The Vision

The DAV has a clear-cut vision:

• To continue expanding and exploring, locally and globally and be a knowledge leader and content provider.
• To muster strategies to become a global epicenter of knowledge, culture, skills, technology, research and service.
• To empower women through education.

Swami Dayanand

Saraswati Ji

In the middle of the 19th century, Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati felt a strong need to revitalise India intellectually, emotionally and spiritually. 'Back to Vedas' was his redeeming call. Maharishi Dayanand thus started a spiritual and social renaissance in society. After 3 years of the death of the Maharishi, i.e. 1886, Dayanand Anglo Vedic (DAV) Trust and Management Society came into existence, to realise the prophetic vision of this great thinker philosopher . It was registered under the Societies Act of 1860, and the same year the first DAV School was established at Lahore with Lala Hansraj { later on known as Mahatma Hansraj } as the Honorary Headmaster.