Apeejay School, Pitampura, Delhi
| Apeejay School, Pitampura | |
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New Delhi India |
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| Coordinates | 28°41′25″N 77°07′16″E / 28.690163°N 77.121106°ECoordinates: 28°41′25″N 77°07′16″E / 28.690163°N 77.121106°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Private |
| Motto | 'Soaring High is my Nature' |
| Established | 1990 |
| Chairman | late Dr. Stya Paul |
| Principal | Dr. D.K. Bedi |
| Grades | Nursery–12 |
| Enrollment | 2,600 |
| Mascot | A Flying Bird |
| Website | apeejay.edu/pitampura |
Apeejay School, Pitampura is a higher–secondary school located in Pitampura, New Delhi, India. It was founded in 1990 and is affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). It is owned and run by the Apeejay Education Society which has 14 schools and 13 institutes of higher learning across India, as well as the Apeejay Stya University in Gurgaon.
Incumbent principal is Dr. Dilip Kumar Bedi.
The beginning of Apeejay School, Pitampura dates back to May 1990, when the first admission was done for classes Nursery, K.G. and I. The school started in tents from 23 July 1990. The first principal was R.S.Chauhan. Dr. Dilip Kumar Bedi joined the school as principal in July 1992 and heads the school till present. He received the national award by the President of India Prathiba Patil on Teacher's Day of India on 5 September 2007.
Apeejay Pitampura is located on Road No. 42 in Sainik Vihar (Pitampura), New Delhi. Pitampura is the nearest metro station on Delhi Metro's Red Line.
The school building was built on a four-acre plot allotted by the Delhi Development Authority. In 1990–91, a temporary structure with five classrooms and an activity room were ready. Suraj Sabharwal, the architect, designed the buildings, and construction started in 1992. The main building consisting of the basement, ground, first, second and third floors was completed by 1994 and all the classes were shifted to the new building on 18 July 1994.
The school has a 2 acre play-field with football nets, cricket nets and pitch, a volleyball court and a basketball court.
The school had obtained the "Essentiality Certificate" from Delhi Directorate of Education (DoE) in October 1991. The school got the recognition for classes Nursery to VIII on 22 September 1994 from the DoE. The school was granted the affiliation for class X on 23 September 1996 and the first batch of Class X appeared in All India Secondary School Examination conducted by the CBSE in March 1997.
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