D.A.V. College Managing Committee

The D.A.V. College Managing Committee, familiarly known as DAVCMC is a non-governmental educational organisation in India and overseas with over 800+ schools,^[2] 75+ colleges and a university. It is based on the ideals of the religious and social reformer, Swami Dayanand Saraswati. The Dayand Anglo-Vedic education system also comprises colleges offering graduate and post-graduate degrees in various areas of study all over India.

Founded in 1886 in Lahore by the efforts of Mahatma Hansraj. These schools are run by the Dayanand Anglo-Vedic College Trust and Management Society, also commonly known as the Dayanand Anglo-Vedic Education Society. 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. 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.^[3]

English is the primary language of instruction, with students also receiving compulsory education in Hindi and Sanskrit or a regional language. Presently, 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 land with an annual budget of more than INR ₹2 billion. It employs 50,000+ people and educates more than 20 lakh students every year.

University

• DAV University^[4]

Colleges

There are over 75+ colleges across the country for graduate and post-graduate programmes.^[5]

Aided Schools

There are over 62 aided schools across the country which are being run by DAVCMC in co-operation with various state and the union government.^[6]

Schools

There are around 800+ schools across the nation for studies up to higher secondary level.^[7]

Alumni

Freedom fighters like Sardar Bhagat Singh have been students of DAV.

D.A.V. Colleges Outside India

• DAV College, Ba, Ba (town), Fiji
• DAV College, Suva, Nabua, Suva, Fiji^[8]
• Dr. Jugroo Seegobin D.A.V. College, Port Louis, Mauritius^[9]
• D.A.V. College Saint André, Mauritius^[10]
• DAV Sushil Kedia Vishwa Bharati Higher Secondary, Kathmandu, Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal^[11]
• D.A.V. Dedraj Sewal Devi Todi Higher Secondary School, Biratnagar, Nepal^[12]
• D.A.V. Hindi School, Singapore at Syed Alwi Road, Little India, Singapore^[13]

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