
Sports Achievements
- 6 Half Colours and 6 Full Colours awarded across numerous sports
- 14 students – Sports Banquet
Inter-House Achievements (Co-Curricular)
- A-Group Hindi Debate – 1st (Best Speaker: Kumar Abhikshit Narayan)
- A-Group English Debate – 2nd (Best Speaker, Final Round: Ayaan Agrawal)
- A-Group English Elocution – Swarit Varshney, 2nd Best Speaker (Prose)
- B-Group Hindi Elocution – Anant Gupta, Best Speaker (Prose)
- A-Group Hindi Elocution – 1st (Best Speaker, Poetry: Swaraj Santosh Mahadik; 2nd Best Speaker, Prose: Mayank Jindal)
- Manika Ghosh Art Competition (A Group) – 2nd
- Inter-House IT Week – 1st
- B-Group Science Quiz – Winners
- SISMUN – Krish Agrawal, Best Delegate (UNSC)
- Inter-House Trio Singing Competition – 2nd
- Middle Group General Knowledge Quiz – Winners
- Inter-House Valorant Competition – Winners (Shiv Shah – Most Promising Player; Krish Agrawal – Best In-Game Leader)
Inter-House Achievements (Sports)
- Swimming: Won A Group (Captain: Hansiddh Kothari), B Group (Captain: Akshaj Agrawal) & the Overall Championship
- A Group – 19 Gold, 3 Silver, 1 Bronze
- B Group – 18 Gold, 5 Silver, 4 Bronze
- Akshaj Agrawal – Best Swimmer, B Group
- Hansiddh Kothari, Nimit Agrawal, Aarav Garg – Best Swimmers, A Group
- Chess: Won A Group (Captain: Nimit Agrawal) & B Group (Captain: Vedant Baheti); Harshit Singh – Most Promising Player (A Group); Vedant Baheti – Most Promising Player (B Group)
- Athletics Meet 2024–25: Aditya Raj Pandey – Gold in High Jump (A Group), breaking a 70-year-old school record with a new mark of 174 cm
Inter-School Achievements (Co-Curricular)
- 7 students marched at the Kartavya Path in RDC ’26
- Hansiddh Kothari, Taksh Bhoot – 3rd, Vivek High Debating Team
- Shiv Shah – 2nd, Multimedia Presentation, Suryoday IT Fest
- Harshit Singh – 3rd, Reel to Real event, Vivek High Business Fest ’25
- Sarthak Agrawal – 1st, Dharohar Cooking Competition
- Atul – Part of the quiz team that came 4th out of 1600 schools in the Manipal International Quiz; 3rd in the Doon School Quiz
- Krish Agrawal – Part of the winning team, IPSC MUN
- Kumar Abhikshit Narayan – Part of the winning team, HH Hindi Debate
Inter-School Achievements (Sports)
- Sarthak Agrawal, Garwin Chugh – 68th National Shooting Championship
- Swaraj Santosh Mahadik, Kiaan Das Gupta – Delhi Horse Show (Bronze & Silver respectively)
- Aditya Raj Pandey – Bronze in Pole Vault, IPSC Athletics Meet 2025
- Hansiddh Kothari, Nimit Agrawal, Aarav Garg – SGFI Swimming States (Nimit Agrawal & Hansiddh Kothari – Bronze, 4×100m Medley)
- Aryan Nishant Gupta – Bronze, Soft Tennis States
- Leeyam Bansal, Kumar Abhikshit Narayan – 3rd, IPSC Hockey Tournament 2025
- Vihaan Vivek Nair – Bronze, Tennis Divisions
- Divy Gurjar – Pre-National Shooting Championship
- Hansiddh Kothari, Sutirtha Banerjee – 3rd, TAISI Water Polo Tournament (Captain: Hansiddh Kothari)
Expeditions, Exchange & Service
- Nimit Agrawal, Ayaan Agrawal – Exchange Program, St. Mark’s School, Boston
- Hriday Khajuria – NIM 2025
- Ranvijay Singh Yadav – German Exchange Program
- Sarthak Agrawal – Part of the Sambhav team; led many drives
- Hansiddh Kothari – Published a book in collaboration with BriBooks India
