The D.A.V. College Managing Committee, commonly known as DAVCMC, is a non-governmental educational organisation in India and overseas with over 900 schools, 75 colleges and a university. It is based on the ideals of Dayananda Saraswati and Arya Samaj. The Dayanand Anglo-Vedic (DAV) education system also comprises colleges offering graduate and post-graduate degrees in various disciplines all over India.
Founded in 1890 in Lahore, British India (now Pakistan), these schools are run by the Dayanand Anglo-Vedic College Trust (DAVCT) and Management Society, also commonly known as the Dayanand Anglo-Vedic Education Society (DAVES).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 and Library, at Teen Murti House, Delhi.
English is the primary language of instruction, with students also receiving compulsory education in Hindi and Sanskrit or a regional language. The DAV movement has grown to become the single largest non-governmental educational society in the country, managing 900+ educational institutions, apart from D.A.V. Public Schools across the country and even abroad,(~9 including Nepal, Singapore, UK, USA and colleges in Mauritius and Fiji) with an annual budget of more than INR ₹2 billion. It employs over 50,000 people and educates more than 2 million students every year.
In 2013, the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India awarded 40 institutions for its contribution to quality education. ASSOCHAM awarded DAV College Managing Committee with 'Best Chain of Schools in India' award.
History Mahatma Hansraj 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. In 1886 the first DAV School was established in 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 until 1894, from 1896 until 1899 and from 1900 until 1902. Other office holders were Bhagat Ishwar Dass, Lala Dwarka Dass, Mahatma Hansraj, CJI Mehr Chand Mahajan, Padma Bhushan Suraj Bhan, Prof. Ved Vyasa, Darbari Lal, T. R. Tuli, G. P. Chopra and other. The current office holder is Padma Shri Dr. Punam Suri whose term is from 2011. +NoNameTerm1Rai Bahadur Lal Chand1886 – 18942Bhagat Ishwar Dass1895 – 1896(1)Rai Bahadur Lal Chand1896 – 1899(2)Bhagat Ishwar Dass1900 – 1902(1)Rai Bahadur Lal Chand1901 – 1902(2)Bhagat Ishwar Dass1903 – 19063Lala Dwarka Dass1907 – 19094Mahatma Hansraj1912 – 19185Rai Bahadur Durga Dass1919 – 19236Dr Bakshi Sir Tek Chand1924 – 1930(4)Mahatma Hansraj19317Sain Dass19328Rai Bahadur Mukund Lal Puri1933 – 19359Chief Justice (Dr.) Mehr Chand Mahajan1936 – 193910Dewan Chand1940 – 194311Mehr Chand1945 – 194912Lala Balraj1950 – 195313Nand Lal1954(9)Chief Justice (Dr.) Mehr Chand Mahajan1955 – 196414Dr. G. L. Dutta1965 – 197115Justice J. L. Kapur1972 – 197416Suraj Bhan1975 – 198017Ved Vyasa1981 – 199118Babu Darbari Lal199519T. R. Tuli1997 – 200020G. P. Chopra2000 – 201121Dr. Punam Suri2011 – present
University DAV University, Jalandhar DAV Women's University, YamunanagarKhattar approves DAV Women's University.
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 University of Mumbai Ramanand Arya DAV College, Mumbai 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
Schools There are more than 800 schools across India. Mostly CBSC affiliated schools and study in DAV board under 8th standard with DAV publication books.
Number of schools by states
AP: 3 Bihar: 73. CG: 92. CHD: 3. DLI: 27. GJ: 3. HP: 41. HR: 84. JH: 73. J&K: 2. KT: 4. MH: 11. MN: 1. MP: 17. Odisha: 43. PB: 54. RJ: 13. Sikkim: 1. TG: 9. TN: 1. UK: 8. UP: 31. WB: 19.
D.A.V’s Saga of SUCCESS - The Hall of Fame
Prime Ministers - Sh. A.B. Vajpayee, Sh.I.K.Gujral, Sh. Manmohan Singh. Vice Presidents - Sh. Krishna kant, Sh. Bhairon Singh Shekhawat. Defence - General (retd.) V.P.Malik, Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)O.P.Mehra. Space - Kalpana Chawla. Science - Dr. Hargobind Khurana. Performing Arts - Sh. Sunil Dutt, Shahrukh Khan, Jaspal Bhatti, Jagjit Singh, Sukhwinder Singh. Sports - Sh. M.S.Dhoni, Kapil Dev, Yuvraj Singh, Mohinder Amarnath, Chetan Chauhan, Milkha Singh.
Aided schools
There are over 62 government-aided DAV schools across the country which are run by DAVCMC in co-operation with six states (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 charitable trust-run unaided DAV schools across India and several other countries for studies up to the higher secondary level. In India, they are more in the states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, and Odisha.
DAV institutes outside India
Colleges Fiji DAV College, Ba, Ba DAV College, Suva, Nabua, Suva Mauritius D.A.V. College, Saint André Dr. Jugroo Seegobin D.A.V. College, Port Louis
Schools Singapore D.A.V. Hindi School at Singapore Arya Samaj temple, Syed Alwi Road, Little India Nepal DAV Sushil Kedia Vishwa Bharati Higher Secondary, Kathmandu, Nepal D.A.V. Dedraj Sewal Devi Todi Higher Secondary School, BiratnagarD.A.V. College.. United Kingdom Dayanand Anglo-Vedic Primary School, Birmingham United States of America DAV Montessori School, Houston
Related educational institutes These Arya Samaj educational institutes are not under the DAV College Managing Committee. Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya GNA University Dayanand Industrial Training Institute Katra Sher Singh, Amritsar, Punjab Dayanand Model High School, Shakti Nagar, Amritsar, Punjab
See also Akhara Ekal Vidyalaya Gurukula
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