D.A.V College Managing Committee
AbbreviationDAVCMC
Formation1 June 1886 (136 years ago) (1886-06-01)
FounderLala Lajpat Rai
TypePrivate
HeadquartersNew 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
AffiliationsCBSE, ICSE, other regional boards and Arya Samaj
Employees
100000+
Websitewww.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 Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati. Full Form of DAV is Dayanand Anglo Vedic. The Dayanand Anglo-Vedic education system also comprises colleges offering graduate and post-graduate degrees in areas of study all over India.

Founded in 1886 in Lahore, these schools are run by the Dayanand Anglo-Vedic College Trust and Management Society, also commonly known as the Dayanand Anglo-Vedic Education Society.[3][4][5] It holds the record for producing the largest number of CBSE (class Xth and XIIth) toppers as a single institution in the last 10 years.[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 (ASSOCHAM) 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[edit]

Lala Lajpat Rai was the founder of the national D.A.V. College Managing Committee.[8] 1885 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.

University[edit]

Colleges[edit]

There are more than 75 colleges across India for graduate and post-graduate programmes.[11]

Professional colleges[edit]

Under DAV[12]

Aided schools[edit]

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 state (Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, New Delhi, Orissa and Punjab) and the Chandigarh union territory governments.[13]

Unaided schools[edit]

There are more than 800 Not-for-profit Charitable trust run unaided DAV schools across India and several other countries for studies up to the higher secondary level.[14] In India, they are more in the states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Odisha. [15]

DAV institutes outside India[edit]

Colleges[edit]

Schools[edit]

Related educational institutes[edit]

These Arya Samaj educational institutes are not under the DAV College Managing Committee.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 August 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Introduction". davuniversity.org. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  3. ^ Gurukula Patrika, April–July, 1940-41, Ank 10, (12 June 1940), P.1
  4. ^ Madalsa Ujjwal, 2008, "Manish Negi Life and Ideas", Book Treasure Publications, Jodhpur, PP.96-97
  5. ^ Gunjun H. Shakshi, 1971, "Social and Humanistic Life in India", Abhinav Publications, Delhi, PP.122-124.
  6. ^ "Archives". Nehru Memorial Museum & Library. Archived from the original on 3 May 2011.
  7. ^ "Assocham honour 40 institutions for its contribution to Education". 17 April 2013.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "DAV University, Jalandhar". davuniversity.org. Archived from the original on 19 June 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
  10. ^ Khattar approves DAV Women's University.
  11. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. ^ "DAV professional colleges". Archived from the original on 21 September 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  13. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 June 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  14. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. ^ "DAV Schools". davcmc.net.in. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
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  17. ^ "DAV College-Morc. St Andre". aryasabhamauritius.mu. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  18. ^ "Dr. Juroo Seegobin DAV College - Port Louis". aryasabhamauritius.mu. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  19. ^ "D.A.V. Hindi School". davschool.edu.sg.
  20. ^ Nepal, DAV School. "DAV Sushil Kedia Vishwa Bharati Higher Secondary School". davnepal.com.
  21. ^ [2]Archived 2014-02-22 at the Wayback Machine
  22. ^ "Arya Samaj (Vedic Mission) West Midlands". www.arya-samaj.org.
  23. ^ "DAV Montessori & Elementary School". DAV Montessori & Elementary School. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019.