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Delhi Public School, R. K. Puram - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 28°34′15.51″N 77°10′33.77″E / 28.5709750°N 77.1760472°E

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Delhi Public School

Address

R. K. Puram New Delhi – 110022 India
Coordinates	28°34′15.51″N 77°10′33.77″E / 28.5709750°N 77.1760472°E / 28.5709750; 77.1760472
Information
Type	Private school
Motto	Service Before Self
Established	29 January 1972
Chairman	V. K. Shunglu
Faculty	Full Time: 221
Area	12 acres (49,000 m²)^[1]
Color(s)	White and Bottle Green
Nickname	"Dipsites"
Affiliations	Central Board of Secondary Education
Website	Official Website

Delhi Public School, R. K. Puram (often referred to as DPS R. K. Puram or RKP) is a co-educational day and private boarding school educating pupils from 6th to 12th grade, located in R. K. Puram in the South Delhi district of Delhi, India. It was founded in 1972 and was the second Delhi Public School to be established after Delhi Public School, Mathura Road.

The school often features at the top of various rankings for academic excellence.^[2]^[3] DPS R. K. Puram is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) it is recognized by the Department of Education, Government of NCT Delhi, and the Ministry of HRD, Government of India.^[4] It is also a member of the Indian Public Schools' Conference (IPSC)^[5] and the National Progressive Schools' Conference (NPSC).^[6]

History

Since its founding, DPS R.K. Puram has maintained its standing as one of the most exclusive selective schools in India.^[7] In 2014, for example, 2,800 applications were received for 140 Nursery school spots this year, yielding an admissions rate of only 5 percent, which–as The New York Times noted–rivals that of top universities in the United States.^[8]

Campus

The school is a day and boarding school with 9,500 students on its rolls.^[4] It is situated in the heart of the South Delhi's urban area and has a campus of over 12 acres, along with a separate sports campus spread over 6 acres.^[9]

Hostel accommodation is also provided to more than 400 boarders from across the country. The hostel facility is separate for boys and girls.^[10]

Notable alumni

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Neha Aggarwal – Table Tennis Player
Harsh Chitale- previous CEO of HCL Infosystems
Indrani Dasgupta – Bollywood actor and model.^[11]
Ankit Fadia – host of MTV What the Hack!^[12]
Randeep Hooda- Actor
Aman Gupta- Co-founder and CMO Boat
Vineet Malhotra – TV anchor and sports personality.^[13]
Raghuram Rajan – 23rd Governor of the Reserve Bank of India.^[14]
Manavjit Singh Sandhu – Sport Shooter
Kriti Sanon- Actress
Ruchir Sharma – Head, Emerging Markets Equity, Morgan Stanley; international bestselling author of Breakout Nations and The Rise and Fall of Nations.^[15]
Vineeta Singh- Co-founder and CEO of Sugar Cosmetics
Shweta Tripathi- Bollywood Actress
Tejashwi Yadav – former Deputy Chief Minister, Government of Bihar

Incidents

On 2 February 2024, the school received an email warning of two bombs on the premises at 9 am. The administration promptly notified the police, evacuated the school, and initiated a search operation.^[16]

References

^ "DPS Model United Nations Conference". Retrieved 12 March 2012.
^ "Visually Impaired Student Among the Toppers in Delhi Public School, RK Puram".
^ "6 of India's top 10 schools in Delhi: Survey – Times of India". The Times of India. 14 September 2011.
^ ^a ^b "About us". Delhi Public School, R.K. Puram. Archived from the original on 15 February 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
^ Conference, Indian Public Schools'. "Indian Public Schools' Conference". ipsc.co.in. Archived from the original on 11 January 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
^ "Member-schools-d3 – NPSC INDIA". npscindia.com. Archived from the original on 25 February 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
^ "Top 10 schools in Delhi".
^ Manish, Sai (2 May 2014). "Legal Fight Over Nursery School Admissions Keeps Delhi Kids at Home".
^ "Infrastructure – Delhi Public School R.K. Puram, New Delhi". dpsrkp.net.
^ "Hostels infrastructure". Delhi Public School, R.K. Puram. Archived from the original on 28 February 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
^ "Joyride on the ramp". The Hindu. 9 October 2003. Archived from the original on 28 June 2004. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
^ "Catch the MTV Youth Icons". mid-day.com.
^ "Creating music, byte by byte". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 26 August 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
^ "When Raghuram Rajan visited his alma mater DPS RK Puram". businesstoday.in. 24 January 2014.
^ "The Rise and Fall of Nations – W. W. Norton & Company". books.wwnorton.com.
^ Livemint (2 February 2024). "Delhi Public School in RK Puram vacated after bomb threat, probe underway". mint. Retrieved 2 February 2024.

External links

Official website

Schools in Delhi

Delhi, India

Schools under the aegis of Delhi Public School Society

List of Delhi Public School Society schools

India

Bihar	Bhagalpur Patna
Chandigarh	Chandigarh
Delhi	Dwarka Mathura Road (Founded) R. K. Puram (Flagship) Rohini Vasant Kunj
Haryana	Faridabad
Jharkhand	Bokaro Dhanbad Giridih Ranchi
Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal Gwalior
Odisha	Rourkela
Uttar Pradesh	Greater Noida Kanpur (Azaad Nagar, Barra, Kalyanpur, Kidwai Nagar. Servodaya Nagar) Varanasi

United Arab Emirates

v t e Central Board of Secondary Education
Leadership	Chairperson : Vineet Joshi
Delhi	Balvantray Mehta Vidya Bhawan Anguridevi Shersingh Delhi Public School, R. K. Puram Lawrence Public School Kendriya Vidyalaya Vigyan Vihar
Uttar Pradesh	S.S. Memorial Senior Secondary Public School, Saifai
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