Kendriya Vidyalaya, Sector 31 Chandigarh was established in 1974 under the patronage of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangthan, New Delhi   an autonomous body under the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Like all Kendriya Vidyalayas, KV Sector 31 too adheres to four fold Principles:

* To cater to the education needs of the children of transferable Central Government employees, including Defence and Paramilitary personnel, by, providing common programme of education in co ordination with Kendriva Vidyalayas all over India and abroad.
* To Preserve Excellence.
* To initiate and promote experiments and innovation in education in collaboration with other bodies like CBSE and NCERT etc. To Develop the spirit of National Integration