Oak Grove School, Jharipani, Mussoorie is a residential public school, owned and run by the Indian Railways. It is situated on hill tops covering in Jharipani, Mussoorie, India.

The school was started by the British Raj on 1 June 1888. The students predominantly consist of the children of Indian Railways employees; 25% of seats are reserved for outsiders. At present there are more than 610 students. The school consists of three semi-independent parts — Oak Grove Sr. Boys' School (commenced 1888), Oak Grove Sr. Girls' School (1890s) and Oak Grove Junior School (1912). The buildings were designed by the chief engineer of EIR Mr. Richard Roskell Bayne and are built in Gothic style of architecture. LBSNAA ( Lal Bahadur Shashtri National Academy of Administration) conducted its sports day several times in the valley of Oak Grove School.

Administration The overall functioning of the school is under the control of a Board of Governors, which frames and reviews policies to ensure smooth and efficient functioning of the institution during its annual meetings. The BOG consists of:

Chairman - General Manager, Northern Railway

Executive Governor - The Chief Personnel Officer, Northern Railway

Member - The Chief Engineer, Northern Railway

Member - The F.A. & C.A.O., Northern Railway

Member - The C.M.D., Northern Railway

Member - The S.D.G.M., Northern Railway

Member - The D.R.M., Northern Railway, Moradabad

Secretary - Principal, Oak Grove School

Principals' Timeline Lt. Col. A.C. Chapman1888 – 1912 24 years Mr. H.P. Watts 1918 – 194628 yearsMr. G.F. Chunn 1946 – 19461 yearMr. O.G. Sullivan1947 – 1948 2 years Mr. K.F. McGowan 1948 – 19502 years Mr. B.L.J. Love 1950 – 19566 years Mr. A K. Bhaduri1956 – 19583 years Mr. B.R. Pasricha1958 – 197013 years Mr. L.C. Mathur1970 – 19723 years Mr. Ratan Kumar Kichlu1972 – 199425 years Mr. Sunil Mishra (Principal designate)1990 – 1991 2 years Mrs. Gita Mishra1995 – 19973 years Mr. Rajiv Kishore1997 – 20014 years Mr. Deepak Peter Gabriel2001 – 20044 years Mr. Surinder Kumar2005 – 20084 years Mr. Anurag Tripathi2008 – 20125 years Mr. Sandip Trivedi2012 – 2015 3 yearsMr. J.P. Pandey2015-20195 yearsMr. Abhishek Kesrwani2019-20224 yearsMr.Naresh Kumar2022-

Oakgrovians at the Olympic games Several Oak Grove students represented pre-independence India (under the British Raj) in field hockey at the Olympics between 1928 Amsterdam to 1936 Berlin Olympics, winning Gold medal each time. These were:

Amsterdam Olympics – 1928

Richard James Allen + - # Goalkeeper Leslie Charles Hammond Broome Eric Pinniger

Los Angeles Olympics – 1932

Richard James Allen + - # Goalkeeper Leslie Charles Hammond Broome Eric Pinniger Richard Carr

Berlin Olympics – 1936

Richard James Allen + - # Goalkeeper

References

External links Alumni Corner, http://www.oakgrovian.info/ Oakgrovians Young & Old, http://www.oakgrovians.com