International Indian School, Dammam

International Indian School Dammam
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Location
26.38316664176175, 50.18240973069135 Rakah Al Shamaliyah , Eastern Province , 31952 Saudi Arabia
Information
Other name	IISD
Former name	Indian Embassy School,Dammam
Type	Public school
Motto	In Quest of excellence
Patron saint(s)	H.E. Dr. Ausaf Sayeed
Established	10 October 1982 (1982-10-10)
Sister school	IIS Jubail IIS Riyadh IIS Jeddah
School board	CBSE
Session	1 April to 31 March
Chairman	Mr. Mohammad Furquan
Faculty	747
Grades	K-12
Age	3.5 to 17
Number of students	21000
Classes	LKG to Class XII
Language	English
Campuses	2 (Boys section and Girls section)
Campus size	9.8 acres (4.0 ha)
Houses	Amethyst, Garnet, Sapphire, Topaz, Diamond, Emerald,
Color(s)	Deep blue
Publication	Cascade
Yearbook	Focus
Communities served	Indian
Website	www.iisdammam.edu.sa

International Indian School Dammam or IISD (formerly Indian Embassy School Dammam) is an English-medium K-12 Indian school in Saudi Arabia led by Mrs Mahenaz Fareed and the largest school in the MENA region by number of students. Most of its 18000+ students come from in and around Ad-Dammam, Al-Khobar and a few from Ras tanura.

It was established in 1982 with 250 students and 15 teachers in a few portacabins and inaugurated by the then Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. In 2006, it was divided into two separate buildings having separate campus for the girls and the boys spread at 9.8 acres for both the campuses taken together

Today the strength is 14,160 students, above 650 teachers, 30 administrative staff apart from a fleet of 65 buses on hire from private company and 67 janitorial staff on hire from the local contractor. It is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education and has all the three streams – Arts, Science and Commerce.

Noted Alumni from this school is Karan Singh Grover.

IIS Dammam is governed by a Managing Committee.  The Ambassador of India is the Patron of the School. The Managing Committee lays down broad policies and guidelines of the school leaving the Principal and the Staff to conduct the day to day affairs of the school.

Members of the School Managing Committee [1]:

Mr. Mohammad Furquan (Chairman)

Mr. Moazzam Gulam Abdul Kadar Dadan

Mr. Syed Mohammad Firoz Ashraf                    

Mr. Shabash Khasim

Mr. Misbahullah Ansari (1st Alumnus to be a Member in School History)

Mrs. Sadia Irfan Khan

Mr. Sanoj Gopalakrishna Pillai

Further reading

• Hussain, Sadiq (2 April 2016). "IISD: A unique school with exceptional achievements". Saudi Gazette.