General
The Dayanand Anglo-Vedic Schools System, also familiarly known as the D.A.V. Public Schools System is the single largest non-governmental education society in India . It is based on the ideals of the Hindu spiritual leader, Swami Dayanand Saraswati.The DAV system also comprises colleges offering graduate and post-graduate degrees in various areas of study all over India.
Formed in 1886, in Lahore by Maharishi Hansraj, it manages 667 institutions today, 461 of which are high school level institutions, with an annual budget of more than 2 billion rupees.
These schools are run by the Dayanand Anglo-Vedic College Trust and Management Society, also commonly known as the Dayanand Anglo-Vedic Education Society .
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 .
English is the primary language of instruction, with students also receiving compulsory education in Hindi and Sanskrit or a regional language.
Affiliated Colleges
- DAV College, Kanpur
- BBK DAV College for girls, Amritsar
- DAV College, Titilagarh
- DAV College, Chandigarh
- DAV College, Dehradun
- DAV PG College,[[Azamgarh]]
Other DAV Colleges and Schools
DAV Public School, Dehradun- DAV Public School, Phillaur
- DAV College, Amritsar
- BBKDAV College, Amritsar
- DAV College of Education, Amritsar
- DAV Public School, Amritsar
- DAV Senior Secondary School, Amritsar
- DAV College, Jalandhar
- Hans Raj Mahila Mahavidyalaya
- DAV Institute of Engineering and Technology, Jalandhar
- Mehar Chand Polytechnique, Jalandhar
- DAV Ayurvedic College, Jalandhar
- Sain Dass School, Jalandhar
- DAV Institute of Management, Faridabad, Haryana (www.davim.ac.in)
- DAV Public School, Vijayawada, AP
- DAV Safilguda, Hyderabad
- DAV Kukatpally, Hyderabad
- DAV PUBLIC SCHOOL KUSMUNDA, KORBA
- KB DAV Senior Secondary Public School Chandigarh
- DAV PUBLIC SCHOOL, HEHAL ,RANCHI
DAV Colleges outside India
- DAV College, Suva, Fiji
- DAV Girls College, Suva Fiji
- DAV College, Ba, Fiji
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References
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