| Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Gajanur | |
| Motto: | Prajnanam Brahma |
| Motto Translation: | Consciousness is Brahman |
| Location: | Gajanur |
| City: | Shimoga |
| State: | Karnataka |
| Postalcode: | 577202 |
| Country: | India |
| Schooltype: | Public |
| Established: | 1986 |
| District: | Shimoga |
| Principal: | R. Prem Kumar |
| Staff: | 45 |
| Grades: | Class 6 - 12 |
| Gender Label: | Co-education |
| Age Range: | 11-18 |
| Enrollment: | 536 |
| Classes: | 14 |
| Medium: | English |
| Campus Size: | 30acres |
| Campus Type: | Rural |
| Houses: | 11 Boarding houses |
| Colors: | White and Gray |
| Nickname: | JNVG |
| National Ranking: | 33 |
| Affiliations: | C.B.S.E. |
Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Gajanur (JNVG) is a boarding school near Gajanur, Shimoga, India. JNVG is funded by the Indian Ministry of Human Resources Development.[1]
The school was established in the year 1986 in the campus of Gajanur vidyapeeta by the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti, an autonomous body which comes under the Ministry of Human Resource and Development New Delhi. Navodaya Vidyalaya is the dream child of late Shri Rajiv Gandhi, the Ex-Prime Minister of India. Later the school shifted to its own 30acres campus in hilly area of Gajanur in 1990.
The founder Principal Shri. H. N. S. Rao Ex. Deputy Commissioner (Academics), NVS, New Delhi had formatted the school in such a way that it continues to be the Jewel of Shimoga district.
School stands on a 30acres campus near Gajanur village, and also very near to Tunga Dam. Westside of campus has greenery hills. Tunga dam's Left Bank canal will pass in front of campus main gate. The campus has several buildings, the administration Block, main class room buildings, Laboratory building, workshops, Junior Science Lab, Library, teachers' quarters, students' dormitories, principal's house, guest house, Girls' Mess, Boys' Mess, sports ground, Power house, water tank.
Alumni association is functioning effectively in the Vidyalaya since 1999 with a view to record the 'Social Values' our family members (Ex-Navodians) have achieved.
First Sunday of December every year the Alumni Meet is conducted in the Vidyalaya.
Previously there were 7 houses. Preethi, Keerthi, Neethi, Spoorthi, Shakthi, Kanthi and Shanthi.
Now the houses are renamed and it's same for all the JNV's all over India.Aravali Senior, Nilgiri Senior, Shivalik Senior, Udaygiri Senior, Aravali Junior, Nilgiri Junior, Shivalik Junior, Udaygiri Junior.