The Light Travels: sixty-six years of Oriental Academy, Jammu
The crest has stood for the same idea since 1960: learning should be passed on.
Before the school, he ran an evening college.
स्कूल से पहले वे एक शाम का कॉलेज चलाते थे।
Jammu · 1959
In April 1960, the school was started in a lane of Kachi Chawni, adjoining Dewan Mandir.
1960 में कच्ची छावनी की एक संकरी गली में स्कूल शुरू हुआ।
Founder · Late Sh. Ved Prakash Chauhan
Est. 1960
The school started in four rooms on one kanal of land, with a handful of children.
स्कूल एक कनाल ज़मीन पर चार कमरों में, कुछ बच्चों के साथ शुरू हुआ।
The motto was there from the first day: Light to Enlighten · रोशनी
More children came every year, and the school grew with them.
हर साल और बच्चे आते गए, और स्कूल उनके साथ बढ़ता गया।
Nursery to Class XII, on one campus.
The same family carries the light he lit in 1960.
जो दीया उन्होंने 1960 में जलाया था, उसे आज भी वही परिवार संभाले हुए है।
One family: Founder Late Sh. Ved Prakash Chauhan · Principal Sh. Vivek Prakash Chauhan · Vice Principal Smt. Shruti Chauhan.
Sixty-six years in numbers.
छियासठ साल, आंकड़ों में।
Former students have gone on to be civil service officers, doctors, engineers, soldiers, judges, entrepreneurs, artists and teachers, in many parts of the world. हमारे पूर्व छात्र आज दुनिया के कई हिस्सों में हैं।
Each of those years was one child's year at school on Afghan Street. Meet Orientalians on the Legacy Wall →
Sixty-six years later, the school is still here.
छियासठ साल बाद भी स्कूल यहीं है।
Oriental Academy · Afghan Street, Kachi Chawni, Jammu · since 1960.
1960 → 2026 → ∞ Light to Enlighten, since 1960.
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Admissions are open for 2027-28, from Nursery to Class X, with fresh admissions to Class XI.