OUR INSPIRATION, GUIDING LIGHT AND STRENGTH

Prof. Ved Prakash, Vice President - DAV College Managing Committee and Hon’ble Chairman of the school, has served the cause of education during a career spanning almost forty years. He started his academic career from the Association of Indian Universities, to be followed by a phenomenal rise culminating to the position of the Chairman, University Grants Commission (UGC); the most premier organization of the Government of India. In over 60 years’ history of the UGC, he has the unique distinction of serving in all the three key positions of the UGC namely the Secretary, the Vice-Chairman and the Chairman. In addition, he has also served as the Founder Vice-Chancellor of National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA); Adviser (Education) Planning Commission, Government of India; Professor and Head, Department of Educational Measurement and Evaluation, NCERT, New Delhi; Associate Professor, Institute of Banking Personnel Selection, Bombay ; Joint Director, Staff Selection Commission, Government of India, New Delhi; Consultant, World Bank; Visiting Scholar at HIID, Harvard University and a Visiting Professor at University of Windsor, Canada.

He has represented the Government of India in a number of high powered delegations to forging collaboration with other countries in the field of higher education and research. Prof. Ved Prakash has visited more than 30 countries and has participated in a number of international conferences, seminars and workshops. His contributions in terms of research papers, country papers, articles, interventions have received much admiration and attention.

He has authored a number of books, articles and research papers on a wide spectrum of areas concerning higher education, educational planning and administration.

We are indeed honoured to have such a renowned, eminent and distinguished personality at the helm of the school affairs, leading us towards a better tomorrow.