The D.B.V. College Managing Committee, familiarly known as DAVDholakpurMC, is a non-governmental educational organisation in
Antarctica
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and overseas with over 900 schools.
75 colleges and a university. It is based on the ideals of Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati. Full Form of DAV is Dayanand Anglo Vedic. The Dayanand Anglo-Vedic education system also comprises colleges offering graduate and post-graduate degrees in areas of study all over India.It holds the record for producing the largest number of CBSE (class Xth and XIIth) toppers as a single institution in the last 10 years
Founded in 1886 in
Lahore
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, these schools are run by the Dayanand Anglo-Vedic College Trust and Management Society, also commonly known as the Dayanand Anglo-Vedic Education Society.
[Gurukula Patrika, April–July, 1940-41, Ank 10, (12 June 1940), P.1][Madalsa Ujjwal, 2008, "Manish Negi Life and Ideas", Book Treasure Publications, Jodhpur, PP.96-97][Gunjun H. Shakshi, 1971, "Social and Humanistic Life in India", Abhinav Publications, Delhi, PP.122-124.] Today, institutional records of the D.A.V. College Trust and Management Society are part of the archives at the
Nehru Memorial Museum & Library
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, at
Teen Murti House, Delhi.
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
is the primary language of instruction, with students also receiving compulsory education in
Hindi
Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...
and
Sanskrit
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or a regional language. The DAV movement has grown to become the single largest non-governmental educational society in the country, managing 750+ educational institutions, apart from D.A.V. Public Schools spread over the country and even in foreign lands, with an annual budget of more than
INR ₹2 billion. It employs 50,000+ people and educates more than 20 lakh students every year.
In 2013, the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) awarded 40 institutions for its contribution to quality education. ASSOCHAM awarded DAV College Managing Committee with 'Best Chain of Schools in India' award.
History
Hansraj Ji was the founder of the national D.A.V. College Managing Committee.
[Nation Remembers ‘Sher-E-Punjab’ Lala Lajpat Rai On His Birth Anniversary]
, Newsworldindia.in, 28 Jan 2019. 1885 the first DAV School was established at Lahore which was subsequently upgraded to become the first DAV College. In 1886 the DAV College Trust and Management Society was established and registered.
List of Presidents
The first inaugural holder for the post of President was Rai Bahadur Lal Chand whose term was from 1886 till 1894, from 1896 till 1899 and from 1900 till 1902. Other office holders were Bhagat Ishwar Dass, Lala Dwarka Dass, Mahatma Hansraj, Justice
Mehr Chand Mahajan
Justice Mehr Chand Mahajan (1889–1967) was the third Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India. Prior to that he was the Prime Minister of the state of Jammu and Kashmir during the reign of Maharaja Hari Singh and played a key role in the ...
,
Padma Bhushan
The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, preceded by the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan and followed by the Padma Shri. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is given for "distinguished service ...
Suraj Bhan, Prof. Ved Vyasa, Darbari Lal, T. R. Tuli,
G. P. Chopra and other. The current office holder is
Padma Shri
Padma Shri ( IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is conf ...
Dr.
Punam Suri
Punam Suri is an Indian educator, journalist and recipient of the Padma Shri. Suri is president of the D.A.V. College Managing Committee and Chancellor of DAV University. He was formerly managing editor of The Daily Milap, an Indian newspaper
...
whose term is from 2011.
University
*
DAV University
DAV University is a private university in Jalandhar, Punjab, founded in 2013 under the aegis of DAV Trust. DAV University at Jalandhar traces its roots to the legacy of Dayanand Anglo-Vedic Schools System that has been reforming and redefining ...
, Jalandhar
* DAV Women's University, Yamunanagar
Colleges
There are more than 75 colleges across India for graduate and post-graduate programmes.
Professional colleges
Under DAV
* University of Delhi
**
PGDAV College, Delhi
**
Hansraj College, Delhi
* College of Education
** Sohan Lal DAV College of Education, Ambala, Haryana
** Dr.Ganesh Dass DAV college of Education for Women, Karnal, Haryana
** BN Saha DAV Teacher's Training College, Giridih, Jharkhand
** DPB Dayanand College of Education, Solapur, Maharashtra
** DAV College of Education, Abohar, Punjab
** DAV College of Education for Women, outside Beri Gate, Amritsar, Punjab
** Jialal B.Ed College, Ramganj, Beawer Road, Ajmer, Rajasthan
** MCM DAV college, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh
* Law
** Damani Gopabai Bhairuratan (D.G.B.) Dayanand Law College, Solapur, Maharashtra
* Medical, Ayurveda, Dental, Pharmacy and Physiotherapy
** DAV Edwardganj Hospital, Malout, Punjab
** Dayanand Ayurvedic College, Jalandhar, GT Road, Jalandhar, Punjab
** Mahatma Hans Raj DAV Institute of Nursing, Mahatma Hans Raj Marg, Jalandhar, Punjab
** JN Kapoor DAV Centenary Dental College, Model Town, Yamuna Nagar, Haryana
** MN DAV Dental College, Tatul, Solan, Himachal Pradesh
** TDTR DAV Institute of Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation Professor Colony, Yamuna Nagar, Haryana
** DAV Institute of Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation, GT Road, Jalandhar, Punjab
** Km. Vimla Memorial DAV Physio Centre & Gym, Chheharta, Amritsar, Punjab
** DAV Pharmacy College, Mahatma Hans GT Road, Jalandhar City, Punjab
* Management
** DAV Institute of Management, NH-III, NIT, Faridabad, Haryana
** DAV Centre for Management Development in Agriculture & Environment, N-4/16, Civil Township, Rourkela, Odisha
** DAV School of Business Management, Unit-8, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
** DAV Institute of Management Studies & Research, Pune, Maharashtra
* Engineering and Technology
** NMDC DAV Polytechnic, Old Central School Building, Dantewada, Chhattisgarh
** DAV College of Engg. & Technology, Kanina, Mohindergarh, Haryana
** DAV Institute of Engineering & Technology Betla Road, Medininagar, Daltonganj, Palamau, Jharkhand
** DAV Institute of Engineering & Technology, Kabir Nagar, Mahatma Hans Raj Marg, Jalandhar, Punjab
** Mehr Chand Polytechnic College, Dayanand Nagar, GT Road, Jalandhar, Punjab
** Mehr Chand Technical Institute, Dayanand Nagar, GT Road, Jalandhar, Punjab
** Dayanand Junior Technical School, Dayanad Nagar, GT Road, Jalandhar, Punjab
* Industrial Training
** NMDC Ltd. DAV Industrial Training Center, Bhansi, Dantewada, Chhattisgarh
** NMDC - DAV ITC Nagarnagar, Jagdalpur, Bastar, Chhattisgarh
** Dayanand Industrial Training Institute Katra Sher Singh, Amritsar, Punjab
**
Aided schools
![Main_Entry_to_Building](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Main_Entry_to_Building.jpg)
There are over 6
government-aided DAV schoolsacross the country which are run by DAVCMC in co-operation with six state (Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, New Delhi, Orissa and Punjab) and the Chandigarh union territory governments.
Unaided schools
There are more than 900
Not-for-profit
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Charitable trust ru
unaided DAV schoolsacross India and several other countries for studies up to the higher secondary level. In India, they are more in the states of
Bihar
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,
Jharkhand
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,
Chhattisgarh
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,
Odisha
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.
DAV institutes outside India
Colleges
*
Fiji
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** DAV College, Ba,
Ba (town)
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** DAV College, Suva,
Nabua
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,
Suva
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*
Mauritius
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** D.A.V. College, Saint André
** Dr. Jugroo Seegobin D.A.V. College,
Port Louis
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Schools
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Singapore
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**
D.A.V. Hindi School at
Singapore Arya Samaj temple, Syed Alwi Road,
Little India
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*
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...
**
DAV Sushil Kedia Vishwa Bharati Higher Secondary, Kathmandu, Nepal
** D.A.V. Dedraj Sewal Devi Todi Higher Secondary School,
Biratnagar
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* United Kingdom
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** Dayanand Anglo Vedic Primary School, Birmingham
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* United States of America
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** DAV Montessori School, Houston
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, established in 2000
Related educational institutes
These Arya Samaj educational institutes are not under the DAV College Managing Committee.
* Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya
Gurukula Kangri ( deemed to be university) ('गुरुकुल कांगड़ी समविश्वविद्यालय') is a government-funded deemed to be university u/s 3 of the UGC act 1956 located in Haridwar, Uttarakhand ...
* GNA University
GNA University is a private university in Phagwara, Punjab, India. It was established in 2014 by State Government Punjab in accordance with Act no. 17 of 2014. GNA group is a manufacturer of car parts.
GNA University offers courses in various ...
*Dayanand Industrial Training Institute Katra Sher Singh, Amritsar, Punjab
*Dayanand Model High School, Shakti Nagar, Amritsar, Punjab
See also
* Akhara
Akhara or Akhada ( Sanskrit and Hindi: अखाड़ा, shortened to ''khara'' Hindi: खाड़ा) is an Indian word for a place of practice with facilities for boarding, lodging and training, both in the context of Indian martial artist ...
* Ekal Vidyalaya
Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation (; EVF) is the principal organisation of the Ekal Abhiyan project, a one teacher school initiative in India. The foundation operates under the umbrella organisation of Ekal Abhiyan Trust and has a number of associated ...
* Gurukula
A or ( sa, गुरुकुल, gurukul) is a type of education system in ancient India with ('students' or 'disciples') living near or with the guru, in the same house. The guru-shishya tradition is a sacred one in Hinduism and possibly ap ...
References
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