The Doon School is a boys-only academically selective boarding school in

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, Uttarakhand, India, founded in 1935 by Satish Ranjan Das The school's first headmaster was Arthur E. Foot, who had spent some nine years as a science master at

Eton College Eton College () is a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1440 by Henry VI under the name ''Kynge's College of Our Ladye of Eton besyde Windesore'',Nevill, p. 3 ff. intended as a sister institution to King's College, C ...

, England. The old boys of Doon are known as Doscos, and the alumni body is represented by The Doon School Old Boys' Society. Admission to the school is based on a competitive entrance examination and an interview. Doon remains a boys-only school despite continued pressure from political leaders to become

coeducational Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together. Whereas single-sex education was more common up to t ...

. However, girls are admitted in case they are daughters of the school staff (see entries for sculptor

Latika Katt Latika (Hindi: लतिका) is a Hindu/Sanskrit Indian feminine given name, which means "goddess". Notable people named Latika * Latika Bourke (born 1984), Australian author and journalist * Latika Katt (born 1948), Indian sculptor * L ...

and actor

Himani Shivpuri Himani Bhatt Shivpuri (born 24 October 1960) is an Indian actress known for her character roles in Bollywood films and Hindi soap operas. Her films include '' Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!'' (1994), ''Raja'' (1995), '' Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge'' (1 ...

). Although the total number of Doscos is relatively small (estimated at 5,000 since the school was founded in 1935), they include some of India's prominent politicians, artists, writers, social activists and businesspeople. ;Abbreviations used in the following tables *DNG – Did not graduate *? – Class year unknown ''Note'': The sub-headings are given as a general guide and some names might fit under more than one category

Government

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Rajiv Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi (; 20 August 1944 – 21 May 1991) was an Indian politician who served as the sixth prime minister of India from 1984 to 1989. He took office after the 1984 assassination of his mother, then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, to beco ...

, 6th Prime Minister of India (Class of '62) File:Rahul Gandhi at The Doon School.jpg, Rahul Gandhi, President of the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

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Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

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Karan Singh Karan Singh (born 9 March 1931) is an Indian politician and philosopher. He is the son of the last ruling Maharaja of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, Sir Hari Singh. He was the prince regent of Jammu and Kashmir until 1952. From 19 ...

, Politician and Diplomat (Class of '49) File:Naveen Patnaik 2013.jpg,

Naveen Patnaik Naveen Patnaik (born 16 October 1946) is an Indian politician serving as the current and 14th Chief Minister of Odisha. He is also the president of the Biju Janata Dal, a writer and has authored three books. He is the longest-serving chief min ...

, Chief Minister of Odisha (Class of '64)

Prime Minister

Cabinet Ministers

Chief Ministers

Members of Parliament and Legislative Assemblies

Diplomats and Bureaucrats

Communist Activist

Law

Armed forces

Business

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Sunil Kant Munjal Sunil Kant Munjal (born 14 December 1957) is an Indian businessman and the chairman of Hero Enterprise. He is also the founder of India's Serendipity Arts Festival, and is the chairman of the board of governors of The Doon School. He is the youn ...

, managing director of

Hero MotoCorp Hero MotoCorp Limited (formerly Hero Honda) is an Indian multinational motorcycle and scooter manufacturer headquartered in New Delhi. The company is one of the largest two-wheeler manufacturers in the world, as well as in India, where it has ...

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Siddhartha Lal Siddhartha Vikram Lal (born October 1973) is an Indian businessman. He is the son of Vikram Lal, and a former chief executive officer (CEO) and the current managing director (MD) of Eicher Motors, a director of Eicher Goodearth Limited and chai ...

, CEO and MD of Eicher Motors (Class of '91) File:Sharan Pasricha entrepreneur.jpg,

Sharan Pasricha Sharan Pasricha is an Indian born entrepreneur based in London, England. He is most known for founding Ennismore, a global hospitality developer and operator and for the acquisition and growth of The Hoxton and Gleneagles. Ennismore was incl ...

, founder of Ennismore Hospitality,

The Hoxton ''The Hoxton'' is a "series of open-house hotels," owned by Ennismore. History ''The Hoxton'' brand was founded in 2006 by Sinclair Beecham, co-founder of Pret A Manger turned hotelier. It launched with ''The Hoxton'', Shoreditch, built on a for ...

and Gleneagles (Class of '96)

Journalism

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India Today ''India Today'' is a weekly Indian English-language news magazine published by Living Media India Limited. It is the most widely circulated magazine in India, with a readership of close to 8 million. In 2014, ''India Today'' launched a new onl ...

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NDTV New Delhi Television Ltd is an Indian news media company focusing on broadcast and digital news publication. The company is considered to be a legacy brand that pioneered independent news broadcasting in India, and is credited for launching t ...

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Karan Thapar Karan Thapar (born 5 November 1955) is an Indian journalist, news presenter and interviewer working with The Wire. Thapar was associated with CNN-IBN and hosted ''The Devil's Advocate'' and ''The Last Word''. He was also associated with India T ...

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Prannoy Roy Prannoy Lal Roy (born 15 October 1949) is an Indian economist, chartered accountant, psephologist, journalist and author. He is the former executive co-chairperson of NDTV and is considered to be one of its co-founders, along with his wife Ra ...

, founder of

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, founder of CNBC Africa (Class of '75)

Literature

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, ''Encyclopædia Britannica''

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, Novelist (Class of '69) File:Ram Guha Doon School library.jpg,

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, Historian and non-fiction writer (Class of '73)

Non-Fiction

Fiction, Poetry and Drama

Education

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and former

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of Pakistan (Class of '43) File:Kanti Prasad Bajpai.jpg,

Kanti Bajpai Kanti Prasad Bajpai (born 1955) is an Indian academic, international affairs analyst, and the former headmaster of The Doon School, Dehradun, India. He is known to be an expert on Indo-China relations. He is currently a professor at National Un ...

, international affairs researcher and professor at

National University of Singapore The National University of Singapore (NUS) is a national public research university in Singapore. Founded in 1905 as the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States Government Medical School, NUS is the oldest autonomous university in the c ...

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Arts

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Sir Anish Kapoor Sir Anish Mikhail Kapoor (born 12 March 1954) is a British-Indian sculptor specializing in installation art and conceptual art. Born in Mumbai, Kapoor attended the elite all-boys Indian boarding school The Doon School, before moving to the UK ...

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, fashion designer (Class of '80)

Fine Arts

Design

Films

Television

Music

Culinary

Sports

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Abhinav Bindra Abhinav Apjit Bindra is an Indian Olympic gold medallist, retired sport shooter, and businessman.''The Dosco Record''
last published in 1996 by the Doon School Old Boys Society.
''Doon Online''
independent blog with up-to-date alumni news.--> The class years of the alumni are sourced principally from the following: * ''The Dosco Record'' is a book of short biographies, similar to what may be found in a

Who's Who ''Who's Who'' (or ''Who is Who'') is the title of a number of reference publications, generally containing concise biography, biographical information on the prominent people of a country. The title has been adopted as an expression meaning a gr ...

, which was first produced by J.A.K. Martyn who deliberately modeled it on the ''Harrow Record''. (Martyn had been a schoolmaster at

Harrow School (The Faithful Dispensation of the Gifts of God) , established = (Royal Charter) , closed = , type = Public schoolIndependent schoolBoarding school , religion = Church of E ...

before helping A.E. Foot start The Doon School.) As a consequence, alumni are listed in the year in which they joined Doon, rather than the year in which they graduated; Martyn believed that this would make it easier for Doscos to look up their friends. The book is updated every 8 years or so, and is published by the Doon School Old Boys Society ("DSOBS") and distributed only to alumni. It includes biographical information about every Dosco (even people like Sanjay Gandhi who was expelled before completing his studies); it also highlights family connections between Doscos such as whether a particular Dosco was the son of another Dosco, or married the sister or daughter of another Dosco. * ''The Rose Bowl'' is a periodic newsletter that contains alumni news, obituaries, reminiscences, etc. It is produced by the DSOBS and distributed by post to all alumni; a

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version is also sent by email to alumni. * ''The Doon School Register'' is published, every few years, by the DSOBS. It includes the contact details of every Dosco; deceased alumni are noted as such. Also included are the small number of "Associate Members" (honorary members) of The Doon School Old Boys: for the most part these include former teachers; also included are people such as Salim Ali who had been frequent visitors to Doon and were considered to be part of the Dosco fraternity. * ''Doon, The Story of a School'', edited by Sumer Singh, published by the Indian Public Schools Society 1985. This (somewhat slim) book was distributed to alumni and contains essays, reminiscences, and stories about the founding of the Doon School. * ''The Doon School -- Sixty Years On'', edited by Pushpinder Singh Chopra, published by the DSOBS in October 1996. This book is similar in many respects to ''Doon: The Story of a School'', but longer.

References

External links

*
Website of The Doon School Old Boys' Society
{{DEFAULTSORT:Doon School Alumni, List Of * The Doon School Lists of Indian people by school affiliation