Delhi Public School, R. K. Puram
| Delhi Public School | |
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| Address | |
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R. K. Puram, Sector 12 New Delhi India | |
| Coordinates | 28°34′15.51″N 77°10′33.77″E / 28.5709750°N 77.1760472°ECoordinates: 28°34′15.51″N 77°10′33.77″E / 28.5709750°N 77.1760472°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Public School |
| Motto | Service Before Self |
| Established | 29 Jan 1972 |
| Chairman | V.K. Shunglue |
| Principal | Dr. D. R. Saini |
| Faculty | Full time |
| Area | 12 acres (49,000 m2)[1] |
| Color(s) | White, green |
| Nickname | "The Dipsites" |
| Affiliations | Central Board of Secondary Education |
| Website |
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Delhi Public School (DPS), R. K. Puram is a private secondary school run by the Delhi Public School Society in Rama Krishna Puram, New Delhi, India. It is a co-educational day and boarding school with around 9,500 students spread across its campus at R.K. Puram. DPS RKP is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), the Indian Public Schools' Conference (IPSC) and the National Progressive Schools' Conference (NPSC).[2]
History
DPS R. K. Puram was the second school founded by the Delhi Public School Society, the first being the Delhi Public School at Mathura Road. The DPS in RK Puram was established in 1972[2] by Ms Loomba, as its headmistress. Mr. R. S. Lugani, after a few years, took over as its first principal. While remaining part of the DPS Society, the school at R.K. Puram soon became independent of its parent.
Campus
The school is a co-educational day and boarding school with 9,500 students.[2] Accommodation is provided to more than 400 boarding students within the on-site girls' hostel and the boys' millennium hostel, located across the road on the school's sports campus.[3] The millennium hostel is headed by Dr. Daulat Ram Saini, who is currently the Principal. [4]
The school's facilities include two libraries that house 50,000 books in the senior library and 10,000 books in the junior library; a reading room; a video library; school counseling centers; an audio-visual hall; an air-conditioned Seminar Hall, and a bookshop. The school has laboratories for computing, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, language, robotics, and mathematics.
The Sports Complex has facilities for volleyball, cricket, football, golf, basketball, lawn tennis, lawn ball, table tennis, and badminton. It also comprises three swimming pools, and two gymnasiums.[5]
Achievements
On 29 August 2002 during the "1st Computer Literacy Excellence Awards for Schools", then President of India A. P. J. Abdul Kalam presented an award to Dr. (Mrs.) Shayama Chona, the former Principal of DPS R K Puram. The award was for the Best School at the State (Delhi) Level and the second runner-up for the entire country. In 2008, Dr. Chona received the Padma Bhushan award.[6] Dr. Chona was the founder of Tamana Special School, a school for the education of physically and mentally handicapped children.[7]
In 2003 DPS R K Puram were the recipients of the United Nations Global Leadership Opportunity and as a result was invited to host the 2007 Global Classrooms international programme.
Community endeavours include:
- Anubhav Shiksha Kendra – an afternoon non-profit school for children from the less privileged sections of the society.[8]
- Open Learning School
Notable alumni
Academia and Business
- Rehan Khan – CEO and Founder of StrainHunters.
- Harsh Chitale – CEO, HCL Infosystems.
- Rahul Arora – CEO at SR motors.
- Priyamvada Natarajan – Professor at the Astronomy and Physics department of Yale University.
Government and Bureaucracy
- Raghuram Rajan – 23rd Governor of the Reserve Bank of India.
- Pravesh Verma – Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly for Mehrauli.
TV and Print Media
- Ambika Anand – Anchor, NDTV.
- Ankit Fadia – Bestselling Author and Host of MTV What the Hack.[9]
- Mayank Shekhar – Journalist and Film Critic.
- Paaras Zutshi – Winner of the reality show Superdude on UTV Bindass.
- Bharat Issar – Journalist and Political & Administrative Analyst.[10]
Film Industry
- Randeep Hooda – Bollywood Actor.
- Shadab Khan – Bollywood Actor.
- Kriti Sanon – Bollywood Actress and Model.[11]
- Maneesh Sharma – Bollywood Film Director.
- Indrani Dasgupta – Bollywood Actor and Model.[12]
- Shilpa Shukla – Bollywood Actress, known for her work in the Indian Parallel Cinema.
References
- ↑ "DPS Model United Nations Conference". Retrieved 12 March 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "About us". Delhi Public School, R.K. Puram. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
- ↑ "Hostels infrastructure". Delhi Public School, R.K. Puram. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
- ↑ "From Principal's desk". Delhi Public School, R.K. Puram. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
- ↑ "Infrastructure – Sport's complex". Delhi Public School, R.K. Puram. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
- ↑ "Mittal, Tata get Padma Vibhushan". The Economic Times. 26 January 2008.
- ↑ "From the President's desk, Tamana". Retrieved 24 February 2012.
- ↑ Aru Srivastava (28 June 1999). "A DPS Principal's Plan For Educating Underprivileged Children". Outlook India.
- ↑ Catch the MTV Youth Icons
- ↑ https://twitter.com/BharatNDIssar
- ↑ "Mahesh Babu and Kriti Sanon in 1 Nenokkadine". gallery.oneindia.in.
- ↑ "Joyride on the ramp". The Hindu. 9 October 2003. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
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