Non-governmental educational organisation in India
DAV College Managing Committee
Abbreviation DAVCMC Formation 1 June 1886 (137 years ago) (1886-06-01 ) Founder
Mahatma Hansraj Type
Private Headquarters
New Delhi ,
India Location Area served
India ,
Fiji ,
Nepal ,
Mauritius ,
Singapore Official language
Hindi ,
English and other regional languages President
Punam Suri
[1] Key people
Lala Lajpat Rai , Rai Bahadur Lal Chand, Bhagat Ishwar Das,
Mahatma Hansraj , Lala Dwarka Das, Rai Bahadur Durga Das Affiliations
CBSE ,
ICSE , other regional boards and
Arya Samaj Employees
100000+ Website
www .davcmc .net .in
The D.A.V. College Managing Committee , familiarly known as DAVCMC , is a non-governmental educational organisation in
India and overseas with over 900 schools,
[2] 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 graduates and post-graduates degrees in areas of study all over India.
Founded in 1886 in
Lahore , 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).
[3]
[4]
[5] [
citation needed ] Today, institutional records of the D.A.V. College Trust and Management Society are part of the archives at the
Nehru Memorial Museum & Library , at
Teen Murti House , Delhi.
[6]
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 750+ educational institutions, apart from D.A.V. Public Schools spread over the country and even in foreign lands, with an annual budget of more than
INR ₹2 billion. It employs 50,000+ people and educates more than 20 lakh 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.
[7]
History
Mahatma Hansraj was the founder of the national D.A.V. College Managing Committee.
[8] In 1999
the first DAV School was established at
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 till 1894, from 1896 till 1899 and from 1900 till 1902. Other office holders were Bhagat Ishwar Dass, Lala Dwarka Dass, Mahatma Hansraj,
Chief Justice
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.
[9]
No
Name
Term
1
Rai Bahadur Lal Chand
1886 - 1894
2
Bhagat Ishwar Dass
1895 - 1896
(1)
Rai Bahadur Lal Chand
1896 - 1899
(2)
Bhagat Ishwar Dass
1900 - 1902
(1)
Rai Bahadur Lal Chand
1901 - 1902
(2)
Bhagat Ishwar Dass
1903 - 1906
3
Lala Dwarka Dass
1907 - 1909
4
Mahatma Hansraj
1912 - 1918
5
Rai Bahadur Durga Dass
1919 - 1923
6
Dr Bakshi Sir Tek Chand
1924 - 1930
(4)
Mahatma Hansraj
1931
7
Principal Sain Dass
1932
8
Rai Bahadur Mukund Lal Puri
1933 - 1935
9
Chief Justice Dr.
Mehr Chand Mahajan
1936 - 1939
10
Principal Dewan Chand
1940 - 1943
11
Principal Mehr Chand
1945 - 1949
12
Lala Balraj
1950 - 1953
13
Master Nand Lal
1954
(9)
Chief Justice Dr.
Mehr Chand Mahajan
1955 - 1964
14
Dr. G. L. Dutta
1965 - 1971
15
Justice J. L. Kapur
1972 - 1974
16
Suraj Bhan
1975 - 1980
17
Prof. Ved Vyasa
1981 - 1991
18
Babu Darbari Lal
1995
19
Shri T. R. Tuli
1997 - 2000
20
Shri
G. P. Chopra
2000 - 2011
21
Dr.
Punam Suri
2011–present
University
Colleges
There are more than 75 colleges across India for graduate and post-graduate programmes.
[12]
Professional colleges
Under DAV
[13]
University of Delhi
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
Aided schools
CAV High School at
Hisar .
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.
[14]
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.
[15] In India, they are more in the states of
Bihar ,
Jharkhand ,
Chhattisgarh ,
and Odisha .
[16]
DAV institutes outside India
Colleges
Schools
Related educational institutes
These Arya Samaj educational institutes are not under the DAV College Managing Committee.
See also
References
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"DAV CMC – the DAV College Trust and Management Society is the largest non-governmental educational organisation in India" . Archived from
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^
"Introduction" . davuniversity.org . Archived from
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^ 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.
^
"Archives" .
Nehru Memorial Museum & Library . Archived from
the original on 3 May 2011.
^
"Assocham honour 40 institutions for its contribution to Education" . 17 April 2013.
^
Nation Remembers ‘Sher-E-Punjab’ Lala Lajpat Rai On His Birth Anniversary
Archived 28 January 2019 at the
Wayback Machine , Newsworldindia.in, 28 Jan 2019.
^
"DAVCMC" . davcmc.net.in . Retrieved 25 October 2022 .
^
"DAV University, Jalandhar" . davuniversity.org . Archived from
the original on 19 June 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2014 .
^
Khattar approves DAV Women's University .
^
"DAV CMC - the DAV College Trust and Management Society is the largest non-governmental educational organisation in India" . Archived from
the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2015 .
^
"DAV professional colleges" . Archived from
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^
"DAV CMC - the DAV College Trust and Management Society is the largest non-governmental educational organisation in India" . Archived from
the original on 28 June 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2015 .
^
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"DAV Schools" . davcmc.net.in . Retrieved 27 February 2020 .
^
"DAV College-Morc. St Andre" . aryasabhamauritius.mu . Archived from
the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2018 .
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"Dr. Juroo Seegobin DAV College - Port Louis" . aryasabhamauritius.mu . Archived from
the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2018 .
^
"D.A.V. Hindi School" . davschool.edu.sg . Archived from
the original on 18 December 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2015 .
^ Nepal, DAV School.
"DAV Sushil Kedia Vishwa Bharati Higher Secondary School" . davnepal.com .
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"Arya Samaj (Vedic Mission) West Midlands" . www.arya-samaj.org .
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"DAV Montessori & Elementary School" . DAV Montessori & Elementary School .
Archived from the original on 12 April 2019.
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