ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE
The SAMITI
- Navodaya Vidyalayas are run by the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti which is an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of Secondary & Higher Education, Govt. of India. The Chairman of the Samiti is the Hon’ble Minister of Human Resource Development. Hon’ble Minister of State for Education in the Ministry of H.R.D. is the Vice Chairman of the Samiti.
- The Samiti functions through an Executive Committee under the Chairmanship of Hon’ble Minister of HRD. It is responsible for the management of all affairs including allocation of funds to the Samiti and has the authority to exercise all powers of the Samiti. The Executive Committee is assisted by two Sub-Committees, i.e. Finance Committee and Academic Advisory Committee, in its functions.
- The executive head of the administrative pyramid is the Commissioner who executes the policies laid down by the Samiti’s Executive Committee. He/she is assisted at the Headquarters level by Joint Commissioners, Deputy Commissioners and Asstt. Commissioners. At the Regional level, he/she is assisted by the Deputy Commissioners and Asstt. Commissioners.
- The Samiti has established 8 Regional Offices for the administration and monitoring of Navodaya Vidyalayas under their jurisdiction. For each Vidyalaya, there is a Vidyalaya Advisory Committee and a Vidyalaya Management Committee for the general supervision of the Vidyalaya. District Magistrate of the concerned district is the Chairman of Vidyalaya level Committee with local educationists, public representatives and officers from the District as members. The Vidyalaya Management Committee has two sub-committees i.e. Vidyalaya Purchase Advisory Sub-Committee and Vidyalaya Appointments Sub-Committee.
Regional Offices of NVS
Eight Regional Offices are established at Bhopal, Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Lucknow, Patna, Pune & Shillong with jurisdiction over different States and UTs.
Regions |
No. of JNVs |
States & No.
of JNVs |
Bhopal |
94+4 |
Madhya
Pradesh (48+2), Chhattisgarh (16+1), Orissa (30+1) |
Chandigarh |
50+2 |
Punjab (20+1), Himachal Pradesh (12), J&K (17+1) & Chandigarh
U.T. (01) |
Hyderabad |
70+3 |
Andhra Pradesh
(22+2), Karnataka (27+1), Kerala (14), Pondicherry
(04), A.&N. Islands (02) & Lakshadweep (01) |
Jaipur |
54+2 |
Rajasthan
(32+2), Haryana (20), Delhi(02) |
Lucknow |
83+0 |
Uttar Pradesh
(70),Uttaranchal (13) |
Patna |
77+4 |
Bihar (38+1),
Jharkhand (22+2), West Bengal (17+1) |
Pune |
62+2 |
Maharashtra
(32+1), Gujarat(25+1), Goa(02), Daman & Diu
(02), Dadra & Nagar Haveli (01) |
Shillong |
86+2 |
Meghalaya(07+1), Manipur(09), Mizoram (08), Arunachal Pradesh (16), Nagaland (11), Tripura(04), Sikkim(04),
Assam (27+1) |
Total 595(576+19**) JNVs As on 31.03.2011
** Additional JNVs sanctioned for the
Districts having large concentration of SC/ST
population. |