Facilities include

• 9 residential rooms with private baths
• Two lounge areas and sunning deck
• Spacious therapy rooms
• Powers-shower and Jacuzzi
• Ayurvedic meals
• Free Internet access
• Conference room
• Large, comfortable classrooms
• Basketball & badminton courts, Skating rink
• 2.5 acre park
• Money changing services
   

Services Provided
Jiva provides a number of services* to make your stay as comfortable and enjoyable as possible. These include:

• Yoga Classes
• Culture Evenings (music, dances, dramas)
• Ayurvedic Cooking Classes
• Indian Dance classes
• Laundry and Dry Cleaning Services
• Car and driver
• Bus for group trips

* Additional charges may apply depending upon package.

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Education
Is it possible to offer extremely high-quality education to children of modest backgrounds? The founders of Jiva believe so. In 1994, we set out to demonstrate how through holding high educational standards and employing effective management strategies, a school could provide facilities and instruction to such Indian learners that were on par with the best schools in India, and even throughout the world.

The Jiva Public School (a K-12 institution) was established in 1994 in a small residential building with only 8 students and 3 teachers on the first day. But today it operates from a large building on 1.5 acres with over 800 students and 45 teachers. It is located in a quiet alcove of Faridabad District, 15km from New Delhi, and just 2km from the lush environs of the Aravalli hills.

Over the years, Jiva Public School has evolved around the constructivist concept of education—that learning is an active process of building knowledge through personal experience. Everything about the school and the process of learning is based on this principle. And all stakeholders involved in the learning community are encouraged to be creative problem-solvers—the students, parents teachers, administration, and support staff.

It was the first school in India to have an Internet connection and to use the computer as a tool to teach other subjects. And companies such as Apple, Intel, Microsoft, Hewlett Packard, and Schlumberger, have actively supported the school because of its innovative use of technology.

Every aspect of Jiva Public School has been designed to enhance learning from the use of innovative activities, to the study materials—even the furniture. The result is that a culture of creativity has been fostered. It is a fact that Indian society places an inordinate amount of pressure on students to excel in examinations often at the expense of aspects of learners' development. However, Jiva has managed to strike a balance that has proven that it is possible for learners to score well on board examinations, while also developing a diverse set of skills.
 
At Jiva, your child is at the center of all learning activity and has access to resources through which skills are easy to learn, communication is set up, and opinions and ideas are shared. The focus is on learning, not on teaching. It is the teacher’s duty to ensure that learning takes place in an atmosphere that is conducive to learning -- one which is friendly, non- threatening, full of activities and provides opportunities for interaction and self-expression.

Culture
The Jiva Centre at Vrindavan is quietly located in a cul-de-sac, close to the town center. This famous holy city was the home of the legendary Krishna 5,000 years ago, and today is a spiritual mecca for people from all over the world.

Jiva Vrindavan facilities include:

• a charming guest house with 10 rooms (accommodates 20 guests), with individual/private bathroom facilities
  
• an ashram guest house with 15 rooms (accommodates 25 guests), with common bathroom facilities
  
• a comfortable dining room offering organic vegetarian meals.
• three classroom areas for academic classes and music classes
  
• an Ayurveda center, offering panchakarma, and Reiki
• a Vedic library with 10,000+ volumes, including many manuscripts that are centuries old
• a herbal garden and vegetable garden

Other Details:

• Guided tours can be arranged to for groups to visit temples in Vrindavan, Mathura (birthplace of Krishna), Radhakunda, and Govardhan Hill
• Guests may stay for for extended periods of time
• Best times of year to visit are between September and April. Summers can be a bit hot.
  
• All rooms are equipped with room fans (A/C is not available)
  
• To maintain a natural, spiritual setting, our center does not use a generator