Delhi Public School | |
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Address | |
Mathura Road, New Delhi-110003 New Delhi India |
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Coordinates | 28°35′49″N 77°14′33″E / 28.59694°N 77.24250°ECoordinates: 28°35′49″N 77°14′33″E / 28.59694°N 77.24250°E |
Information | |
Type | Private school |
Chairman | V.K Shunglu |
Principal | Manohar Lal |
Faculty | Fulltime |
Area | 25 acres (100,000 m2) |
Colour(s) | White, green, grey |
Nickname | "Dipsites" |
Affiliations | Central Board of Secondary Education |
Website | http://www.dpsmathuraroad.org/ |
Delhi Public School, Mathura Road is a private co-educational day and boarding school with 6500+ students in New Delhi, India. It is run by the Delhi Public School Society and is a member of the Indian Public School Conference. The school was founded in 1949 and was the first Delhi Public School. In 2009 the school completed its 60 years. The school's first principal was J.D Tytler in 1949. The foundation stone of the school building was laid in 1956 by S. Radhakrishnan, the then Vice President of India. MI Hussain, the former principal was the longest serving principal in the DPS Society (from 1998 to 2015).
The school follows the Central Board of Secondary Education system.
In 2007 it was rated as the third 'most respected secondary school' in India in a survey conducted by the Indian Market Research Bureau (IMRB) for the Deccan Herald newspaper.