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{{short description|Indian academic}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = G. P. Chopra
| birth_date = 1920
| birth_place = India
| death_date = 23 September 2011
| death_place = New Delhi
| occupation = Educationist
| website = {{URL|http://davcmc.net.in/|Official web site of DAV Network}}
| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]]<br/>[[Padma Shri]]<br/>Delhi Ratna<br/>Qimpro Platinum Award<br/>FUREC Distinguished Fellow
}}
'''Gyan Prakash Chopra''' (1920-2011) was an Indian educationist, credited with the establishment of several educational institutions in India.<ref name="The Hindu educationist" /> A recipient of the Padma Shri in 1999,<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/gp-chopra-passes-away/article2481420.ece | title=Padma Shri | website=[[The Hindu]] | access-date=8 August 2014}}</ref> he was honored again by the [[Government of India]], in 2010, with the [[Padma Bhushan]], the third highest civilian award, for his services to the field of education.<ref name="The Hindu educationist" /><ref name="Padma announcement">{{cite web | url=http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=57307 | title=Padma announcement | access-date=7 August 2014}}</ref>

==Biography==
G. P. Chopra was born in 1920, in the pre-independence India. After graduating in English Literature, he joined [[Murray College]], [[Sialkot]], in the present day [[Pakistan]], as a lecturer. After the [[Partition of India|Indian independence]] and [[Partition of India|partition]], he moved to New Delhi and joined [[Hans Raj College]] of [[Delhi University]] and taught at the college till his retirement from teaching service.<ref name="The Hindu educationist">{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/educationist-gp-chopra-no-more/article2478281.ece | newspaper=The Hindu | title=Educationist G.P. Chopra no more | date=23 September 2011 | access-date=16 July 2019}}</ref>

Gyan Prakash Chopra was the President of DAV network of institutions, a 123-year-old non governmental organization focused on education. During his period, he was successful in establishing over several DAV educational institutions across the country, including the rural and tribal areas of [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[Jharkhand]] and [[Orissa, India|Orissa]].<ref name="Qimpro award" />

==DAV network==
DAV network of institutions is an education-focused group, started in 1886, which runs over 700 educational institutions in various parts of the country, with a student strength of about one million. The group witnessed growth during Chopra's reign as the President of the Managing Committee.<ref name="DAV">{{cite web|url=http://mobiletoi.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&pageid=13&sectid=edid=&edlabel=TOIM&mydateHid=24-02-2010&pubname=Times+of+India+-+Mumbai&edname=&articleid=Ar01301&publabel=TOI |title=DAV |access-date=8 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809212545/http://mobiletoi.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&pageid=13&sectid=edid=&edlabel=TOIM&mydateHid=24-02-2010&pubname=Times+of+India+-+Mumbai&edname=&articleid=Ar01301&publabel=TOI |archive-date=9 August 2014 }}</ref><ref name="DAV web site">{{cite web|url=http://davcmc.net.in/dav_move_background.html |title=DAV web site |access-date=8 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140719184129/http://davcmc.net.in/dav_move_background.html |archive-date=19 July 2014 }}</ref> The first of the DAV schools was started in 1885, followed by the establishment of the DAV Trust and Management Society, a year later. The movement, founded by [[Dayanand Saraswati]], at various points of time, involved many notable personalities such as [[Mahatma Hans Raj]], Mehr Chand, Lala Balraj, Justice Mehar Chand Mahajan, Dr. G. L. Dutta, Lala Suraj Bhan, Prof Ved Vyas, Darbari Lal, T. R. Tuli, G. P. Chopra and Punam Suri.<ref name="DAV web site" />

==Awards and recognitions==

* [[Padma Bhushan]] - 2010<ref name="Padma announcement" />
* [[Padma Shri]] - 1999<ref name="Padma 1999">{{cite web|url=http://www.groupavantika.com/pathfinders.html |title=Padma 1999 |access-date=8 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810180307/http://www.groupavantika.com/pathfinders.html |archive-date=10 August 2014 }}</ref><ref name="Padma shri">{{cite web | url=http://gkinformation.wordpress.com/2011/04/17/padma-shri-awards-1998-1999/ | title=Padma shri | date=17 April 2011 | access-date=8 August 2014}}</ref>
* Qimpro Platinum Standard - 2009<ref name="Qimpro award">{{cite web | url=http://www.qimpro.com/awards/gianparkashchopra.php | title=Qimpro award | access-date=8 August 2014}}</ref>
* Delhi Ratna — All India Conference of Intellectuals<ref name="Delhi Ratna">{{cite web | url=http://www.tcdavbabrala.org/E-Newsletter%20Vol-2,%20Issue-2/TCDAV%20Newsletter%20VI.pdf | title=Delhi Ratna | access-date=8 August 2014}}</ref>
* Distinguished Fellow — Foundation for Unity of Religions and Enlightened Citizenship (FUREC)<ref name="Delhi Ratna" />

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==External links==
* New year Message - 2009 by G. P. Chopra on [[YouTube]]<ref name="New year message">{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBC2qfwut14 | title=New Year message | website=[[YouTube]] | access-date=8 August 2014}}</ref>
* Documentary on G. P. Chopra<ref name="Documentary">{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F45WNdXIJP4 | title=Documentary | website=[[YouTube]] | access-date=8 August 2014}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{PadmaBhushanAwardRecipients 2010–19}}
{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Literature & Education}}

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[[Category:1920 births]]
[[Category:2011 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Sialkot]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in literature & education]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian educational theorists]]
[[Category:Founders of Indian schools and colleges]]
[[Category:People from Punjab Province (British India)]]

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