Delhi Public School Society

Delhi Public School
Service Before Self
Location
India
Information
School type	Public
Established	1949
Founder	Anant Barjatiya
Chairman	Pramay Barjatiya
Faculty	Fulltime
Mascot	Torch
Affiliations	CBSE
Website	http://www.dpsfamily.org

Delhi Public School Society is one of the largest institutions providing education at school level in India. It has a large number of schools under aegis across India and abroad. The Delhi Public School Society, a non-profit body, is the administrative authority for all the institutions under the banner. Most of the Delhi Public Schools are also affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in New Delhi.^[1].

There are over 150 Delhi Public Schools in India with the largest schools located at Jaipur , Dhanbad, Bokaro, Bhopal, Bathinda, Rama Krishna Puram, Mathura Road, Ahmedabad, Patna, Bhagalpur, Ranchi, Noida, (Gandhidham, Gujarat)Ghaziabad, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Dehradun, Faridabad, Dwarka, and Vasant Kunj. Outside India there are 13 Delhi Public Schools in 10 different countries: United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Indonesia, Kuwait, Nepal (Birgunj, Dharan and Biratnagar), Qatar, Saudi Arabia (Jeddah and Riyadh), Singapore, Uganda (Kampala) and Ghana (Accra).^[2]

Delhi Public School, Mathura Road, founded in 1949 was the first Delhi Public School. It was founded by educationist Reverend James Douglas Tytler.^[3] It was followed in 1972 by Delhi Public School, R K Puram, which is widely recognized as the flagship DPS of the Society.

List of institutions

DPS, Agra

DPS, Vasundhara, Ghaziabad

Main article: DPS, Vasundhara, Ghaziabad

DPS Ghaziabad school follows standard NCERT syllabus for senior and senior secondary grades. Besides standard studies and regular examinations, DPSGV conducts many competitive outside examinations like ASSET, IAIS (conducted by the University of South Wales) and Olympiads (Science, Maths, Physics, Bio-tech, Cyber, Informatics). Students also sit for examinations like NTSE and KVPY.

DPS Ghaziabad has a fairly consistent result record in the board examinations as well as in competitive examinations like IIT-JEE, AIEEE, BITSAT, AIPMT, etc. They have free access to Internet, well-equipped computer/physics/chemistry and biology/bio-technology laboratories, career resource cell and a well-stocked library with provision for an e-library for optimum learning.

DPS, Vindhyanagar

The foundations of Delhi Public School, Vindhyanagar were laid in 1986 in collaboration with the public sector enterprise NTPC Ltd. It is a non-residential co-educational institution located in the NTPC township of Vindhyanagar in Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh. The strength of the school is around 2200 students and 120 teaching and non-teaching staff. The current Head of the Institution is Principal Dr. J. Pandey, who has been in office since July 2011.

Despite being located in a remote setting, the school has always been an example in quality education and personality development. The students set benchmarks in a variety of spheres of education. DPS VIndhyanagar students have consistently produced high ranks in competitive examinations and in CBSE Board examinations. The institution is also a center for co-curricular excellence.

DPS, Bahadurgarh

Established in 2007, located in Bahadurgarh, Haryana.

DPS, Garhpar

DPS operates on the franchise model. There are three DPS schools in Garhpar - DPS North, DPS South and DPS East. They are owned mostly by the family of its founder, a leading politician.

All three branches are built in the rural outskirts away from the pollution and sound of cities. It has won the international school award from the British Education Council and has international exchanges with other schools in Germany etc. A peace connect program has been established with Roots Internaional in Islamabad, Pakistan.

One new DPS school at Whitefield, Garhpar, starts in 2011. It will be run by a different trust (not by the existing (DPS North, DPS South and DPS East) management, but it belongs to DPS family Delhi. Link: http://www.dpsfamily.org/school-in-india5.html.

DPS, Bathinda

Main article: Delhi Public School, Bathinda

Established in 2003 at Goniana Road, Bathinda, in the state of Punjab, India.^[4] The founder principal was Dr.T C Williams.

DPS, Bilaspur

Main article: Delhi Public School, Bilaspur

Established in 2003 at Tifra Road, Bilaspur, in the state of Chattisgarh, India.^[5] The founder principal was Mr.S.K. Saxena.

DPS, Bhilai

The co-educational school was established in Bhilai on 20 August 1985^[6] in collaboration with the public sector undertaking, Bhilai Steel Plant (SAIL), which provided the land (16 acres) and assistance.

This school is one of the mother schools of the DPS Society, i.e. it was directly established by the Society and not franchised and Ranks number 1 in India. The school has produced IITians(including Shashank Shekhar Dwivedi AIR-1 in 2003), NTSE Scholars and CBSE Board examination state toppers.The principal of the school is Mr. M P Yadav. The Vice Principals are Mrs. Ranjana Yadav and Mr. Binod Kumar. The school has two buildings - DPS Maroda Sector, Primary School, and DPS Risali Sector, Secondary School.www.dpsbhilai.in

DPS, Bokaro

Main article: Delhi Public School, Bokaro

Established in 1987^[7] the school is primarily located in SEC-IV/C and occupies two campuses. DPS Junior Wing and DPS Senior Wing are located in SEC-Vand SEC-IV/C respectively. DPS Bokaro has produced good results in competitive exams such as IIT-JEE, AIEEE, AIIMS, CBSE-PMT and Manipal U-GET. The school is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). The motto of the school is Service before self.

DPS, Bhagalpur

A day-cum-residential school, established in 2006, spread over a campus of 27 acres (110,000 m²). The school houses about 1,500 students, and has a swimming pool, and a library with RFID tags. The school has produced a 100% result in the first board examinations taken by the students in 2009, with every student qualifying in the 1st Division. The school repeated the feat again the following year.

The school is administered by Dr. Rakesh Srivastava, who is the Principal of the school, under the guidance of Mr. Rajesh Kumar Srivastava, the Pro-Vice Chairman of the school.

DPS, Bhopal

Established on 3 July 2000, the school boasts a well maintained campus of more than 26 acres. The trend-setter of Public School Culture in Bhopal, the School has been crowned as the 'Dream School' by the Government of Madhya Pradesh.

A well equipped Sports Complex with lawn tennis courts, football field, swimming pool to national standard, cricket nets, skating rink, basketball courts and a horse riding arena familiarize students with various sports and are a training ground for the more than 250 talented National players that the school has produced.

A Boys' Hostel caters for the students residing here.

The campus has a Kidszone, comprising pre nursery and nursery play school allowing learning by play techniques.

Twitter Zone for classes I & II also enables them to learn by play and includes a large open area for assembly and activities, special art and craft room, activity rooms, air-conditioned auditorium and theme based class rooms, which promote a love for learning.

The prolific Utility Block houses modern Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Social Science, Language and Computer laboratories. It also accommodates operational Junior and Senior Open shelf Libraries for easy accessibility. Spacious and functional Dance & Music rooms, the Art& Craft room as well as rooms for co curricular activities hones young talent. The Utility Block branches into classrooms fitted with computers and televisions keeping to contemporary techniques.

The School has produced the best academic results in the city since its first batch of Class X.^{[citation needed]}

The school aims to develop the ability in the student to enable him to make the best use of his personality, surroundings and circumstances. The School has two goals which are mutually dependent: cultivation and development of the individual and the improvement of society.

The mission of the School is to foster in each pupil inner freedom and development towards self-initiated action acceptance of responsibility for one's own actions self-direction and intelligent decision making critical learning and evaluation acquisition of knowledge for resolution of problems intelligent and flexible adaptation to new situations creative utilization of experiential learning in adaptation to new situations effective cooperation with others self-motivation and a desire to work for one's own purposes belief that in solving the society's problems lies his own priority "Change does not necessarily assure progress, but progress implacably requires change. Education is essential to change, for education creates both new wants and the ability to satisfy them."

DPS, Damanjodi

Located in the hill-town of Damanjodi, the school was established in 1984. The Founder principal was Mr Ranjeev Taneja. It is a single-story school complex on about 60 acres (240,000 m²). The school has about 2,500 students and a staff of about 100. It provides education from Nursery to class XII. The school is a registered examination centre of the class X and XII CBSE Board Examinations.

DPS, Dhanbad

Main article: Delhi Public School, Dhanbad

Established in 1988 in collaboration with Bharat Coking Coal Limited. The school is located in India's Coal Capital Dhanbad.DPS Dhanbad has produced good results in competitive exams such as IIT-JEE, AIEEE etc. The school is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).44 students secured 10 CGPA in Class 10th boards of 2011.

DPS, Durg

The second Delhi Public School in the district Durg of Chhattisgarh.The school's principal is Ms. Perwin Rasheed and vice principal is Ms. Remani Thomas. The school is franchised by the DPS Society, Delhi. Sanjana Agarwal made it proud in 2009 by securing 96.4% in CBSE 10th.

DPS, Dwarka

DPS Dwarka - Main Academic Wing

Established in 1996 with the motto "Service Before Self", and run under the aegis of the Delhi Public School Society. The school is located in a landscaped campus area of 10 acres (40,000 m²) at Sector-III, Phase-I, Dwarka, New Delhi. The school is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education for classes from Nursery to XII. The school's Principal is Mrs. Sunita Tanwar.The school has facilities for cricket, football, basketball, tennis, badminton etc. Coaches train the students in these sports. The school provides opportunities for the students to develop their interests in public speaking, quizzing, environment awareness and conservation, dance, music, art, and taekwondo.

DPS, Digboi

At Digboi in Assam.

DPS, Dimapur

A co-educational, day cum residential school set up in an area of 18.3 acres at Darogapathar.

DPS, Farakka

A private co-educational day school located inside the NTPC TTS Township in Farakka, Murshidabad District of West Bengal, India. It is run by the Delhi Public School Society with funding from NTPC, Farakka.

It was the first DPS to have been established in the state of West Bengal, after being taken over by the DPS society in 1992 from Nabarun Point English Medium School. Mr Sunil Sinha Roy was the first Principal of the school, who along with the then General Manager of NTPC, FSTPP Mr. G.S.Sohal laid the foundation for this school. The school is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi and offers courses in Commerce and Science. It enrolls over 1,200 students. It imparts knowledge to students from LKG to Standard XII.

The school has a 2 acre campus at the far end of the township and is well connected to the nearby townships. The NTPC management provides school buses without any charges for all its employees' children. The Farakka Barrage Project management also provides buses for commuting likewise.

There is a basketball court and a large playground (where students play cricket and football). The playground is also used to host the annual sports competition and practices for the March Past ceremony held every year on Independence Day and Republic day.

The school inherited the Nabarun Point building in 1992, which is characterized by a large open section in the middle where daily morning assemblies are held apart from other functions during the Teacher’s day. There is an auditorium where all the inter house competitions are held.

The school divides all students among six houses, namely: Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Ganges, Sutlej and Yamuna. Each house has a House Captain and Vice Captain. There is a Head Boy and a Head Girl along with cultural secretaries and sports captains, who preside over the House Captains. Throughout the year, numerous inter-house competitions are organized and the houses are awarded points based on the results achieved by the students.

Representatives for the school in Inter-school events are selected based on how the students perform at the house-level. Apart from competitions, an art and craft exhibition is organized each year and usually inaugurated by a professor from the Government Art College, Kolkata.

DPS, Faridabad

A school located in Faridabad. It was founded on 10 July 1995. Faridabad covers an areas of 8 acres (32,000 m²). Today the school enrolls over 10,000 students as day scholars and hostelers. Its academic performance is 2nd inline after DPS R.K. Puram.

DPS, Bihar Sharif

Established in 2010 in Bihar Sharif, a city in Bihar.

DPS, Gachibowli

A school founded a decade ago amidst the new developing part of Hyderabad, DPS Gachibowli stands as one of the many prestigious schools of the city.

DPS, Greater Noida

It is one of the 11 schools, also known as 'Core Schools', under the direct management of the DPS Society. The school was established in 1996. The Founder principal was Mr Ranjeev Taneja who is presently the secretary of DPS Society. DPS Greater Noida is divided into three wings: junior, middle and senior school. Its facilities include computer labs, libraries, Science, Math, Social Science and English laboratories, soccer fields, basketball courts, tennis courts, badminton courts, a swimming pool and an auditorium. The Principal at present is Mrs.Renu Chaturvedi

DPS, Sushant Lok

Based in the heart of Gurgaon and spread across 5 acres of land in the midst of lush green surroundings, Delhi Public School, Sushant Lok has grown from strength to strength since the year of its inception. With 3,300 students today, many more children join the DPSSL family each year. Affiliated to the CBSE, the school truly upholds the ideals of a holistic education for students under the dynamic guidance of Principal Dr Ruchi Seth and the strong support of Pro-Vice Chairperson Ms Meenakshi Singh.http://www.dpssl.net

DPS, Guwahati

Established on 21 April 2003, is situated in Ahom Gaon near Balaji temple.The schools current principal is Mr. Anant Barjatiya D:\My Documents\Downloads\2009_0612SOHUM0002.JPG

DPS, Gwalior

Established in July 2006, it consists of three buildings for Juniors,Seniors and one activity building, one Multipurpose Hall. It has one football field, two basketball courts, one volleyball court, and facilities for horse riding. Inside the multipurpose hall, it has four table tennis tables, chess and other games. The principal is Mr. Sunil Bhalla.

DPS, Hapur,Uttar Pradesh

Established in 2004 at Preet Vihar, Delhi road in the Ghaziabad district of Uttar Pradesh. The school has 5020 students. The founder of the school was S.L. Dhawan who is a Padam Shree award winner and also the first principal of Delhi Public School, Noida. The school is affiliated to CBSE board, Delhi. The principal is Mr.k.k sharma .

The school has two wings- Junior and Senior wings and it also has an Open air theatre(OAT) for the school functions. It offers sports such as table tennis, lawn tennis, football, cricket, skating. The school provides transportation facilities to the nearby towns like Simbhaoli, Gulaothi, Pilakhwa, and Kharkhauda.

The school organizes a Winter Carnival every year in December or January.

It is situated 3 km away from Hapur.

DPS Harni

Established in April 2006. Mr. A. K. Sinha, the former Principal of DPS Vadodara, who was instrumental in setting up the school, has taken charge. Mr. A. K. Sinha has returned after a stint at Tokyo, Japan where he set up a CBSE school.

DPS Hyderabad/Secunderabad

A day school established in 2002. The school is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). The motto of the school is Service before Self. The principal of Delhi Public School Secunderabad is Ms.Shailaja Gopinath.

The Delhi Public School Society took shape in 1949, with the long march to independence over and a need for young educated citizens to take India into the future. Guided by the cause of pioneering quality education for India’s deserving young minds, the society embarked on establishing many a premier school across the country.

From the first school established in 1949 the DPS family has today grown to a movement of more than 120 schools within the country and abroad. And every single school bears the same mark of quality – be it in the high standards of education, infrastructure of the facilities provided to nurture the young mind

DPS, Indore

Established in July, 2003. The school has become one of the leading schools in Madhya Pradesh. The School Campus is spread over 21 acres of land with an attractive, uniquely designed building incorporating all modern facilities & amenities. The campus has natural, lush green surroundings with landscaped beautiful gardens and water bodies, to provide a conducive environment for the healthy growth of its students.

Considered as one of the most beautiful DPS campuses. http://www.dpsindore.org

DPS Indirapuram,Ghaziabad

DPS Indirapuram was started in April 2003 under the aegis of DPS Society, New Delhi. It started functioning with 500 students and 50 teachers. Now it has 5600 students and over 250 teachers. It has a lush green campus spread over about 8 acres (32,000 m²).

The school has a mini amphitheatre and a library with over 15,000 books. The Principal is Mrs. Meeta Rai.

DPS, Jodhpur

Established in 1998, the campus is built on 25 acres (100,000 m²) of land. The school is situated nearly 12–13 km from the city. The school compound is lush green and serves as an habitat for different types of flora and fauna.

DPS, Jaipur

Established in 2003 DPS Jaipur is one of the largest branches of DPS. The campus is located 15 km away from the city on20 acres (81,000 m²) of land.The academic performance of the school is the best in Jaipur

The Delhi Public School Jaipur has its one wing (Nursery to XII) in Bhankrota while another Primary wing (Nursery to V) is located in Vidyadhar Nagar. The school started with 197 students in the first year of admissions. Today the strength is 3000 students.

DPS, Kanpur

DPS (Delhi Public School) has schools in Kanpur. In 2009 the 5th branch of DPS DPS Barra opens in South Kanpur after the success of DPS Azad Nagar and DPS Kalyanpur. A unit of DPS Kids school in south Kanpur in Kidwai Nagar is operating. The DPS schools in Kanpur are:

• DPS, Sarvodaya Nagar (Junior Division of DPS Azaad Nagar)
• DPS, Kalyanpur (Delhi Public School Kalyanpur run by Superhouse foundation)
• DPS, Azad Nagar
• Kids DPS, Kidwai Nagar (Near Mikky House)
• DPS, Barra (Latest Branch)(Division of DPS, Azaad Nagar)
• DPS, K-Block, (Pre-Wing of DPS, Barra)

DPS, Korba, C.G

DPS Korba Building

Established 1985, it is one of the schools situated in India's black diamond reserve. The subjects taught are English, Hindi, German, Mathematics, General Science, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, History and Civics, and Geography. At the class XI and XII level, the school offers two streams – Science (with Biology, Mathematics, Computer or Economics) and Commerce. Last year the school has won in Geofest International held at Lucknow.

DPS Megacity, Kolkata

Established in 2004, DPS Megacity became the second DPS to open its doors to Kolkata and among the very first in the country to follow the New Delhi based Indian School Certificate (ISC / ICSE) board. Hailed as one of the most promising institutions coming up in the city, the school has notched up several achievements in its short span of existence which is a little shy of completing a decade. The most memorable of achievements includes representing India at the International Finals of Debating Matters India 2010. Apart from the excellence in the field of co curriculars, DPS Megacity has produced three successful batches of class 10 (ICSE) results with highest percentages crossing the 96 mark on each occasion and produced its first Class 12 (ISC) batch in 2011. Official website : DPS Megacity^[8]

DPS, Nagpur

DPS, Nazira

Established in collaboration with ONGC in its township Nazira.

DPS, Nerul, Navi Mumbai

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The School under the aegis of the DPS society stands nestled in the beautiful sylvan environs of Nerul, Navi Mumbai, away from the mad, charging, hustle-bustle of typical Mumbai and is surrounded on two sides by the glistening waters of two lakes.The school houses more than 3000 students in its sprawling campus land area of 7.25 acres.

The school is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education.The medium of instruction is English.The subjects taught are English, Hindi, Sanskrit, French, German, Mathematics, General Science, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, History, Civics, Geography, Economics, Business Studies, Accountancy, English and Computer Science. The school offers a choice of three streams: Science( Medical / Non-Medical), Commerce and Humanities.

School Website: http://dpsnavimumbai.org/

DPS, Numaligarh

Located at Numaligarh in Assam. It was established in September 1997.

DPS, Ludhiana

The school was the third initiative of Takshila Educational Society. It was established in 2004 and is a collaborative effort with the Delhi Public Schools Society, which is one of the largest chains of CBSE schools in India. DPS Ludhiana is affiliated to CBSE, New Delhi and offers schooling from Nursery to Class XII.

DPS, Lucknow

DPS, Indira Nagar is the first branch founded in the Lucknow City in the year 1999. It is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education. The school is located in the Sector - 19, Indira Nagar area of the Lucknow City, Uttar Pradesh, India. The school was established under the presidency of Mr. Salman Khurshid who is a leading Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress, a lawyer, and a writer elected from Farrukhabad Lok Sabha constituency and presently is The Cabinet Minister of the Ministry of Water Resources and Ministry of Minority Affairs. Other founder members are: Alok Mishra and Muktarul Amin. The first headmistress of the school was Mrs. Vrinda J. Malse. The school does not have a very big campus, but the facilities and educational requirements are perfectly in accordance with the DPS Society norms which makes it one of the best CBSE Board schools in the whole city. Each year the schools brings laurels through its students who perform marvelously in both curricular as well as co-curricular activities. Many pass out students of the schools have been admitted in India's top most Educational Institutions like The Indian Institute of Technology and The National Institute of Fashion Technology. Also the school has produced national level Dancers, Musicians, Swimmers, Animators, Technologists, Sportsmen and Intellectuals. Other branches that followed the DPS,Indira Nagar branch in the city are :

• DPS, Eldeco
• DPS, Jankipuram

DPS, Noida

DPS Noida was set up in 1982 by the DPS Society. It is located in Sector 30, Noida. It is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education and has Science, Commerce and Humanities streams. Within the streams, subjects ranging from Biotechnology to Entrepreneurship are offered.

The school is spread over 15 acres and has the Gandhi park located in its campus. The school has swimming pools for juniors and seniors. Sport facilities include athletics, tennis, table tennis, cricket, basketball,horse riding and football.

The DPS Noida hostel, opened in 1995, provides boarding facilities for boys and girls. It has a mess, a common/TV room and gym facilities.

The school has an auditorium, AV room, seminar room, conference room, foreign language labs, three computer labs and a LAN. The school has an open air theater and a large stage in the field where assemblies take place.

The first principal was Padma Shri, S. L. Dhawan, who retired from active duty in 1998. He was followed by Mrs. Neena Sehgal. She was awarded the National Award by the President of India. The principal of the school is Mrs. Kamini Bhasin who is also awarded with the National Award by the President of India in the year 2011.

DPS, Palwal

The school is situated at 70th milestone on National Highway-2( Main Mathura Road).

DPS, New Shimla

A co-educational school.

DPS, Pinjore

DPS Pinjore Building

Delhi Public School, Pinjore is a day-cum- boarding school branch of the DPS Society. It has children from a few countries studying in its 12-acre (49,000 m²) campus which is surrounded by hills on all sides.

DPS, Patna

Delhi Public School Patna was established in the year 1998.It was the first initiative of Takshila Education Society. DPS Patna is affiliated to CBSE, New Delhi. The building has 2 olympic size swimming pools for seniors and junior.It owns afleet of 100 buses nearly that drive across in and around patna. It has a huge playground which accommodates games like hockey, football, volleyball, rugby. It also owns a standard size basketball court, tt room, lawn tennis hard court , a full size arena and gym.

It has a huge library, 4 computer labs, chemistry,biology, physics,humanities,geography and a maths' lab. Presently, its principal is Mr B.Vinod.

DPS, Pune

Delhi Public School Pune was the second initiative of the Takshila Educational Society. It was established in 2003 and is a collaborative effort with the Delhi Public Schools Society. DPS Pune is affiliated to CBSE, New Delhi and offers schooling from Nursery to Class XII.

It is a nice school with a fleet of over 100 buses.

DPS, Purnea

Delhi Public School Purnea pagla was established in 2011. Purnea branch is even to Mithila Education Trust to run the institute smoothly under our guidance.

DPS, Ranchi

The school was established on 17 July 1989. It has labs for Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Computer Science. It has a library with more than 20,000 books. There are rooms for Art and Craft and Music.

DPS, Raipur

DPS Raipur

Delhi Public School, Raipur was established in 2006 with the help of DPS Society and Punita Nehru. The principal is Raghunath Mukherjee and vice principal is Athanu path it is one of the best school in India. The school has faculty from all over India. school has taken franchise form foriegn school named Ellesmere college.

DPS, Ranipur, Haridwar

The school was established in 1977. It was the first ever venture of DPS Society outside Delhi. The principal is Kailash Chandra Pandey. The school has added two new wings: the pre-primary wing and the middle wing. A notable alumna is actress Shriya Saran.

DPS, Rewa, Madhya Pradesh

DPS Rewa is at Rewa in Madhya Pradesh.

DPS, Rohini, Delhi

DPS Rohini was established on 3 July 1995 under the aegis of Delhi Public School Society. Initially it was the afternoon shift at DPS Mathura Road.

With 250 students, the school began with borrowed premises of DPS Mathura Road, eight teachers and Rita Sen as the founder headmistress, in July 1995.

In April 2000, the school got its own home in Sector-24 Rohini; now it has over 2000 students.

DPS, Rourkela

See Main Article on: Delhi Public School, Rourkela.

Delhi Public School Rourkela was established in 1993. The principal is Siddarth Rath. DPS Rourkela is one of the best and more prestigious school in Sundergarh Orissa. It is situated in Sector-14, Rourkela. It releases an annual magazine called DIPS LIPS.

DPS Ruby Park, Kolkata

DPS Ruby Park was established in 2003 and is a co-educational school. The school is located at Shanti Pally in Kolkata behind Siemens and Rajdanga and occupies two campuses. DPS Junior Wing and DPS Senior Wing are in Kasba. Ranked one of the best school in Kolkata and in CBSE schools of Kolkata

DPS, Satna

Established in 2010. It is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education, offering schooling from Nursery to Class VIII. The school offers day boarding and full boarding facilities. The language of instruction is English.

DPS, Srinagar

This is the first private school affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education. The school is guided by the D.P. Dhar Memorial Trust and was started on 10 March 2003. The school is located with a backdrop of mountains on 12 acres (49,000 m²) of land with more than 400 students and 400+ staff. The school has a library in two floors which has more than 25,000 books. DPS, Srinagar has classes from L.K.G. to 12th. Each classes has 8 sections from A to H. The school has a huge ground where children play.

DPS, Srinagar has a indoor stadium where children are given things to play. The school is also the first in the entire India to start a swimming pool for children ("Water World"). A golf course is also there and was inaugurated by the Minister for New and Renewable Resources, Mr. Farooq Abdullah in 2009.

DPS, Udaipur

Delhi Public School, Udaipur is located a short distance from Udaipur City centre amidst the Aravali hills. The school offers day boarding and full boarding facilities in a 22-acre (89,000 m²) campus. It was established on 25 April 2007.

DPS, Vadodara

The school was started in April 2003 at Vadsar Road, Kalali in Vadodara.^[9] The campus is 3,00,000 sq. ft. The principal is N K Sinha.

DPS, Vasant Kunj

Delhi Public School Vasant Kunj was established in 1991 by the DPS Society. Vinay Kumar has been the principal of the school since its inception. DPS VK has a staff of 205 teachers at the senior and junior level.

DPS, Vijaipur

Delhi Public School, Vijaipur was inaugurated in 1986 by the then fertilizers minister K.P. Sriman. The school is in the beautiful and lush green township of the fertilizer plant NFL, Guna, MP , Topper- Sumesh Meena

DPS, Visakhapatnam

Delhi Public School, Visakhapatnam

Situated admist hills and green surroundings, Delhi Public School, Visakhapatnam came into existence in 1992, as a response to Visakhapatnam Steel Plant's request to provide education to the children of its employees.

DPS, Vijayawada

Situated on the outskirts of the city, Nidamanuru, National Highway-5, DPS, Vijayawada is the most recently established branch (2007). It is equipped with advanced technology and highly experienced teachers.

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DPS, Yamunanagar, Haryana

DPS Yamunanagar was established in 2007. It is located on NH-73 Ambala Jagadhri road near Bhambholi village just 8 km from the historical and metal city Jagadhri and 13 km from the hub of plywood industry Yamuna Nagar.

DPS, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

Situated in the holy city of Varanasi, the school was established in 2003. It is spread over 8 acres (32,000 m²) of land.

DPS, Dehradun, Uttarakhand

DPS Dehradun is a residential co-educational school, running under the aegis of DPS Society. DPS Dehradun will follow a set pattern of 15 years of schooling affiliated to CBSE.

DPS Dehradun is a project of M.P. Singh.

DPS schools outside India

DPS Society operates 13 schools outside India in 10 countries.

DPS, Kuwait (FAIPS)

FAIPS or DPS Kuwait is an educational institution in Kuwait established in 11 September 1995 with M I Hussain as its Principal. The school is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education. The medium of instruction is English. The subjects taught are English, Hindi, French, Arabic, Mathematics, General Science, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, History, Civics, Geography and Economics. At the class XI and XII level, the school offers a choice of two streams – Science (with Biology, Computer or Economics) and Commerce. Mrs. Anju Dheman is the Principal, succeeding Mrs. Punam Kashyap and Mr.Sanjay Yadav is the Vice Principal and also the Head of the Science Department of the school.

Nepal

Delhi Public School, Biratnagar, is one of the newly established schools under the aegis of DPS Society.

United Arab Emirates

Delhi Private School, Dubai front view

• Delhi Private School, Sharjah
• Delhi Private School, Dubai

Kingdom of Bahrain

Delhi Public School - Kingdom of Bahrain, also known as New Millennium School

Qatar

Delhi Public School - Qatar, also known as DPS-MIS (MIS stands for "Modern Indian School") is one of the best Indian schools in Doha.^{[citation needed]}

Its new building will be ready by the end of 2011 and will shift the campus on or before the start of the academic year 2012-13.^[10]

It follows the motto "Service before self." It is affiliated to the CBSE board and follows the NCERT syllabus. It also has FIITJEE as an option. The students are segregated into four houses: Lotus (Blue), Lily (Yellow), Rose (Red) and Tulip (Orange). Every year, inter-house competitions are held during the week of Rendezvous. The school also takes part in the Annual Model United Nations. The school is well equipped with air-conditioned classrooms, a big playground, cafeteria, Math Lab, Science lab and Computer lab. The school is under acting principal Asna Nafees and is yet to get a new principal.

Saudi Arabia - DPS, Riyadh (Daratassalam International Delhi Public School)

DPS, Riyadh, being the first of its kind in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, started its operation in April 2004. It was established by an educationist/business man in Saudi Arabia, Mr. Nadeem Tarin. The Principal of the school is Mr. Mairaj Khan. DPS prepares students for the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) of India, later giving them the option of simultaneously appearing for the British and/or the CBSE schools certificate examinations. For information visit http://dpsriyadh.org/

Singapore

Main article: DPS International School Singapore

DPS International School Pte Ltd recently became affiliated by IGCSE Curriculum as well. The Delhi Public School Society came into being as a non-profit making body. It established its first school in 1949 at Mathura Road, New Delhi.

References

1. ^ [1], www.dpsfamily.org, accessed on 16 May 2011
2. ^ List of schools abroad on the Delhi Public School Society website
3. ^ Telegraph article
4. ^ [2], www.indiastudychannel.com, accessed on 14 May 2011
5. ^ [3], accessed on 14 May 2011
6. ^ [4], www.123eng.com,accessed on 11 August 2011
7. ^ [5], www.trueknowledge.com, accessed on 16 May
8. ^ www.dpsmegacity.in
9. ^ [6], www.wikimapia.org, accessed on 14 May 2011
10. ^ http://dpsmisdoha.com

External links

• Delhi Public School Society