“ The main aim of education is to create humans awareness so that they can understand the difference between the truth and untruth. Even by understanding if anyone does not practice it he is like a thief.”
Swami Dayananda

D.A.V. Pratap Vihar founded in 1988 is a co-educational Senior Secondary School , affiliated by the Central Board of Secondary Education preparing students for the All India Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination. The school that stands for excellence and continuously sets the highest standards, the school that is an alma mater which all alumni look back to with fond memories. The School functions under a registered society known, as the D.A.V. College Management Committee. 
The School functions under a registered society known, as the D.A.V. College Management Committee, Chitra Gupta Road, New Delhi. DAV College Managing Committee is the largest non-government organization in the field of education. DAV College Managing Committee has contributed to nation-building by pioneering private initiative in education.
DAVCMC runs and manages over 720 educational institutions comprising of public schools, colleges, institutes of professional education and research institutions. DAVCMC discharges its social responsibility by running ashrams and orphanages for the underprivileged and destitute children and women. 
The DAV College Managing Committee (DAVCMC) is managed by a galaxy of luminaries from diverse fields who are committed to the philosophy of Arya Samaj and ideals of Swami Dayanand Saraswati. The DAV institutions are spread all over the length and breadth of India with DAV presence in almost all states catering to a wide range of clients from the urban elite to the rural Indian. DAV's commitment to quality education ensures highly qualified and skilled work force and state-of-art infrastructure in the educational institutions managed by it.