D.A.V. College Managing Committee


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 education system also comprises colleges offering graduate and post-graduate degrees in various disciplines all over India.
Founded in 1886 in Lahore, British India, these schools are run by the Dayanand Anglo-Vedic College Trust and Management Society, also commonly known as the Dayanand Anglo-Vedic Education Society. 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, 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.
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History

Mahatma Hansraj was the founder of the national D.A.V. College Managing Committee. 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.
NoNameTerm
1Rai Bahadur Lal Chand1886 – 1894
2Bhagat Ishwar Dass1895 – 1896
Rai Bahadur Lal Chand1896 – 1899
Bhagat Ishwar Dass1900 – 1902
Rai Bahadur Lal Chand1901 – 1902
Bhagat Ishwar Dass1903 – 1906
3Lala Dwarka Dass1907 – 1909
4Mahatma Hansraj1912 – 1918
5Rai Bahadur Durga Dass1919 – 1923
6Dr Bakshi Sir Tek Chand1924 – 1930
Mahatma Hansraj1931
7Sain Dass1932
8Rai Bahadur Mukund Lal Puri1933 – 1935
9Chief Justice (Dr.) Mehr Chand Mahajan1936 – 1939
10Dewan Chand1940 – 1943
11Mehr Chand1945 – 1949
12Lala Balraj1950 – 1953
13Nand Lal1954
Chief Justice (Dr.) Mehr Chand Mahajan1955 – 1964
14Dr. G. L. Dutta1965 – 1971
15Justice J. L. Kapur1972 – 1974
16Suraj Bhan1975 – 1980
17Ved Vyasa1981 – 1991
18Babu Darbari Lal1995
19T. R. Tuli1997 – 2000
20G. P. Chopra2000 – 2011
21Dr. Punam Suri2011 – present

University

Colleges

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

Professional colleges

Under DAV

Aided schools

There are over 62 government-aided DAV schools across the country which are run by DAVCMC in co-operation with six states 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

Schools

Related educational institutes

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