About the school
A school born of a simple promise.
To bring children in Tanakpur and around a calm, modern, value-based education — close to home, never compromising on quality.
Our story
From a small dream in Kharkawal Gardens.
Nanda Convent School opened its doors on 04 June 2015, founded by the Nanda Educational and Welfare Society. The trust set out with a clear idea: that the children of Tanakpur and the surrounding villages deserved a school that combined the discipline of a convent tradition with the openness of a modern, inquiry-led classroom.
In the years since, the school has grown into a co-educational, CBSE-affiliated institution serving students from pre-primary to the senior school. Affiliation No. 3530509, currently valid for the period 01/04/2023 – 31/03/2028.
We remain a deliberately small school — close-knit, attentive, and proud of where we come from in the Kumaon hills.
School at a glance
- Founded
- 04 June 2015
- Board
- CBSE
- Affiliation No.
- 3530509
- Affiliation Status
- Senior Secondary Level
- School Type
- Co-educational, Private Unaided (Independent)
- Trust
- Nanda Educational and Welfare Society
- UDISE Code
- 05100309614
- Hours
- Monday – Saturday · 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Vision & Mission
What we hope every child will carry into the world.
Our vision
To grow confident, compassionate citizens — rooted in Kumaoni culture, fluent in the modern world.
Our mission
To deliver a rigorous CBSE education in a calm, caring environment; to know every child by name and need; and to partner closely with families through every stage of their child’s school life.
From the Managing Director’s desk
“I believe in skill-building rather than textual literacy alone.”
Founder & Chairperson
Ms Janki Kharkwal
MA (English and Hindi), M.Ed, PGCTE
Chairperson & Managing Director · Founder
Ms Janki Kharkwal
Master trainer in teaching English, Guidance and Counselling, and Value Education.
I had an ambition of a paradigm shift — to set up a school that would meet the aspirations of the students of Tanakpur, where the need for public-school education was felt inescapable. I believe in skill-building rather than textual literacy: developing the vital life skills of communication, creativity, management, leadership and decision-making, and conditioning the children to shape the future our nation requires.
Nanda Convent School is an edifice of faith where teachers teach and students learn beyond pen, paper and the black-board. A teacher cannot teach unless she is learning herself — as a lamp cannot light another lamp unless it continues to burn its own flame.
— Ms Janki Kharkwal, Chairperson and Managing Director
Leadership
Our Principal & Founder Principal.
Principal (current)
Mrs Jyoti Vinod Chand
M.Com, NET · 8 years of teaching · 3 years in school leadership
The Principal leads the academic and pastoral life of the school, working closely with teachers, parents and the trust to hold every classroom to a single standard: that each child leaves a little kinder and a little more capable than the day they arrived.
Founder Principal
Mr B.C. Joshi
MA, B.Ed
Mr B.C. Joshi shaped the very first classrooms of Nanda Convent School. His insistence on holistic grooming and a close teacher–student bond still runs through the way we work today.
“We want that education by which character is formed, intellect of mind is increased, and by which one can stand on one’s own feet.” — Swami Vivekanand
Our Logo
The story in our crest.
The book at the centre depicts the treasure of knowledge, illuminated by the rising rays of the sun. The children walking to school stand for education for all — a journey of harmony, gender equality, purity, peace and friendship.
The kindling flame signifies the struggle for victory, knowledge and wisdom, the light of spiritual knowing, and the passing of tradition from one generation to the next.
Our motto: “Knowledge is Power.”