Type Sainik School Headmaster Wg Cdr S.K. Sharma Phone 0184 238 4510 School district Karnal district | Established 1961 Campus 276 acres (1.12 km) Founded 1961 | |
Number of students 620 in classes VI to XII Affiliation Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi Address Kunjpura Road, Karnal District, Kunjpura, Haryana 132023 Motto सिद्धिम् सन्नद्ध; 'Ready to Accomplish' | ||
Sainik School, Kunjpura is one of the first five Sainik Schools (military school) established by the 'Sainik Schools Society' in 1961 in India and was the first Sainik School in the state of Haryana. It was set up prepare students for entry into the National Defence Academy (NDA), Khadakwasla, Pune. The school comes under the control of the state government and Ministry of Defence.
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Situated west of Kunjpura village in Karnal district of Haryana, the school stands on a 275 acres (1.11 km2) campus and is situated 10 km northeast of Karnal city and 130 km north of Delhi.
More than 575 students from the school have qualified for the National Defence Academy (NDA). The school made news when a record 16 students qualified for joining the NDA in 2006 through the written examination conducted by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and the subsequent interview conducted by Services Selection Board (SSB) and the number increased to twenty in 2008.
History
The school was started in July 1961 on the large property that originally belonged to the last Nawab of Kunjpura, Ibrahim Ali Khan, who had built it in the year 1900 to house the marriage party of his daughter. The property passed into the hands of the Defence Ministry as the nawab migrated to Pakistan after the independence of India and died in Lahore in 1952. Before becoming the Sainik School, it was also the ‘sanctum sanctorium’ of the prestigious ‘Punjab Police Academy’.
Sainik School, Kunjpura came into being in July 1961, at the behest of V. K. Krishna Menon, the then Defence Minister of India, who took personal interest in its inception. He handed over command of the school to Lt. Col. E J Simeon (1918–2007), a Corps of Signals officer stationed in Delhi at the time, who ran the school for the next seven years as its Founder Principal till his retirement from the Army in 1967. He was succeeded by Col. Munindra Chandra as the Principal, whose contribution in sending a record number of cadets from the 1969 and 1970 batches of the NDA, subsequent principals were Group Captain Suresh Kumar,Col Arun Datta and Group Captain L.N.Sharma who is the present principal of the school.
Overview
Gradually, additions were made to the main building of the school in terms of new constructions. But the main building remained the ‘nerve centre’ of the school with the administrative block, senior classrooms, computer-cum-conference room, library, general knowledge room and staff room, etc. in its vicinity.
In addition to the main building, the school has an NDA block, cadets Mess, the Manekshaw Auditorium, the Simeon Squash Court, riding school, swimming pool, infirmary and residential areas for the staff and the boys. The Main Building has the Administrative block, Office of the Principal, conference hall, library and sub-junior classes. The NDA block has the Academic block, staff room, computer lab, lecture hall and multimedia room. The school also has a synthetic tennis court. Training of National Cadet Corps (NCC) is compulsory for all the boys of the school.
The school is a ‘Dronacharya’s Gurukul’ in the true sense of the word as it provides opportunities for growth and development in each and every segment of a student’s life, may it be academics, co-curricular activities, extra-curricular activities or career guidance.
SSK has not only produced India's Top Soldiers for armed forces but world class citizens contributing to all walks of life. Prominent Alumni are reaching on top of their professions are
Ex-Chief Minister of Haryana - Sh BHUPINDER SINGH HOODA
Ex-Army Chief - GEN DEEPAK KAPOOR(Retd) PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM, ADC - COAS
ALUMNI IN INDIAN ARMED FORCES
GenLT GEN (Dr.) DDS SANDHU (Retd)
VC KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITYAIR MARSHAL (Retd) GS CHAUDHRY
PVSM, AVSM, VSM AIR MARSHAL PS BHANGU (Retd)
AIR MARSHAL S P SIGH
VICE ADMIRAL SPS CHEEMA
REAR ADMIRAL HS MALHI PVSM,AVSM, VM
LT GEN RK LOOMBA (Retd)
LT GEN ARUN NANDA(Retd)
LT GEN RR GOSWAMI
LT GEN KJS OBEROI
LT GEN VIRENDER SINGH TONK
PVSM,AVSMLT GEN PS BHALLA
PVSMMAJ GEN SANJEEV LOOMBA(Retd)
MAJ GEN RK HOODA
MAJ GEN SHAMSHER SINGH
MAJ GEN SANDEEP KUMAR(Retd) VSM
MAJ GEN DS NEHRA
MAJ GEN UMANG KAPOOR
MAJ GEN SBS CHAUDHARY
MAJ GEN BS DAULTA
MAJ GEN KJS THIND
LT COL SANT KUMAR (RAJ RIF) PARTICIPATED in 1980 MOSCOW OLYMPICS in 800/ 1500 M RACE
Col. Hemraj Singh Parmmar (Retd)
WG CDR KRISHAN LOCHAB
Col. RAGHUVIR GAUBA
Col. Gajender Singh Sheokand
ALUMNI - INDIAN CIVIL SERVICES
Sh PREM KUMAR GERA IAS -GUJARAT STATE CADRE
Sh SS DESWAL IPS -IGP, AMBALA RANGE
Sh R K SINGH IAS
Sh JITENDER PAL RANA IFS,EMBASSY OF INDIA,KABUL
ALUMNI - HARYANA GOVT.
KRISHAN KUMAR KATARIA , DIRECTOR HARYANA TECHNICAL EDUCATION
Yashvir Singh Executive Engineer Sonepat Haryana
ALUMNI - PROMINENT CORPORATE AND BUSINESSES
Sh PRAHLAD KAKKAR DISTINGUISHED ADVERTISING WIZARD
Narender Dureja - Director HCL Health Services
SANDEEP KAUSHIK - Architect and town planner
ALUMNI - OVERSEAS CITIZENS OF INDIA / NON RESIDENT INDIANS
Ashok Dalal