Why we’re building the JNV Alumni Network
A Navodayan looking for a mentor, a collaborator or help in a new city should be able to reach the wider JNV community without posting a personal phone number or email address in public.
Build on the work alumni are already doing
Across India and abroad, Navodayans have built school associations, city groups, newsletters and online communities. They organise reunions, run scholarships, share jobs and make introductions. The JNV Alumni Network began with JNV Kodagu alumni and is a not-for-profit alumni association initiative. We want that work to reach more people.
Our directory of alumni networks gives those groups a direct link to their own sites. When we feature an event, article or announcement, we name its publisher and send readers to the original. The group that does the work gets the credit and keeps its relationship with its members.
One alumni identity, rooted in your first school
Your first Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya anchors your verified alumni identity. If you studied at another JNV through migration or transfer, or belong to a city or professional group, those connections can sit alongside it. Your identity can stay with you as you move, change jobs or join another alumni association.
We want independent networks to have the option of accepting that same sign-in. An association could recognise you as a verified Navodayan while deciding its own membership and running its own community. Shared sign-in would be opt-in for each participating group and its members.
Choose how people reach you
Discoverability should be a choice. You can decide whether people can find your profile and what you want to share about your work or interests. You can ask for a mentor, offer advice or start a conversation through the network while keeping your personal email and phone number private.
An alumni address gives you a way to stay in touch through your chapter. A workspace with Drive gives you somewhere to keep documents and share them with the people you choose. Mail is available where the chapter has enabled it. We’re working towards making email and Drive useful to alumni across the network.
What we can do together
A graduate moving to a new city can find alumni nearby. A batch can organise a reunion without rebuilding its contact list. An association raising support for a school can reach Navodayans beyond its district. Alumni can show what they’re building and find people willing to help.
If your group already serves Navodayans, share your public website or updates. We’d like to learn how you work and explore where a shared alumni identity would help.