Shree Jain Vidyalaya, Kolkata (

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: श्री जैन विद्यालय), often abbreviated SJV, is a school for secondary and senior secondary education located in the Burrabazar region of

Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...

, India. It is affiliated with the State Boards

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and

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and more than 2,900 pupils are enrolled in it. The school was founded in 1934 by Phushraj Bacchwat, in whose honour the address of the school was renamed from Sukeas Lane to Phusraj Bachhawat Path. At the schools' 75th anniversary in 2009, notable guests of the event included alumni

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, head of Mahindra's Automotive Division. The school currently has no principal. Sanjay Kumar Pandey, who was a former teacher and student of Shree Jain Vidyalaya, is the headmaster.

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* {{official, http://www.sjvidyalaya.net Jain education Primary schools in West Bengal High schools and secondary schools in West Bengal Schools in Kolkata Educational institutions established in 1934 1934 establishments in India