Harcourt Butler Senior Secondary School (HBSSS) is an old boys school at Mandir Marg (erstwhile Reading Road) in Delhi, India. The school is aided by the Government of Delhi, and is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education. It is one of the oldest schools in Delhi, and has been awarded a heritage prize by the Govt of Delhi.
It provides education from Class 1 to Class 12 offering three streams of Science (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology), Commerce, and Arts in English and Hindi languages. This is the only Govt aided school providing the Engineering drawing subject (as optional) for class 11th and 12th.
History
The school was founded in 1889 by a Bengali society, and was originally known as Bengali Boys School. The matriculation exams were conducted by the University of the Punjab.
In 1917, the British government took over its control, and started funding its operations for the wards of British India Government employees. The existing structure of Harcourt Butler School was set up by Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler in 1917. Sir Harcourt was the first Member for Education in the Viceroy’s Executive Council in British India. Pre World War II, the school used to operate from Delhi for the six months in winter, and from Shimla for the six months in summer, as the capital of British India would move annually.
In 2010s, its premises were decorated with art by the Delhi Street Art of Yogesh Saini.
Head of Institution S.No. Name From To1. S.P. Mukherji 01-04-1925 30-11-1945 2. C.G. Mathur 01-12-1945 31-03-1947 3. Mr. S. Lal 01-04-1947 30-04-1965 4. Hira Lal 01-05-1965 30-04-1969 5. S.L. Puri (Officiating) 01-05-1969 31-08-1970 6. Uma Shanker (Officiating) 01-09-1970 30-04-1972 7. S.M. Sharma (Officiating) 01-05-1972 31-08-1972 8. J.C. Goel 01-09-1972 31-05-1995 9. H.B.S. Rana (Officiating) 01-06-1995 30-09-1995 10. D.N. Mehta 01-10-1995 31-03-2002 11. B.K. Sethi 01-04-2002 30-04-2004 12. Alka Chaudhry 01-05-2004 31-05-2017 13. Neera Rao 01-06-2017 30-06-2022 14. B. Kapila (Officiating) 01-07-2022 07-08-2022 15. Chetram (V-Principal) 08-08-202230-06-202516. Sameer Kumar Gangarh 02-07-2025Incumbent
Notable alumni Satish Kaushik Gajraj Rao Surinder Amarnath Mohinder Amarnath Nirmal Verma Hari Krishna Shastrihttps://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/a-century-in-life-of-a-school-how-harcourt-butler-senior-secondary-migrated-to-shimla-in-summers/story-r8ERFDlDGR0djymGnFpFeN.html Nasir Aslam Zahid Rajesh Puri Bhupinder Singh Hooda
References
External links Official website of Harcourt Butler School