The DAV College Managing Committee (DAV CMC) as a cultural and administrative monolith happens to be the biggest stake-holder in academic management in India. Over the years, this nodal organization has played a stellar role in rejuvenating the Indian society intellectually, emotionally and spiritually.

THE GENESIS

DAV History

The emergence of DAV ideology in the year 1884-85 underlines a water-shed moment in the cultural annals of India. As the British noose tightened around our cultural and social values, the entire Indian society lay confused and rudderless. It was Maharishi Dayanand, the great pathmaker of modern India, who gave a wake-up call to Indians to fight against the forces of ignorance and cultural stasis by “Going back to Vedas”.

THE FOUNDATION

Institutionalization of DAV

The first solid step taken to realize the dream and the vision of Maharishi Dayanand was the institutionalization of a socio-cultural organization befittingly named and registered as DAV College Trust and Management Society in 1886. Thus heralded the dawn of the DAV movement, which continues to pursue relentlessly its mission to usher in national awakening and cultural resurrection through the medium of a progressive and value-based educational model. This model has the acronym of DAV as its mascot: D stands for Dayanand, A for Anglo and V for Vedic. Thus the DAV model envisages an eclectic system of education which strives to temper the synergy of Vedic heritage with the Anglo-western scientific outlook.

THE LEGACY

DAV Role Models

The DAV Trust and Management Society founded its first DAV School at Lahore in 1886 with Lala Hans Raj (later venerated as Mahatma Hans Raj Ji) as its honorary HeadMaster. A great academic, social and cultural role-model, it was Mahatma Hans Raj who almost martyred himself to give true direction, definition and identity to the DAV movement.

THE RESURGENCE

Carrying the Baton on

Thus started the movement, which right from the beginning was led by missionaries, visionaries, nationalistic and other like-minded savants. They virtually became the linch-pins of DAV umbrella. As the times rolled on, there emerged new needs, new challenges and new decisions in tandem with the changing scenario. The DAV Movement continued to surge ahead with might and main under the dynamic and motivating captaincy of Sh Mehr Chand, Lala Balraj, Justice Mehar Chand Mahajan, Dr G L Dutta, Lala Suraj Bhan, Prof Ved Vyas, Sh Darbari Lal and Sh T R Tuli. It was their missionary consciousness that fostered the growth of many more institutions across the country.

Fortunately enough, the DAV movement is presently being led from the front by Sh. G.P. Chopra (Padamshree) who has the poise and the dignity of an icon. A man with enormous networking ability, clout and charisma, he has brought in a rare sensitivity and propriety to his position.

THE DAV COLLEGE MANAGING COMMITTEE

Status & Constitution

The DAV College Managing Committee is the Executive Body of the DAV Trust and Management Society. It conducts the day today affairs of the Society and controls the administration of all the DAV institutions in the country and abroad. With an annual budget around 800 crores, the DAV CMC is also empowered to chalk out all the policies, plans and programmes regarding the academic and financial affairs of the DAV institutions.

Headquartered in Delhi, its democratically elected hierarchy has the President at the top of the administrative pyramid. To help President run and manage this huge and gigantic organization is a galaxy of Vice Presidents, General Secretary, Secretaries, Hony. Treasures, Advisors, Directors, Regional Directors apart from a band of luminaries which include eminent lawyers, managers/business tycoons, medical educationist and super specialists in various medical fields of national and international repute, administrators, journalists, academicians, statesmen, social workers, educrats, technocrats, edupreneurs, bureaucrats, army stalwarts, justice and chief justice from the field of judiciary and cyber-savvy performers. This enviable gallery of achievers unfolds an extensive pool of knowledge and experience which is well-versed in the dynamics of facilitative and participative management. The DAV office-bearers work ex gratis and do not accept any salary, or favour in cash or kind.

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

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THE DAV MISSION

The Route to Roots

Ø                  To develop a generation of individuals which is morally upright, intellectually well-informed, socially concerned, emotionally balanced, physically well-developed and culturally conscious;

Ø                  To provide a wide range of holistic education to the budding youth by homogenizing the western knowledge while remaining anchored to our cultural moorings;

Ø                  To act as a catalyst of change by spreading education, and by dismantling the cobwebs of ignorance and illiteracy;

Ø                  To stimulate a scientific temper among the people by crusading against the shibboleths of superstitions and out-dated customs like child marriage, caste system, female foeticide, femicide, giving and taking of dowry, gender bias, regionalism, parochialism etc;

Ø                  To produce and nurture creative and resourceful individuals who think big, think fast and think ahead, who care for the nation and the weaker sections of society, and are imbued with humanistic passions and values; and

Ø                  To sensitize the people regarding the social welfare, and to use technology for the betterment of the down-trodden.

THE VISION

Dreaming Beyond

The DAVs have clear-cut vision to

Ø                  Continue expanding and exploring, locally and globally;

Ø                  Keep carrying on the huge sacrosanct legacy;

Ø                  Strengthen its position as a knowledge leader and content provider;

Ø                  Export the DAV system onto new technological platforms;

Ø                  Build a performance culture of proactive decision-making; and

Ø                  Stragegise to become a global epicenter of knowledge, culture, skills, technology, research and service.

Ø                  Empowerment of Women through education.

LARGEST NETWORK OF INSTITUTIONS

The Hub and the Spokes

The DAV College Trust and Management Society today has the proud privilege of being one of the largest non-government organizations in India. It covers almost the entire gamut of educational activity in the country. The society is running & managing about 800 educational institutions throughout the length & breadth of India. They include:

MEDICAL & PARA-MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS

Ø                  Dayanand Ayurvedic College and Hospital, Jalandhar, the first ever Ayurvedic college in the world established in 1894 at Lahore later shifted to Jalandhar at 1951.

Ø                  DAV Pharmacy, Jalandhar

Ø                  MN DAV Dental College & Hospital, Solan, H.P.;

Ø                  J.N. Kapoor Dental College, Yamuna Nagar, Haryana;

Ø                  Maharishi Dayanand Maternity Hospital, Yamuna Nagar, Haryana

Ø                  MHR DAV Institute of Nursing & Hospital, Jalandhar;

Ø                  DAV Edwardganj Hospital, Malout;

Ø                  DAV Institute of Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation, Jalandhar;

Ø                  TDTR DAV Institute of Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation, Yamuna Nagar;

MEDICAL & PARA-MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS

A glimpse of activities

            Cardio-pulmonary Physiotherapy                       Microwave Diathermy for Tennis Elbow

            Physiology Laboratory                                             Practical Demonstration Class

                        Physiology Lab                                                           Lung Function tests

PROFESSIONAL COLLEGES

Ø                  A chain of technical institutions including Mehar Chand Polytechnic Jalandhar and ITI  Amritsar, Jalandhar and Bhansi;

Ø                  DAV Institute of Management, Faridabad.

Ø                  DAV Institute of Hotel Management & Catering Technology, Kartarpur, Punjab & Mumbai

ARTS/SCIENCE COLLEGES

Ø                  70 colleges of Higher Education;

COLLEGES OF EDUCATION

Ø                  9 Colleges of Education;

LAW COLLEGE

Ø                  Damani Gopalbai Bhairuratan Dayanand Law College, Solapur

COLLEGE OF COMMERCE

Ø                  DAV Velankar College of Commerce, Solapur

ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTES

Ø                  Colleges of Engineering and Technology at Jalandhar (Punjab), Kanina (Haryana) and Daltonganj (Jharkhand), Pehowa (Haryana);

Ø                  DAV Engineering-cum-Management College, NCL, Dudhichua, Jharkhand;

Ø                  DAV Institute of Bio-Tech & Genomics at Dera Bassi;

AGRICULTURE COLLEGE

Ø                  DAV Agriculture College, Ajmer, Rajasthan

VEDIC INSTITUTES

Ø                  Dayanand Brahm Mahavidyalaya, Hisar (imparts the teaching from the Vedas and the Upanishads);

Ø                  Vishvesharananda Vedic Research Institute, Hoshiarpur.

Ø                  DAV Institute of Vedic Sanskriti, Pune

PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Ø                  As many as 520 Public Schools;

GOVT. AIDED SCHOOL

Ø                  Aided Schools;

Besides the above institutions, the Society also guides and manages the DAV Education Board which manages the curriculum, testing and evaluation of the non-Board classes. Likewise, the Directorate of Projects Planning and Inservice Training goes a long way in honing and toning the skills and knowledge of teachers and other functionaries from time to time. The Arya Vidya Sabha is another apex body, which performs the significant function of instilling Vedic values among the youth besides organizing MHR Aryan Youth Festivals, and Sports Tournaments at local, zonal, inter-zonal and national level.

SETTING ACADEMIC SIGNPOSTS

Enabling Success

The DAV CMC is an organization that feels & dreams, think & delivers. It provides very supportive, stimulating and transparent atmosphere to its affiliates which have created high benchmarks in academics, in sports, in extra activities, in teaching/learning/evaluation, in infrastructural growth, in social interfacing, in human resource, in research and development etc. It provides conditions where you learn, grow, interact and discover new opportunities. A large number of DAV institutions have been ranked at the top-most notches by accreditation and assessment agencies like NAAC (UGC), NBA(AICTE), ISO, NCTE, as also by other independent authorities:

Ø                  Hansraj Mahila Mahavidyalaya at Jalandhar, and BBK DAV College for Women at Amritsar have been awarded A+ by NAAC, as also declared institutions with “Potential for Excellence”

Ø                  DAV College for Boys, Amritsar , DAV College , Chandigarh , and Sohan Lal DAV College of Education at Ambala too have been awarded A+ by NAAC. Sohan Lal DAV College is flexing its muscles to become a Deemed University.

Ø                  INDIA TODAY, in its recent survey, has kept Hansraj College, Delhi has been rated one of the top 10 colleges in India.

Ø                  INDIA TODAY, in its recent survey, has kept DAV College, Chandigarh among the Top Ten Colleges of India with the quality of faculty as a variable parameter.

Ø                  DAV Institute of Engg and Tech at Jalandhar has been officially declared as an institution with 100% placement record.

Public/Model Schools

DAV Public Schools are functioning with a progressive outlook and a holistic approach to reach the remotest corner of India. The students, teachers and Principals have been receiving accolades for their performance at the National and International levels.

·                    DAV principals have been conferred the National/State Awards for the outstanding achievements/ contribution in the field of education every year.

·                    Principals and Teachers have received National awards of Excellence for computer teaching/learning.

·                    A large number of DAV schools have already been awarded 1SO-certification.

·                    Every year our students perform exceptionally high in the CBSE Board examinations both at Secondary as well as Sr. Secondary levels. DAV students have been continuing the tradition of topping the CBSE Board exams in the Secondary and Senior Secondary level. Thousands of them receive CBSE merit certificates every year. 2558 students have secured above 90% marks in CBSE X class exam and 552 students have secured above 90% marks in CBSE XII class exam in 2007.

·                    Our students have emerged winners in National Creativity Olympiad, National Biology Olympiad, National Mathematics Olympiad as well as various sports like tennis, archery, swimming, skating, chess, cricket at the National/ International levels.

·                    Our students have also been awarded in the field of Innovations and Scientific Inventions by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, Intel Science Exhibition, International Science and Engineering Fair, USA.

DAV AS A UNIQUE BRAND

Alive and kicking

The DAV now is not mere a name but a domain and an academic brand. And this brand is not a commercial venture but a service provider: It has always taken academics as a matter of culture rather than a product to be consumed.

It has a genuine identity and panache, longevity and experience, history & heritage. It is an attitude and a way of life people identify with, and have trust in. By judiciously capitalizing on skills and experiences gathered over the years, it has an unenviable portfolio of academic programmes.

Presently, it is running under its wings about 800 institutions of different shades and hues touching disciplines and domains like Humanities, Commerce, Fundamental Sciences, Biotechnology, Media, Video Production, Management, IT, Medicine, Dental Sciences, Engineering, Technology, Communication, Nursing, Hospital Management, Air Services etc.

CREATING DAV DIASPORA

Crafting a Global Niche

DAV has a big knowledge-export quotient and a far-flung diaspora. Riding on the roller-coaster of success and intellectual bandwidth, it is enhancing its global footprint from Los Angeles to Singapore, from Jeddah to Colombo. Nearer home, efforts are under way to open Professional University of Management Studies at Pune and at Jalandhar.

THE DAV ALUMNI

Hall of Fame

A goldmine of career opportunities, the DAV has proved a launching pad for many careers by producing hundreds of professionals, celebrities, icons and role-models who have conquered the world in their respective spheres. Some of the most distinguished alumni are:-

1.                  Vice Presidents of India – Sh. Bhairon Singh Shekhawat,  late Sh. Krishan Kant;

2.                  Prime-Ministers of India – Sh. Manmohan Singh, Sh Atal Bihari Vajpayee  and  Sh. I.K. Gujral;

3.                  Medical & Para-medical: Dr. H.S. Sahoota – Cardiologist Honoured by George Bush, President of USA, Dr. K.K. Talwar (Padam Vibhushan) Director PGI, Chandigarh, Dr. P. Lal (Padma Vibhushan)

4.                  Assignments in Foreign Countries: Ms. Kalpana Chawla, First Indian Woman to fly in space, Lord Swaraj Paul – Member of House of Lords, UK, His Excellency Mr. N.P. Neewoor – Permanent Representative of Mauritius Mission in the United Nations, Sh. Anil Bachu, Minister of Public Information, Land, Transport and Shipping, Govt. of Mauritius, Sh. Dharam Fakir, Minister of Labour, Govt. of Mauritius, Mrs. Sarla Garewal, former ambassador of India in Russia

5.                  Nobel Laureate– Dr. Hargobind Khurana

6.                  Defence Services – General (Retd.) V.P. Malik, Air Chief Marshal (Retd.) O.P. Mehra.

7.                  Judiciary – Justice M.M. Punchhi – Former Chief Justice, Supreme Court of India,

8.                  Performing Artists – Sh. Shah Rukh Khan – Actor, late Sh. Sunil Dutt –  Actor,  Sh. Jaspal Bhatti – Actor, Ms. Mita Vashishth – Actress, Sh. Jagjit Singh – A renowned Gajal maestro, Sh Hans Raj Hans, Sh Narender Chanchal, Sh. Sukhwinder Singh – Renowned Singers

9.                  Sports persons – Sh. Kapil Dev, Sh. Mohinder Singh Dhoni, Sh. Mohinder Amarnath, Sh. Chetan Chauhan, Sh. Manoj Prabhakar, Sh. Yuvraj Singh, Sh. Dinesh Mongia – Cricket, Sh. Balbir Singh (Sr.), Sh. Vinod Kumar, S. Rajinder Singh – Hockey Olympians, Sh. Chiranjiv Milkha Singh – The  best  Golfer  in  Asia  and  Ms. Manjit Kaur–Gold Medallist, Asian Athletics Championship–South Korea,2005.

BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS

Cross-pollinating with Minds

Being an upwardly mobile organization, the DAV CMC has developed new chemistry in liaising with globally respected IT leaders, management institutes and corporate houses in India and abroad for broadening its global reach and footprint in various sun-rise areas like Management, Bio-technology, Hospitality, Bio-informatics, Genomics, Media, IT, Air Services, Communication etc. It is also sharing consultancy skills with many of them. Many DAV institutes have guest and adjunct faculty drawn from academia, industry and corporate world. It is already having long-ranging MoUs for planning, executing and supervising academic programmes with almost 115 corporates, business houses and financial conglomerates like Ambanis, Ambujas, ACC, BBMB, Adani, Larsen and Tubero, Tata Steel, NTPC, Indian Oil Corporation, Reserve Bank of India etc.

INTERFACING WITH MILIEU

Social Engineering

For the DAVs, the education is a matter of culture, nation building and freedom. For them, academic arena is not a bazaar where products are sold like foodstuffs, cars and clothings. As a carrier of certain core values, DAVs are out to plug the holes in the moral ozone of society. They are out to work for value education by sensitizing the students and the society at large for uprooting different kinds of social maladies, and by getting them anchored to our moral and cultural moorings. Thriving on social capital, they have rose like one body to help the earthquake victims in Kohat, Kashmir and Bhuj, Tsunami victims in Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry. They are running a number of orphanages, service schools, old-age houses, infirmaries and reformatories besides sensitizing the people with lot many Awareness Camps (Chetna Shivirs) organized in various institutes under the aegis of Arya Pradeshik Pratinidhi Sabha, New Delhi.

CHANGING LANES

Chanting the IT Mantra

In an age of sky colleges, net universities and virtual paathshalas, DAVs are not resting on their laurels. Recognizing the huge media explosion in the wake of ICT revolution, the DAV CMC is all geared up to ride the crest of e-revolution by diversifying its ventures to new technologies, platforms and domains.  Its schools and colleges are building enormous e-infrastructure and e-expertise. The delivery techniques are moving from the formal to the informal, from the analogue to the digital, and from the terrestrial to the satellite mode. Every institute is re-inventing itself to be the site of the burgeoning e-revolution.

AND THE MARCH CONTINUES….

Logging onto the Future

The chips are drawn and the dye is already cast. DAV is destined to become an electronic oracle and a knowledge-web of the whole world. A strategic brainstorming is already in session to build up centrally-located technical logistics for controlling and commanding the digital revolution and its ripple-effects to the DAV institutions all over India. These logistics are proposed to work under the DAV Media Centre likely to be located in Delhi. Efforts are already on for creating a Knowledge Park (somewhere in Jalandhar) as a repository of components, frame-works and solutions. DAVs have already started working to ride the bandwagon of online/offline education facilitated by broadband revolution, sure connectivity, and everywhere accessibility. The Edusat and the ETV experiments have already been tried and tested at some DAV pockets. E-governance, Tele-Video Conferencing, Mobile Learning and Netphone teaching are becoming favourite platforms in the mainstreams DAV institutes. All this is the tip of the iceberg. We at DAV are in for more dramatic experiences and exposures.

The DAV have really taken marathon strides by moving from a wooden takhti in a gurukul to a slate to a blackboard to an electronic White Board, and now to a digital wi-fi SchoolPad.

The journey goes on ………………….. ……………