Delhi Public School Society

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Delhi Public School Society

Location

India

Information

School type Private

Motto "Service Before Self""

Established 1949; 72 years ago

Key people B.K

Mascot Torch

Affiliations •CBSE •CISCE

Website dpsfamily.org

The Delhi Public School Society (DPS) is a large chain of schools. The descriptor
"public school" references the model of the long-established English public
school.[1] The Delhi Public School Society is the administrative authority for all its
institutions in India and abroad.

Contents

• 1History
• 2Accreditation
 • 3Schools
• 4Notable alumni
o 4.1Armed forces
o 4.2Academia and business
o 4.3Government and Civil Service
o 4.4TV and print media
o 4.5Film
o 4.6Social media
o 4.7Sports
• 5References
• 6External links

History[edit]
The first school connected to the Delhi Public School Mathura Road was established
in 1949.The foundation stone of the school building was laid in 1956 by S.
Radhakrishnan, the then Vice President of India.[2]

Accreditation[edit]
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) provides the accreditation for all
schools within this society except for DPS New Town, Kolkata; DPS Mega City,
Kolkata; and DPS International, Singapore. DPS International, Saket, New Delhi, is
affiliated with IGCSE,[3] while DPS New Town, Kolkata; DPS Megacity, Kolkata; and
DPS International, Singapore, are all affiliated with the ICSE (Indian Certificate of
Secondary Education).

Schools[edit]
Further information: List of Delhi Public School Society schools

Notable alumni[edit]
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removing names that do not have independent reliable
sources showing they merit inclusion in this article AND are alumni, or
by incorporating the relevant publications into the body of the article
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Armed forces[edit]
• Mohit Sharma, Army officer
Academia and business[edit]
• Harsh Chitale – CEO, HCL Infosystems
• Rahul Arora – CEO at SR motors
• Priyamvada Natarajan – professor in the Astronomy and Physics Department
of Yale University
• Raghuram Rajan - former Governor of Reserve Bank of India, Distinguished
Service Professor at University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Government and Civil Service[edit]
• Raghuram Rajan – 23rd Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
• Tejashwi Yadav – Ex-Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar
• Pravesh Verma – member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly for Mehrauli
TV and print media[edit]
• Ambika Anand – anchor, NDTV
• Ankit Fadia – author and host of MTV What the Hack
• Mayank Shekhar – journalist and film critic
• Paaras Zutshi – winner of the reality show Superdude on UTV Bindass
• Shariq Us Sabah – author
Film[edit]
• Kriti Sanon – Bollywood actress and model
• Randeep Hooda – Bollywood actor
• Ipsita Pati – Bollywood actress
• Indrani Dasgupta – Bollywood actor and model
• Shilpa Shukla – Bollywood actress
• Vinod Khanna- Indian actor, film producer and politician
Social media[edit]
• Ajey Nagar – YouTube content creator, also known as CarryMinati
Sports[edit]
• Unmukt Chand – professional cricketer
• Jayant Yadav – professional cricketer
• Yuki Bhambri – professional tennis player
• Abhishek Sharma - professional cricketer

References[edit]
1. ^ "Delhi Public School Society". dpsfamily.org. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
2. ^ Ajay Kumar Sharma. A History of Educational Institutions in Delhi. Sanbun Publishers.
pp. 286–. ISBN 978-93-80213-14-9.
3. ^ "Delhi Public School Society - Accredition". DPS Society. Retrieved 6 December 2014.