The D.A.V MOVEMENT began with the formation of Dayanand Anglo Vedic College Trust & Management Society in 1885 by Mahatma Hansraj. Lala Lajpat Rai was its first President. Since then Dr. Mehar Chand Mahajan, Justice Jeevan Lal Kapoor , Shri Suraj Bhan (EX – Vice Chancellor, Punjab University), Shri Veda Vyas (Senior Advocate Supreme Court) ans Sh. Darbari Lal have been its illustrious Presidents. This is the largest Non-Government Educational Organization in the country, managing over 650 educational institutions. D.A.V institutions have rendered a unique service not only in dispelling ignorance and illiteracy but also in producing patriots, freedom-fighters, social reformers, intellectuals, thinkers, legal luminaries, doctors and engineers of unparalleled merit, integrity and caliber. D.A.V organization believe in instilling values like ‘Raise yourself high and world alike’.