Deshabandhu Vidyalaya Boys' (BM/HM) or D.V. Boys' (BM/HM) is a secondary school in

Chittaranjan Chittaranjan is a census town in the Salanpur CD block in the Asansol Sadar subdivision of Paschim Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is popularly known for the Chittaranjan Locomotive Works. It was recently featured i ...

, West Bengal,

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. It offers higher secondary education in

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medium and secondary education in

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medium. It is managed by the

Chittaranjan Locomotive Works Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) is an electric locomotive manufacturer based in India. The works are located at Chittaranjan in the Asansol Sadar subdivision of West Bengal, with an ancillary unit in Dankuni. The main unit is 32 km fr ...

under the Ministry of Railways.

History

The

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was founded in 1951 by Ministry of Railways (Govt. of India). Initially school was set up to educate the children of

employees.

Academics

Bengali medium school operates during afternoons and Hindi medium school during mornings. The Hindi medium school follows the CBSE curriculum, with 1800 students. In the

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stage it has Arts, Science and Commerce streams. The Bengali medium school is up to

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level and follows the

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. All students are admitted through a common admission test.

Sports

D. V. Boys' is known for its inclination towards sports. The school has participated in and won several prizes in football and athletics.

Campus

The school is on the Mihijam Fatehpur main road in the east of the Oval Ground and in front of Ambedkar Avenue. It has an area of 60 ha with

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and Mathematics labs for secondary students and Chemistry,

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and

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labs for

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students. It has a large ground.

Achievements

The school has produced maximum number of doctors and engineers in the region. Alumni are spread across nearly 50 countries. Alumni are working as top-level managers in companies like P&G, TCS, Tata Steel, Maruti Suzuki (India), Reliance Industries Limited, Customs Department, GST Department under Government of India, etc. In academics fields students are well established in IIM, IIT, IISc, NITs, NID, AIIMS and indulge social works through NGOs like SADDHAMMA PUSTAKALAYA, Mihijam (founded by 'Prahlad Kumar Ram').

References

local newspapers and school authority

External links

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