About JEF

Shri Puranchandra Gupta Smarak Trust was established in 1987, in the sacred memory of Late Sri Puranchandra Gupta, the founder of Dainik Jagran. The purpose of the trust was to develop and fulfill the educational, spiritual, cultural and other philanthropic needs of the society at large.

The first educational institution setup under the trust was Puranchandra Vidyaniketan, a K-12 school in Kanpur in the year 1991. The success of this maiden venture of the trust gave birth to Jagran Education Foundation in the year 2005. The Foundation gives impetus, integrates and extends the educational initiatives of the trust from schools to colleges to professional and vocational programs.

Jagran Education Foundation is the functional body established under the Trust to cohesively supervise and provide better governance to various schools and institutions promoted by the trust.