Narayana Group of Educational Institutions

Narayana Group of Educational Institutions is a chain of schools, junior colleges, coaching centers and professional colleges across India. They claim to be one of Asia's largest educational conglomerates.[2] There are about 750 schools, junior colleges, professional colleges and many other coaching centres for JEE, NEET, UPSC CSE and other competitive exams.[3] It is founded by former minister of Andhra Pradesh and leader of Telugu Desam Party Ponguru Narayana.[4][5][6] These institutions emphasize on coaching for competitive exams.[7]

Narayana Group of Educational Institutions
Formation1979; 45 years ago (1979)
FounderPonguru Narayana
HeadquartersHyderabad, Nellore
Region served
India
Headed By
Ponguru Narayana
Directors and Presidents
Ponguru Sindhura, Ponguru Sharani and Puneet K[1]
Main organ
CCMT Education Cell
Parent organisation
Narayana Group
Websitenarayanaschools.in

In January 2024, Jagan Reddy's party alleges the group collecting "sensitive" personal data of students' families.[8]

References edit

  1. ^ "Welcome to Narayana Group".
  2. ^ "About Narayana Group". www.narayanagroup.com. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Digitalisation of Education enthuses experts". The Hans. India. 2 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  4. ^ Staff Reporter (23 May 2016). "Narayana's choice a calculated move by Naidu". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  5. ^ "AP minister P Narayana declares family assets worth Rs 669 crore". The News Minute. 23 March 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  6. ^ "For the first time in the history of JEE MAIN – 6 Students from the same Educational Institution have scored 100 percentile. All these students are from NARAYANA GROUP OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS!". India Education | Latest Education News | Global Educational News | Recent Educational News. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Students of Sri Chaitanya, Narayana bag top ranks in JEE Advanced". The Hindu. 16 October 2021. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  8. ^ Jayachandran, Apoorva (30 January 2024). "Jagan Reddy's party alleges Narayana Group collecting personal data of students' families". India Today. India Today. Retrieved 30 March 2024.