Delhi Public School Society
The Delhi Public School Society (DPS) is a large group of private schools in India. The descriptor "public school" references the model of the long-established English public school.
| Delhi Public School Society | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Information | |
| School type | Private |
| Motto | "Service before self" |
| Established | 1949 |
| Chairman | Vaishnavi Atri |
| Key people | B.K. Chaturvedi, Namita Pradhan |
| Mascot | Torch |
| Affiliations | CBSE |
| Website | dpsfamily |
The Delhi Public School Society is the administrative authority for all its institutions in India and abroad. It is located on delhi meerut highway.[1]
History
The first school connected to the Delhi Public School Mathura Road was established in 1949.The foundation stone of the school building was laid in 1956 by Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, the then Vice President of India.[2]
Accreditation
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) provides the accreditation for all schools within this society except for DPS New Town, Kolkata; DPS Mega City, Kolkata; and DPS International, Singapore. DPS International, Saket, New Delhi, is affiliated with IGCSE,[3] while DPS New Town, Kolkatta; DPS Mega City, Kolkatta; and DPS International, Singapore, are all affiliated with the ICSE (Indian Certificate of Secondary Education).
Schools
Notable alumni
Academia and business
- Harsh Chitale – CEO, HCL Infosystems
- Rahul Arora – CEO at SR motors
- Priyamvada Natarajan – professor in the Astronomy and Physics Department of Yale University
- Raghuram Rajan - former Governor of Reserve Bank of India, Distinguished Service Professor at University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Government and bureaucracy
- Raghuram Rajan – 23rd Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
- Pravesh Verma – member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly for Mehrauli
- Vinod Khanna -was the MP from the Gurdaspur constituency between 1998–2009 and 2014–2017. In July 2002, Khanna became the minister for Culture and Tourism in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee cabinet. Six months later, he became the Minister of State for external affairs.
TV and print media
- Ambika Anand – anchor, NDTV
- Ankit Fadia – bestselling author and host of MTV What the Hack[4]
- Mayank Shekhar – journalist and film critic
- Paaras Zutshi – winner of the reality show Superdude on UTV Bindass
- Shariq Us Sabah – best-selling author
Film industry
- Ipsita Pati – Bollywood actress
- Kriti Sanon – Bollywood actress and model[5]
- Randeep Hooda – Bollywood actor
- Indrani Dasgupta – Bollywood actor and model[6]
- Shilpa Shukla – Bollywood actress, known for her work in the Indian Parallel Cinema
- Vinod Khanna-was an Indian actor, film producer and politician. He was the recipient of two Filmfare awards
Sports
- Unmukt Chand – professional cricketer
- Jayant Yadav – professional cricketer
- Yuki Bhambri – professional tennis player
You Tube
- Ajey Nagar - popular You Tuber known as "CarryMinati" owner of India's most subscribed You Tube Channel-CarryMinati
and CarryIsLive
Controversy
The Delhi Public School, R.K. Puram, courted controversy when a sexually explicit video involving two of its class XI students went viral in 1999.[7]
References
- , www.dpsfamily.org, accessed 16 May 2011
- Ajay Kumar Sharma. A History of Educational Institutions in Delhi. Sanbun Publishers. pp. 286–. ISBN 978-93-80213-14-9.
- "Delhi Public School Society - Accredition". DPS Society. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- "Catch the MTV Youth Icons". mid-day.com.
- "Mahesh Babu and Kriti Sanon in 1 Nenokkadine". gallery.oneindia.in.
- "Joyride on the ramp". The Hindu. 9 October 2003. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
- "Scandal in school shakes up Delhi". The Telegraph. 26 November 2004. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
