D.A.V. College Managing Committee: Difference between revisions

|founder      = [[Mahatma Hansraj]]

|key_people    = [[Mahatma Hansraj]], Rai Bahadur Lal Chand, Bhagat Ishwar Das, [[Lala Lajpat Rai]], Lala Dwarka Das, Rai Bahadur Durga Das

The '''D.A.V. College Managing Committee''', familiarly known as '''DAVCMC''', is a non-governmental educational organisation in [[India]] and overseas with over 900 schools.<ref name="DAVuni">{{cite web|url=https://davuniversity.org/university/mainpage.aspx?name=university%5Cintroduction|title=Introduction|website=davuniversity.org|access-date=1 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612162224/https://davuniversity.org/university/mainpage.aspx?name=university%5Cintroduction|archive-date=12 June 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> 75 colleges and a university. It is based on the ideals of the religious and social reformer, Swami [[Dayanand Saraswati]]. Full Form of DAV is Dayanand Anglo Vedic. The Dayanand Anglo-Vedic education system also comprises colleges offering graduate and post-graduate degrees in areas of study all over India.

Founded in 1886 in [[Lahore]] by the efforts of [[Mahatma Hansraj]] in the memory of the saint Swami Dayanand Saraswati, these schools are run by the Dayanand Anglo-Vedic College Trust and Management Society, also commonly known as the Dayanand Anglo-Vedic Education Society.<ref name=arya1>Gurukula Patrika, April–July, 1940-41, Ank 10, (12 June 1940), P.1</ref><ref name=arya2>Madalsa Ujjwal, 2008, "Swami Dayanand Saraswati Life and Ideas", Book Treasure Publications, Jodhpur, PP.96-97</ref><ref name=arya3>Gunjun H. Shakshi, 1971, "Social and Humanistic Life in India",  Abhinav Publications, Delhi, PP.122-124.</ref> It holds the record for producing the largest number of CBSE (class Xth and XIIth) toppers as a single institution in the last 10 years. {{Citation needed|date=February 2007}} Today, institutional records of the D.A.V. College Trust and Management Society are part of the archives at the [[Nehru Memorial Museum & Library]], at [[Teen Murti House]], Delhi.<ref>{{cite web |title=Archives |url=http://www.nehrumemorial.com/archivehead.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110503203613/http://www.nehrumemorial.com/archivehead.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-05-03 |publisher=[[Nehru Memorial Museum & Library]] }}</ref>

[[Lala Lajpat Rai]] was among the founders of the national D.A.V. College Managing Committee.<ref name=founderof1>[https://www.newsworldindia.in/national/nation-remembers-sher-e-punjab-lala-lajpat-rai-on-his-birth-anniversary/320005/ Nation Remembers ‘Sher-E-Punjab’ Lala Lajpat Rai On His Birth Anniversary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190128195942/https://www.newsworldindia.in/national/nation-remembers-sher-e-punjab-lala-lajpat-rai-on-his-birth-anniversary/320005/ |date=28 January 2019 }}, Newsworldindia.in, 28 Jan 2019.</ref> 1885 the first DAV School was established at Lahore which was subsequently upgraded to become the first DAV College. In 1886 the DAV College Trust and Management Society was established and registered.  

* [[DAV Women's University, Yamunanagar]]<ref>[https://www.thestatesman.com/cities/khattar-approves-clu-dav-womens-university-yamunanagar-1502600357.html Khattar approves DAV Women's University].</ref>

** DPB Dayanand College of Education, Solapur, Mahashtra

** Damani Gopabai Bhairuratan (D.G.B.) Dayanand Law College, Solapur, Mahashtra

== Unaided Schools ==

There are more than 800 [[Nonprofit organization|Not-for-profit]] [[Charitable trust]] run [https://web.archive.org/web/20170921013406/http://davcmc.net.in/dav_schools.html unaided DAV schools] across India and several other countries for studies up to the higher secondary level.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.davcmc.net.in/dav_schools.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=6 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017065430/http://davcmc.net.in/dav_schools.html |archive-date=17 October 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> In India, they are more in the states of [[Bihar]], [[Jharkhand]], [[Chhattisgarh]], [[Odisha]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://davcmc.net.in/CABB0423-483E-4E48-AE5F-C4D64AABEC1F/CMS/Page/DAV-Schools|title=DAV Schools|website=davcmc.net.in|access-date=2020-02-27}}</ref>

** [[DAV College, Ba]], [[Ba (town)]]  

** [[DAV College, Suva]], [[Nabua, Fiji|Nabua]], [[Suva]]<ref>[http://www.aryasamaj.org.fj/Educational%20Institutions/dav_college_nabua.html ]{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

** [[Arya Samaj in Singapore#DAV Hindi School, Singapore|D.A.V. Hindi School, Singapore]], Syed Alwi Road, [[Little India, Singapore|Little India]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.davschool.edu.sg/index.html|title=D.A.V. Hindi School|work=davschool.edu.sg}}</ref>

** DAV Montessori School, [[Houston]], established in 2000<ref name=usa1>{{cite web|url=http://davmschool.com/|title=Children's Montessori School In Houston, TX|website=DAV Montessori School}}</ref>