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{{Short description|Non-governmental educational organisation in India}}
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{{Infobox organisation
| name = DAV College Managing Committee
| logo_size = 180px
| alt =
| abbreviation = DAVCMC
| size = 2160px
| caption =
| formation = {{Start date and age|df=yes|p=y|1886|06|01}}
| logo = File:DAV CMC Logo.svg
| founder = [[Mahatma Hansraj]]
| affiliations = [[Central Board of Secondary Education|CBSE]], [[Indian Certificate of Secondary Education|ICSE]], other regional boards and [[Arya Samaj]]
| key_people = [[Lala Lajpat Rai]], Rai Bahadur Lal Chand, Bhagat Ishwar Das, [[Mahatma Hansraj]], Lala Dwarka Das, Rai Bahadur Durga Das
| type = [[Private school|Private]]
| area_served = [[India]], [[Fiji]], [[Nepal]], [[Mauritius]], [[Singapore]]
| headquarters = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
| location = Chitra Gupta Road, [[New Delhi]]{{Coord|28.643759|77.20803|region:India:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| leader_title = President
| leader_name = [[Punam Suri|Dr. Punam Suri]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.davcmc.net.in/presidents_message.html |title=DAV CMC – the DAV College Trust and Management Society is the largest non-governmental educational organisation in India |access-date=5 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150811232029/http://davcmc.net.in/presidents_message.html |archive-date=11 August 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
| language = [[Hindi]], [[English language|English]] and other regional languages
| num_employees = 100000+
| website = {{URL|http://www.davcmc.net.in/}}
}}

The '''D.A.V. College Managing Committee''', commonly 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 [[Dayananda Saraswati]] and [[Arya Samaj]]. The Dayanand Anglo-Vedic (DAV) education system also comprises colleges offering graduate and post-graduate degrees in various disciplines all over India.

Founded in 1886 in [[Lahore]], British India (now [[Pakistan]]), these schools are run by the Dayanand Anglo-Vedic College Trust (DAVCT) and Management Society, also commonly known as the Dayanand Anglo-Vedic Education Society (DAVES).<ref name="arya1">Gurukula Patrika, April–July, 1940-41, Ank 10, (12 June 1940), p.1.</ref><ref name="arya2">Madalsa Ujjwal, 2008, Manish Negi 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> Today, institutional records of the D.A.V. College Trust and Management Society are part of the archives at the [[Nehru Memorial Museum and 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>

[[English language|English]] is the primary language of instruction, with students also receiving compulsory education in [[Hindi]] and [[Sanskrit]] or a regional language. The DAV movement has grown to become the single largest non-governmental educational society in the country, managing 900+ educational institutions, apart from D.A.V. Public Schools across the country and even abroad,(~9 including Nepal, Singapore, UK, USA and colleges in Mauritius and Fiji) with an annual budget of more than [[Indian rupee|INR ₹2]] billion. It employs over 50,000 people and educates more than 2 million students every year.

In 2013, the [[ASSOCHAM|Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India]] awarded 40 institutions for its contribution to quality education. [[ASSOCHAM]] awarded DAV College Managing Committee with 'Best Chain of Schools in India' award.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.careerindia.com/news/2013/04/17/assocham-honours-40-institutions-for-education-004665.html|title=Assocham honour 40 institutions for its contribution to Education|date=2013-04-17}}</ref>

== History ==
[[Mahatma Hansraj]] was the founder 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> In 1886 the first DAV School was established in [[Lahore]] which was subsequently upgraded to become the first DAV College. In 1886 the DAV College Trust and Management Society was established and registered.

== List of presidents ==
The first inaugural holder for the post of President was Rai Bahadur Lal Chand whose term was from 1886 until 1894, from 1896 until 1899 and from 1900 until 1902. Other office holders were Bhagat Ishwar Dass, Lala Dwarka Dass, Mahatma Hansraj, [[Chief Justice of India|CJI]] [[Mehr Chand Mahajan]], [[Padma Bhushan]] Suraj Bhan, Prof. Ved Vyasa, Darbari Lal, T. R. Tuli, [[G. P. Chopra]] and other. The current office holder is [[Padma Shri]] Dr. [[Punam Suri]] whose term is from 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |title=DAVCMC |url=https://davcmc.net.in/ABBDCAF4-AC18-4628-B319-277022AFC1B9/CMS/Page/PAST-PRESIDENTS |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=davcmc.net.in}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!No
!Name
!Term
|-
|1
|Rai Bahadur Lal Chand
|1886 – 1894
|-
|2
|Bhagat Ishwar Dass
|1895 – 1896
|-
|(1)
|Rai Bahadur Lal Chand
|1896 – 1899
|-
|(2)
|Bhagat Ishwar Dass
|1900 – 1902
|-
|(1)
|Rai Bahadur Lal Chand
|1901 – 1902
|-
|(2)
|Bhagat Ishwar Dass
|1903 – 1906
|-
|3
|Lala Dwarka Dass
|1907 – 1909
|-
|4
|[[Mahatma Hansraj]]
|1912 – 1918
|-
|5
|Rai Bahadur Durga Dass
|1919 – 1923
|-
|6
|Dr Bakshi Sir Tek Chand
|1924 – 1930
|-
|(4)
|[[Mahatma Hansraj]]
|1931
|-
|7
|Sain Dass
|1932
|-
|8
|Rai Bahadur Mukund Lal Puri
|1933 – 1935
|-
|9
|[[Mehr Chand Mahajan|Chief Justice (Dr.) Mehr Chand Mahajan]]
|1936 – 1939
|-
|10
|Dewan Chand
|1940 – 1943
|-
|11
|Mehr Chand
|1945 – 1949
|-
|12
|Lala Balraj
|1950 – 1953
|-
|13
|Nand Lal
|1954
|-
|(9)
|[[Mehr Chand Mahajan|Chief Justice (Dr.) Mehr Chand Mahajan]]
|1955 – 1964
|-
|14
|Dr. G. L. Dutta
|1965 – 1971
|-
|15
|Justice J. L. Kapur
|1972 – 1974
|-
|16
|Suraj Bhan
|1975 – 1980
|-
|17
|Ved Vyasa
|1981 – 1991
|-
|18
|Babu Darbari Lal
|1995
|-
|19
|T. R. Tuli
|1997 – 2000
|-
|20
|[[G. P. Chopra]]
|2000 – 2011
|-
|21
|[[Punam Suri|Dr. Punam Suri]]
|2011 – present
|}

== University ==
* DAV University, Jalandhar<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.davuniversity.org/|title=DAV University, Jalandhar|work=davuniversity.org|access-date=14 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140619090419/http://www.davuniversity.org/|archive-date=19 June 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 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>

== Colleges ==
There are more than 75 colleges across India for graduate and post-graduate programmes.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.davcmc.net.in/dav_colleges.html |title=DAV CMC - the DAV College Trust and Management Society is the largest non-governmental educational organisation in India |access-date=6 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707224125/http://davcmc.net.in/dav_colleges.html |archive-date=7 July 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

===Professional colleges===
Under DAV<ref name=davprof1>{{cite web|url=http://davcmc.net.in/dav_colleges.html|title=DAV professional colleges|access-date=20 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921023301/http://davcmc.net.in/dav_colleges.html|archive-date=21 September 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* University of Delhi
** [[Pannalal Girdharlal Dayanand Anglo Vedic College|PGDAV College, Delhi]]
** [[Hansraj College|Hansraj College, Delhi]]
* University of Mumbai
** Ramanand Arya DAV College, Mumbai
* College of Education
** Sohan Lal DAV College of Education, Ambala, Haryana
** Dr.Ganesh Dass DAV college of Education for Women, Karnal, Haryana
** BN Saha DAV Teacher's Training College, Giridih, Jharkhand
** DPB Dayanand College of Education, Solapur, Maharashtra
** DAV College of Education, Abohar, Punjab
** DAV College of Education for Women, outside Beri Gate, Amritsar, Punjab
** Jialal B.Ed College, Ramganj, Beawer Road, Ajmer, Rajasthan
** MCM DAV college, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh
* Law
** Damani Gopabai Bhairuratan (D.G.B.) Dayanand Law College, Solapur, Maharashtra
* Medical, Ayurveda, Dental, Pharmacy and Physiotherapy
** DAV Edwardganj Hospital, Malout, Punjab
** Dayanand Ayurvedic College, Jalandhar, GT Road, Jalandhar, Punjab
** Mahatma Hans Raj DAV Institute of Nursing, Mahatma Hans Raj Marg, Jalandhar, Punjab
** JN Kapoor DAV Centenary Dental College, Model Town, Yamuna Nagar, Haryana
** MN DAV Dental College, Tatul, Solan, Himachal Pradesh
** TDTR DAV Institute of Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation Professor Colony, Yamuna Nagar, Haryana
** DAV Institute of Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation, GT Road, Jalandhar, Punjab
** Km. Vimla Memorial DAV Physio Centre & Gym, Chheharta, Amritsar, Punjab
** DAV Pharmacy College, Mahatma Hans GT Road, Jalandhar City, Punjab
* Management
** DAV Institute of Management, NH-III, NIT, Faridabad, Haryana
** DAV Centre for Management Development in Agriculture & Environment, N-4/16, Civil Township, Rourkela, Odisha
** DAV School of Business Management, Unit-8, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
** DAV Institute of Management Studies & Research, Pune, Maharashtra
* Engineering and Technology
** NMDC DAV Polytechnic, Old Central School Building, Dantewada, Chhattisgarh
** DAV College of Engg. & Technology, Kanina, Mohindergarh, Haryana
** DAV Institute of Engineering & Technology Betla Road, Medininagar, Daltonganj, Palamau, Jharkhand
** DAV Institute of Engineering & Technology, Kabir Nagar, Mahatma Hans Raj Marg, Jalandhar, Punjab
** Mehr Chand Polytechnic College, Dayanand Nagar, GT Road, Jalandhar, Punjab
** Mehr Chand Technical Institute, Dayanand Nagar, GT Road, Jalandhar, Punjab
** Dayanand Junior Technical School, Dayanad Nagar, GT Road, Jalandhar, Punjab
* Industrial Training
** NMDC Ltd. DAV Industrial Training Center, Bhansi, Dantewada, Chhattisgarh
** NMDC - DAV ITC Nagarnagar, Jagdalpur, Bastar, Chhattisgarh
** Dayanand Industrial Training Institute Katra Sher Singh, Amritsar, Punjab

== Aided schools ==
[[File:Main_Entry_to_Building.jpg|thumb|[[CAV High School]] at [[Hisar city|Hisar]].]]
There are over 62 government-aided DAV schools across the country which are run by DAVCMC in co-operation with six states (Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, New Delhi, Orissa, and Punjab) and the Chandigarh union territory governments.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.davcmc.net.in/dav_aided_schools.html |title=DAV CMC - the DAV College Trust and Management Society is the largest non-governmental educational organisation in India |access-date=6 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150628100115/http://davcmc.net.in/dav_aided_schools.html |archive-date=28 June 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

== Unaided schools ==
There are more than 900 [[Nonprofit organization|not-for-profit charitable]] [[Charitable trust|trust-run]] 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=DAV CMC - the DAV College Trust and Management Society is the largest non-governmental educational organisation in India |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]], and [[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 institutes outside India ==

=== Colleges ===
* [[Fiji]]
** DAV College, Ba, [[Ba (town)|Ba]]
** DAV College, Suva, [[Nabua, Fiji|Nabua]], [[Suva]]
* [[Mauritius]]
** D.A.V. College, Saint André<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aryasabhamauritius.mu/info/?id=8/index.html|title=DAV College-Morc. St Andre|work=aryasabhamauritius.mu|access-date=19 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822091253/http://www.aryasabhamauritius.mu/info/?id=8%2Findex.html|archive-date=22 August 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
** Dr. Jugroo Seegobin D.A.V. College, [[Port Louis]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aryasabhamauritius.mu/info/?id=7/index.html|title=Dr. Juroo Seegobin DAV College - Port Louis|work=aryasabhamauritius.mu|access-date=19 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072307/http://www.aryasabhamauritius.mu/info/?id=7%2Findex.html|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

=== Schools ===
* [[Singapore]]
** [[Arya Samaj in Singapore#DAV Hindi School, Singapore|D.A.V. Hindi School]] at [[Arya Samaj in Singapore|Singapore Arya Samaj temple]], 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|access-date=8 January 2015|archive-date=18 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218071840/http://www.davschool.edu.sg/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Nepal]]
** [[DAV Sushil Kedia Vishwa Bharati Higher Secondary, Kathmandu, Nepal]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://davnepal.com/|title=DAV Sushil Kedia Vishwa Bharati Higher Secondary School|first=DAV School|last=Nepal|website=davnepal.com}}</ref>
** D.A.V. Dedraj Sewal Devi Todi Higher Secondary School, [[Biratnagar]]<ref>[http://www.davcollege.edu.np/index.html D.A.V. College].{{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222205313/http://www.davcollege.edu.np/+2/|date=}}.</ref>
* [[United Kingdom]]
** Dayanand Anglo-Vedic Primary School, [[Birmingham]]<ref name=uk1>{{cite web|url=https://www.arya-samaj.org/index.php?site=davbham|title=Arya Samaj (Vedic Mission) West Midlands|website=www.arya-samaj.org}}</ref>
* [[United States of America]]
** DAV Montessori School, [[Houston]]<ref name="usa1">{{cite web|title=DAV Montessori & Elementary School|url=https://www.davhouston.org/|url-status=live|website=DAV Montessori & Elementary School|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412111444/http://davhouston.org/ |archive-date=12 April 2019 }}</ref>

== Related educational institutes==
These Arya Samaj educational institutes are not under the DAV College Managing Committee.
* [[Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya]]
* [[GNA University]]
*Dayanand Industrial Training Institute Katra Sher Singh, Amritsar, Punjab
*Dayanand Model High School, Shakti Nagar, Amritsar, Punjab

==See also==
* [[Akhara]]
* [[Ekal Vidyalaya]]
* [[Gurukula]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Arya Samaj by country}}
{{Hindu reform movements}}
{{Hindudharma}}
{{Education in India}}

[[Category:Arya Samaj]]
[[Category:Educational organizations established in 1886]]
[[Category:History of education in India]]
[[Category:Educational organisations based in India]]
[[Category:Universities and colleges affiliated with the Arya Samaj]]
[[Category:1886 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Schools affiliated with the Arya Samaj]]

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NydiaSilverman2 at 03:49, 11 March 2026