The Doon School
Motto	Knowledge our Light
Established	September 10, 1935
Head Master	Dr. Kanti Bajpai
Location	Dehra Dun,  India
Students	approximately 500
Masters	approximately 58
Homepage	http://www.doonschool.com

The Doon School is a private school in India, spread across 69 acres in Dehra Dun in the state of Uttarakhand. Established in 1929, its first Headmaster was Arthur E. Foot, a former science master at Eton College. Foot had never visited India before accepting the position, and his first action was to recruit J.A.K. Martyn from Harrow as his deputy. Doon's distinctive style and philosophy were set early in its life, as another master, Jack Gibson, summarized in a letter to parents in 1940: 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ... Indian TVs most popular face on international affairs, Professor Kanti Bajpai, has now taken on a 5 year term as the Headmaster of The Doon School, Dehra Dun, India. ... Dehradun (देहरादून) is a capital city of Uttaranchal state of India nestled between the Himalayas and Shivaliks ranges. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_India. ... Dehradun (देहरादून) is a capital city of Uttaranchal state of India nestled between the Himalayas and Shivaliks ranges. ... , Uttarakhand (Hindi: उत्तराखंड), known as Uttaranchal from 2000 to 2006, became the 27th state of the Republic of India on November 9, 2000. ... In the UK and elsewhere, a head teacher is the most senior teacher in a school. ... A schoolmaster or simply master once referred to a male school teacher. ... The Kings College of Our Lady of Eton beside Windsor, commonly known as Eton College or just Eton, is a public school (privately funded and independent) for boys, founded in 1440 by King Henry VI. It is located in Eton, near Windsor in England, north of Windsor Castle, and...

... each boy must train himself to think clearly so that he will be willing to come to conclusions that may be different from what he has expected and may point to something different from what we were brought up to believe to be the accepted order. He must train his body to undergo hardships and be prepared for unexpected discomforts, and above all he must awaken and sharpen his sympathies for and understanding of people outside his own class and circle.^[1]

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Overview

Doon follows the House System, with five administrative units, or dorm-like houses, named, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kashmir, Oberoi and Tata. Each house is run by a housemaster, who is assisted by a senior boy known as the House Captain. There is one senior boy who serves as School Captain, and he is assisted by School Prefects from each of the houses. In addition, there are two holding houses, Foot and Martyn, named after former headmasters, where new students typically live for one year before they move into the main houses. The House System is a traditional feature of British schools, similar to the collegiate system of a university. ... A typical American college dorm room Another typical not-so-clean college dorm room Watterson Towers, Illinois State University Potomac Hall, second-largest dormitory at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. ... Flag Capital Hyderabad Government Principality Nizam  - 1720-48 (first) Asaf Jah I  - 1911-48 (last) Asaf Jah VII History  - Established 1724  - Annexed by India September 18, 1948 Hyderābād and Berar   (Telugu: హైదరాబాదు Urdu: حیدر آباد) under the Nizams, was the largest princely state in India. ... , Jaipur   (Hindi: जयपुर, Rajasthan Capital), also popularly known as the Pink City, historically sometimes rendered as Jeypore, is the capital of Rajasthan state, India. ... Kashmir (or Cashmere) may refer to: Kashmir region, the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent India, Kashmir conflict, the territorial dispute between India, Pakistan, and the China over the Kashmir region. ... Oberoi Hotels is an Indian luxury hotel chain established in 1934. ... The Tatas are a wealthy family of Parsi Zoroastrians in India. ... In British education, a housemaster (or, less commonly, a housemistress) is a member of staff in charge of a boarding house, normally at a boarding school (e. ... School Captain is a student elected, or appointed, to represent the school. ... Headmasters are a sub-group of characters from the Transformers meta-series, distinguished by their ability to detatch their heads when transforming into their alternate modes, with the heads then transforming themselves into a humanoid form. ...

Doon has idiosyncratic slang typical of a public school, including toye time (study time in the evenings), tuck shop (for purchasing snacks), change-in-break (a particularly annoying form of punishment), quis-ego, bags (dibs), lend (sycophant), scopat (ambitious to a fault), don't die (just kidding), sneak (tattle tail), vella (idle) and many others. Many boys acquire a nickname which often attaches for life, and can see variations of the same assigned to younger brothers and even sons of those boys who later attend Doon. For other uses, see Slang (disambiguation). ... Italic textBold textItalic textItalic text[[Image: // Failed to parse (lexing error): <nowiki>Insert formula here</nowiki>--~~~~ ---- <gallery> {| class=wikitable |- Image:Example. ... Look up Punishment in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The cultural convention of quis-ego, found among students in primary and secondary schools in the United Kingdom and other members of the Commonwealth, is a way to distribute free or unwanted goods. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... EXAMPLE:Laughbox,Blondie,BamBam,Pinkie,etc. ...

The Doon academic year starts at the beginning of February, and the first Term (or semester), known as the Spring Term lasts four months to the end of May. Halfway through the Term, the boys take a one-week Midterm - a rugged trip and/or adventure often through the Siwalik Hills or Himalayas - which senior boys take unaccompanied and which they plan entirely on their own. This includes camping out in tents, cooking their own food and trekking for hours everyday. An academic term is the time during which a school, college or university holds classes. ... The Siwalik Hills (also spelled Shiwalik, Shivalik, or Sivalik) are the southernmost and geologically youngest foothills running parallel to the main Himalayas. ... For the movie Himalaya, see Himalaya (film). ... Car camping is camping in a tent, but nearby the car for easier access and for supply storage. ... Many beautiful natural scenes are only accessible if one is willing to hike to get to them. ...

The Autumn Term starts at the beginning of August, and lasts till the end of November, once again with a Midterm break halfway through the semester.

The school awards, among other honors: School Colours, various sports Colours, the Games Blazer, and the Scholar's Blazer. The school has no valedictorian or commencement ceremony: as and when they've finished their board exams, the boys just leave. In the United States and Canada, the title of valedictorian (an anglicized derivation from the Latin vale dicere, to say farewell) is given to the top graduate of the graduating class (the Australia/New Zealand equivalent being dux, although some Australian universities use the American term) of an educational institution. ... See also Academic dress Categories: Education | Academia ... In India, board examinations refer to the pivotal examinations that occur at the end of the 9th to 10th grade education (SSC), or at the end of the 11th to 12th grade education (HSC). ...

The boys and campus

A goal of the school is to provide young Indians with a liberal education, and to instill in them a respect for the ideals of secularism, discipline and equality. The campus is stunning, the sports and science facilities are first rate, but the students' lives might be considered almost monastic. While seldom appreciated during their education, this asceticism is a source of much pride among the alumni. In the history of education, the seven liberal arts comprise two groups of studies, the trivium and the quadrivium. ... This article is about secularism. ... For other uses, see Discipline (disambiguation). ... Egalitarianism (derived from the French word égal, meaning equal or level) is a political doctrine that holds that all people should be treated as equals from birth. ... A sport consists of a physical activity or skill carried out with a recreational purpose: for competition, for self-enjoyment, to attain excellence, for the development of a skill, or some combination of these. ... A magnet levitating above a high-temperature superconductor demonstrates the Meissner effect. ... Monasticism (from Greek: monachos—a solitary person) is the religious practice of renouncing all worldly pursuits in order to fully devote ones life to spiritual work. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

To house the school, the Indian Public Schools Society acquired Chandbagh Estate in Dehra Dun from the Imperial Forest College and Research Institute. The IPS also acquired an adjoining estate from the descendants of Col. Skinner, which forms the part of the Doon School campus known as Skinner's Field. As of 2007, Doon spans 69 acres (280,000 m²), and has approximately 500 students between grades seven and twelve. Forest Research Institute is one of worst Institutions in the field of Forestry research in India. ... James Skinner (1778 - December 4, 1841), British military adventurer in India, son of Lieut. ... This article is about the unit of measure known as the acre. ...

Doon clearly has an edge over other top schools of India, such as, Bishop Cotton School, Simla, St. Paul's School, Darjeeling, Lawrence School, Sanawar and Lovedale, Mayo College, Scindia School Gwalior and others, though Doon is a much younger school. Bishop Cotton School, Shimla, is one of the oldest boarding schools in Asia, having been founded o­n 28th July, 1859, by Bishop George Edward Lynch Cotton, son of an Army Captain, who died leading his Regiment in battle. ... St. ... Insert non-formatted text hereInsert non-formatted text here To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Lovedale was a mission station and educational institute in the Victoria East division of the Cape Province, South Africa (now in Eastern Cape Province). ... Image:Bdlb. ... Scindia School Logo The Scindia School is a residential school for boys, situated in the Gwalior Fort, in Gwalior, India. ...

Old boys of the school (a.k.a. ex-doscos) who have achieved prominence in politics include: An old boy network or society can refer to social and business associations among former pupils of top male-only public schools (independent secondary schools) in the United Kingdom, such as Eton, Harrow, Winchester and Charterhouse, private schools in Canada, and, to a lesser degree, to university students (notably Oxbridge...

• Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi
• 6 Cabinet Ministers, including Kamal Nath, Mani Shankar Aiyar and Karan Singh
• 15 Members of the Indian Parliament, including Sanjay Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and Jyotiraditya Scindia
• 2 Chief Ministers (Naveen Patnaik and Amarinder Singh)
• the ex-Governor of Pakistani Punjab Lt. Gen. Jilani Khan and the former secretary general of the government of Pakistan Rafiq Akram.

Doscos who have served as government officials include 23 Ambassadors and numerous heads of departments. And Doscos who have served in the armed forces of India and Pakistan include 17 generals, 2 admirals and 4 air marshals. The Prime Minister of India is, in practice, the most powerful person in the Government of India. ... Rajiv Ratna Gandhi राजीव गाधीं (IPA: ), born in Mumbai, (August 20, 1944 – May 21, 1991), the eldest son of Indira and Feroze Gandhi, was the 7th Prime Minister of India (and the 2nd from the Gandhi family) from his mothers death on 31 October 1984 until his resignation on December 2... Kamal Nath is Indias Commerce Minister. ... Mani Shankar Aiyar Mani Shankar Aiyar (born April 10, 1941, Lahore) is a controversial Indian politician. ... Karan Singh (1931- ) is an Indian politician, author and diplomat. ... Sansad Bhavan, The Parliament of India The Parliament of India (or Sansad) is bicameral. ... Sanjay Gandhi (December 14, 1946 –- June 23, 1980) was an Indian politician, the younger son of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and politician Feroze Gandhi. ... Rahul Gandhi (born June 19, 1970) is an Indian politician and member of the Parliament of India, representing the Amethi constituency. ... Jyotiraditya Scindia (born January 1, 1971) is an INC leader and Member of Parliament from Guna. ... A Chief Minister is the elected Head of Government of a state of India, a territory of Australia or a British overseas territory that has attained self-government. ... Naveen Patnaik is the Chief Minister of Orissa, India. ... Capt. ... The Punjab/ پنجاب province of Pakistan is part of the larger Punjab region. ... The Doon School has produced several senior members of the diplomatic corps of India and Pakistan: Ambassadors of India Uma Shankar Bajpai K Shankar Bajpai Sushil Dubey Kaikhosrou K. Framji Padmanabha Gopinath Ashok B Gokhale Vinod Kumar Grover AN Dhairya Sheel Haksar Nagendra Nath Jha Inder Pal Khosla KP Sankara...

Rajiv Gandhi (ex 203K '60)

The writers Vikram Seth and Amitav Ghosh, journalists Prannoy Roy and Karan Thapar, film actors Roshan Seth and Chandrachur Singh, Academy Award nominated director Ashvin Kumar, social worker Bunker Roy, and sculptor Anish Kapoor, are all Doscos. The first Indian Rhodes Scholar was a Dosco. Image File history File links Rajiv_Gandhi. ... Image File history File links Rajiv_Gandhi. ... Rajiv Ratna Gandhi राजीव गाधीं (IPA: ), born in Mumbai, (August 20, 1944 – May 21, 1991), the eldest son of Indira and Feroze Gandhi, was the 7th Prime Minister of India (and the 2nd from the Gandhi family) from his mothers death on 31 October 1984 until his resignation on December 2... Vikram Seth (pronounced ), born June 20, 1952 is an Indian poet, novelist, travel writer, librettist, childrens writer, biographer and memoirist. ... For the banker, see Amitav Ghosh (banker). ... Prannoy Roy anchoring a news program on NDTV Prannoy Roy (born on October 15, 1949) is an Indian media figure. ... Karaṇ Thāpar (Hindi: करण थापर), born on 5th November, 1955 in Srinagar, India, is one of Indias noted television commentators and interviewers. ... Roshan Seth Roshan Seth (born 17 August 1942) is a British Indian actor. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... 1000 Names, 1985 Anish Kapoor (originally Anish Neeraj Sen, born 1954) is a Turner Prize winning sculptor. ... Rhodes House in Oxford Rhodes Scholarships were created by Cecil John Rhodes. ...

The vast majority of Doscos are Indians, but a dwindling number are from Pakistan: they studied at Doon before Partition forced them to leave in 1947. Bangladeshi boys continue to study at the school even today, as do boys from Nepal. The members of the Royal Rana household of Nepal also have studied here. In 1998 The Chand Bagh School was established by Pakistani Doscos approximately 40 km north of Lahore, Pakistan. This article is under construction. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Peoples Republic of Bangladesh (Bangla: গনপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলােদশ) is a country in South Asia that forms the eastern part of the ancient region of Bengal. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... The Chand Bagh School is a fully residential boarding school in Pakistan. ...   (Urdu: لاہور, Punjabi: لہور, pronounced ) is the capital of the Punjab and is the second largest city in Pakistan after Karachi. ...

Jana Gana Mana by Rabindranath Tagore was chosen as the school song in 1935. The song was adopted by India as the national anthem in 1947. Jana Gana Mana (Thou Art the Ruler of the Minds of All People) is the national anthem of India. ... (Bengali: , IPA: ) (7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941), also known by the sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali poet, Brahmo Samaj philosopher, visual artist, playwright, novelist, and composer whose works reshaped Bengali literature and music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ... A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history, traditions and struggles of its people, recognized either by a countrys government as the official national song, or by convention through use by the people. ...

Headmasters

• A.E. Foot
• J.A.K. Martyn
• C.J. Miller
• E.J. Simeon
• Gulab Ramchandani
• S.R. Das
• John A. Mason
• Kanti P. Bajpai

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Doon in Fiction

• In Salman Rushdie's anthology of short stories East, West, the characters Zulu and Chekhov are Doscos.
• In Kiran Doshi's Birds of Passage the central character Abhay is a Dosco.
• Vikram Seth used his own experiences of being bullied at Doon, to model the character of Tapan in A Suitable Boy.

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Doon in Research

• Doon School Chronicles: a series of ethnographic films made by David MacDougall between 1997-2000 that study the unique culture of the school.
• Constructing Post-Colonial India: National Character and the Doon School by Sanjay Srivastva is a detailed sociological study of the school's culture and how it has influenced modern notions of India's national character.

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Doon in the Press

• A storied prep school sees old ways erode... Associated Press June 16 2007.
• The Andover of India? Graduates From Doon Score Top U.S. Jobs The Wall Street Journal June 3, 2006.
• Class Up at Doon Outlook Magazine, April 17, 2006.
• Liberal Streak Financial Times January 2, 2004.
• Climb Every Mountain The Hindu Feb 24, 2002.
• India's Old School Tie: The Harrow by the Himalayas The New York Times November 12, 1985.
• Private world of public schools The Tribune October 3, 2006.

Notable alumni

Main Article: List of ex-Doscos Alumni of the Doon School, who are also known as Doscos, include some of Indias most prominent business leaders and innovators. ...

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Doon's first headmaster, A.E.Foot, wrote in 1942: When you leave the school you have probably already decided on the next step in your career. What is going to be your outlook? Are you going to use your equipment and your opportunities in order to secure as much as possible of wealth and power and influence with the great? Is it your ambition to be a successful member of an acquisitive society? Do you hope your education will enable you to get more from your country or give more to it? Will the monument you leave behind you (for you cannot take it with you) be a palace on Malabar Hill or will it be built up in the hearts of the people you have served?^[1] Malabar Hill is a small hillock in southern Mumbai (formerly Bombay), India, and is the location of the Walkeshwar Temple, founded by the Silhara kings. ...

External links

• Official Website of the Doon School
• Official website of the Doon School Old Boys Society
• The Official Dosco Network

The Indian Public Schools: http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20061003/edu.htm#1

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