List of The Doon School alumni
The Doon School is a boys-only academically selective boarding school in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India, founded in 1935 by Satish Ranjan Das[1] The school's first headmaster was Arthur E. Foot, who had spent some nine years as a science master at Eton College, England.[2] The old boys of Doon are known as Doscos, and the alumni body is represented by The Doon School Old Boys' Society. Admission to the school is based on a competitive entrance examination and an interview.[3][4]
Doon remains a boys-only school despite continued pressure from political leaders to become coeducational.[5] However, girls are admitted in case they are daughters of the school staff (see entries for sculptor Latika Katt and actor Himani Shivpuri).[6][7] Although the total number of Doscos is relatively small (estimated at 5,000 since the school was founded in 1935), they include some of India's prominent politicians, artists, writers, social activists and businesspeople.[8]
- Abbreviations used in the following tables
- DNG – Did not graduate
- ? – Class year unknown
Note: The sub-headings are given as a general guide and some names might fit under more than one category
GovernmentEdit
Rajiv Gandhi, 6th Prime Minister of India (Class of '62)
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Rahul Gandhi, President of the Indian National Congress (Class of '88)
Jyotiraditya Scindia, Member of Parliament (Class of '88)
Karan Singh, Politician and Diplomat (Class of '49)
Naveen Patnaik, Chief Minister of Odisha (Class of '64)
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Prime MinisterEdit
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Cabinet MinistersEdit
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Chief MinistersEdit
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Members of Parliament and Legislative AssembliesEdit
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Diplomats and BureaucratsEdit
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Communist ActivistEdit
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LawEdit
Armed forcesEdit
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BusinessEdit
Sunil Kant Munjal, Managing Director of Hero MotoCorp (Class of '73)
Siddhartha Lal, CEO and MD of Eicher Motors (Class of '91)
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Sharan Pasricha, founder of Ennismore Hospitality, The Hoxton and Gleneagles (Class of '96)
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JournalismEdit
Aroon Purie, editor-in-chief of India Today (Class of '62)
Vikram Chandra CEO of NDTV (Class of '85)
Karan Thapar, Journalist (Class of '71)
Prannoy Roy, founder of NDTV (Class of '66)
Rajiv Makhni, Technology journalist (Class of '84)
Rakesh Wahi, founder of CNBC Africa (Class of '75)
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LiteratureEdit
Amitav Ghosh, Novelist (Class of '72)
Vikram Seth, Novelist (Class of '69)
Ramachandra Guha, Historian and non-fiction writer (Class of '73)
Non-FictionEdit
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Fiction, Poetry and DramaEdit
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EducationEdit
Ghulam Jilani Khan, founder of Chand Bagh School and former Defence Secretary of Pakistan (Class of '43)
Kanti Bajpai, international affairs researcher and professor at National University of Singapore (Class of '72)
Arvind Virmani, economist (Class of '65)
Vijay Prashad, historian (Class of '85)
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ArtsEdit
Sir Anish Kapoor, Artist (Class of '70)
Sandeep Khosla, fashion designer (Class of '81)
Ali Fazal, actor (Class of 2005)
Rohit Khosla, founder of Ensemble, fashion designer (Class of '76)
Ashvin Kumar, film director (Class of '91)
Tarun Tahiliani, fashion designer (Class of '80)
Fine ArtsEdit
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DesignEdit
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FilmsEdit
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TelevisionEdit
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MusicEdit
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CulinaryEdit
SportsEdit
Bunker Roy, Squash champion and founder of Barefoot College, (Class of '62)
Nandu Jayal, Mountaineer and founder principal of Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (Class of '42)
Abhinav Bindra, Olympic shooter champion (Class of 2000)
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Titular PrincesEdit
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SourcesEdit
The class years of the alumni are sourced principally from the following:
- The Dosco Record is a book of short biographies, similar to what may be found in a Who's Who, which was first produced by J.A.K. Martyn who deliberately modeled it on the Harrow Record. (Martyn had been a schoolmaster at Harrow School before helping A.E. Foot start The Doon School.) As a consequence, alumni are listed in the year in which they joined Doon, rather than the year in which they graduated; Martyn believed that this would make it easier for Doscos to look up their friends. The book is updated every 8 years or so, and is published by the Doon School Old Boys Society ("DSOBS") and distributed only to alumni. It includes biographical information about every Dosco (even people like Sanjay Gandhi who was expelled before completing his studies); it also highlights family connections between Doscos such as whether a particular Dosco was the son of another Dosco, or married the sister or daughter of another Dosco.
- The Rose Bowl is a periodic newsletter that contains alumni news, obituaries, reminiscences, etc. It is produced by the DSOBS and distributed by post to all alumni; a PDF version is also sent by email to alumni.
- The Doon School Register is published, every few years, by the DSOBS. It includes the contact details of every Dosco; deceased alumni are noted as such. Also included are the small number of "Associate Members" (honorary members) of The Doon School Old Boys: for the most part these include former teachers; also included are people such as Salim Ali who had been frequent visitors to Doon and were considered to be part of the Dosco fraternity.
- Doon, The Story of a School, edited by Sumer Singh, published by the Indian Public Schools Society 1985. This (somewhat slim) book was distributed to alumni and contains essays, reminiscences, and stories about the founding of the Doon School.
- The Doon School -- Sixty Years On, edited by Pushpinder Singh Chopra, published by the DSOBS in October 1996. This book is similar in many respects to Doon: The Story of a School, but longer.
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ MacDougall, David (2006), The corporeal image: film, ethnography, and the senses, Princeton University Press, pp. 100–, ISBN 978-0-691-12156-7, retrieved 31 March 2012
- ↑ 'Foot, Arthur Edward’, in Who Was Who 1961–1970 (London: A. & C. Black, 1979 reprint; ISBN 0-7136-2008-0)
- ↑ "The Andover of India?". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
- ↑ Kapoor Jaskiran (11 April 2010). "Class Apart". Indian Express. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
- ↑ Chopra, Jaskiran (24 October 2010). "President leads assault on Doon School heritage". The Pioneer.
- ↑ "Of nature, cricket, literature and history". 29 October 2017.
- ↑ Sharma, Neena (22 October 2010). "Girl Doscos - unbelievable, but true". The Tribune India. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
- ↑ "How the most influential alumni network in India Inc works - The Times of India". Economictimes.indiatimes.com. 5 November 2010. Retrieved 8 April 2020.