Delhi Public School, Mathura Road

Delhi Public School
Delhi Public School
Address
	Mathura Road, New Delhi-110003; New Delhi; India
Coordinates	28°35′49″N 77°14′33″E / 28.59694°N 77.24250°ECoordinates: 28°35′49″N 77°14′33″E / 28.59694°N 77.24250°E
Information
Type	Private school
Motto	Service Before Self
Established	1949
Chairman	V.K Shunglu
Principal	Deeksha Khera
Faculty	Fulltime
Area	25 acres (100,000 m2)
Colour(s)	White, green, grey
Nickname	"Dipsites"
Affiliations	Central Board of Secondary Education
Website	dpsmathuraroad.org

Delhi Public School situated on Mathura Road in New Delhi is a private co-educational day and boarding school with 6500+ students in New Delhi, India. 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[edit]

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.^[1]

School from PT ground

Notable alumni[edit]

Arts and entertainment[edit]

Kabir Bedi, actor^{[citation needed]}
Shibani Kashyap, singer
Hasleen Kaur, Miss India, model and actress
Vinod Khanna, actor^[2]
Radhika Madan, actress
Mini Mathur, actress
Shriya Saran, actress
Mallika Sherawat (aka Reema Lamba)^{[citation needed]}

Business[edit]

Naveen Jindal: Jindal Group of Companies

Writers and fashion[edit]

Anurag Anand, author
Rohit Bal, fashion designer^{[citation needed]}
Anuja Chauhan, writer

National/political leaders[edit]

Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman of the Indian Planning Commission, Planning Commission chairman of the Y2K Action Force^[3]
Salman Khurshid, Union corporate affairs minister, politician, lawyer and writer^{[citation needed]}

Sports[edit]

Yuki Bhambri, tennis player
Pawan Negi, cricketer

References[edit]

↑ 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
↑ https://topyaps.com/delhi-public-school-facts/
↑ "Rediff On The Net, Infotech: Govt units to spend adequately on Y2K compliance". Rediff.com. Retrieved 22 March 2012.

External links[edit]

dpsmathuraroad.org - Official website

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[1] 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

[2] ttps://topyaps.com/delhi-public-school-facts/

[3] "Rediff On The Net, Infotech: Govt units to spend adequately on Y2K compliance". Rediff.com. Retrieved 22 March 2012.

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