Delhi Public School, Mathura Road
Delhi Public School situated on Mathura Road in New Delhi, India, is a private co-educational day and boarding school with 6500+ students. It is run by the Delhi Public School Society and is a member of the Indian Public School Conference. The school was founded in 1949 and was the first Delhi Public School. In 2019 the school completed its 70 years. The school's first principal was J.D Tytler in 1949. The foundation stone of the school building was laid in 1956 by S. Radhakrishnan, the then Vice President of India.
Education system
The school follows the Central Board of Secondary Education system.
In 2007 it was rated as the third 'most respected secondary school' in India in a survey conducted by the Indian Market Research Bureau (IMRB) for the Deccan Herald newspaper.[2]
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Notable alumni
Arts and entertainment
- Kabir Bedi, actor [citation needed]
- Shibani Kashyap, singer
- Hasleen Kaur, Miss India, model and actress
- Vinod Khanna, actor[3]
- Radhika Madan, actress
- Mini Mathur, actress
- Shriya Saran, actress
- Mallika Sherawat (aka Reema Lamba) [citation needed]
Business
- Naveen Jindal: Jindal Group of Companies
Writers and fashion
- Anurag Anand, author
- Rohit Bal, fashion designer [citation needed]
- Anuja Chauhan, writer
National/political leaders
- Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman of the Indian Planning Commission, Planning Commission chairman of the Y2K Action Force[4]
- Salman Khurshid, Union corporate affairs minister, politician, lawyer and writer [citation needed]
- Raveesh Kumar, IFS officer currently serving as the Indian Ambassador to Finland and Estonia. Formerly the Official Spokesperson for the Ministry of External Affairs.[citation needed]
Sports
- Yuki Bhambri, tennis player
- Pawan Negi, cricketer
References
- ^ "DPS Mathuraroad".
- ^ Delhi Public School most respected school in India: Survey Deccan Herald, 18 August 2007. Archived 14 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine accessed 14 October 2008
- ^ "15 Facts About Delhi Public School You Did Not Know". topyaps.com. Archived from the original on 10 April 2015.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Rediff On The Net, Infotech: Govt units to spend adequately on Y2K compliance". Rediff.com. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
External links
- dpsmathuraroad
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