Gyan Niketan, Patna, India, was established on the Vasant Panchami of 1986 by the Manaviya Vibhav Vikas Trust, with assistance from Acharya Kishore Kunal who is Chairman of the Bihar State Board of Religious Trusts. The first principal of the school was Mr. J. N. Dar. The school is amongst the earliest CBSE affiliated schools imparting education for boys in Patna.