Puranchandra Vidyaniketan, popularly known as PCVN was inaugurated by Late Shri Rajiv Gandhi, ex-Prime Minister of India on 26 March 1991.The School was established in the memory of Late Shri Puranchandra Gupta ji, the great pioneer of Hindi journalism. The foundation of the school was laid under the holy inspiration of revered Late Shri Swami Ram. The aim of the school is to provide excellent value based education amalgamating the distinctive Indian culture, its ethics, social norms, traditions with modern educational technologies. Gradually, it diversified into many multifarious educational institutions like Jagran Public Schools, Jagran Institutes of Management and Mass Communication, Jagran Institute of Digital Animation, Jagran Degree College of Science, Arts and Commerce, Jagran Institute of Management and Laxmi Devi Lalit Kala Academy.