# 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 (DAV) education system also comprises colleges offering graduates and post-graduates degrees in various areas of study all over India.
Founded in 1886 in Lahore, British India (now Pakistan), 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). 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.
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 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.

## History

Mahatma Hansraj was the founder of the national D.A.V. College Managing Committee. In 1899 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, 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.
| 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 | Sain Dass | 1932 |
| 8 | Rai Bahadur Mukund Lal Puri | 1933 - 1935 |
| 9 | Chief Justice (Dr.) Mehr Chand Mahajan | 1936 - 1939 |
| 10 | Dewan Chand | 1940 - 1943 |
| 11 | Mehr Chand | 1945 - 1949 |
| 12 | Lala Balraj | 1950 - 1953 |
| 13 | 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 | Ved Vyasa | 1981 - 1991 |
| 18 | Babu Darbari Lal | 1995 |
| 19 | T. R. Tuli | 1997 - 2000 |
| 20 | G. P. Chopra | 2000 - 2011 |
| 21 | Dr. Punam Suri | 2011–present |

## University

* DAV University, Jalandhar
* DAV Women's University, Yamunanagar

## Colleges

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

### Professional colleges

Under DAV
* University of Delhi
** PGDAV College, Delhi
** Hansraj College, Delhi
* University of Mumbai
** Ramanand Arya DAV College, Mumbai
* 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

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.

## 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

* Fiji
** DAV College, Ba, Ba
** DAV College, Suva, Nabua, Suva
* Mauritius
** D.A.V. College, Saint André
** Dr. Jugroo Seegobin D.A.V. College, Port Louis

### Schools

* Singapore
** D.A.V. Hindi School at Singapore Arya Samaj temple, Syed Alwi Road, Little India
* Nepal
** DAV Sushil Kedia Vishwa Bharati Higher Secondary, Kathmandu, Nepal
** D.A.V. Dedraj Sewal Devi Todi Higher Secondary School, Biratnagar
* United Kingdom
** Dayanand Anglo Vedic Primary School, Birmingham
* United States of America
** DAV Montessori School, Houston

## Related educational institutes

These Arya Samaj educational institutes are not under the DAV College Managing Committee.
* Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya
* GNA University
* Dayanand Industrial Training Institute Katra Sher Singh, Amritsar, Punjab
* Dayanand Model High School, Shakti Nagar, Amritsar, Punjab