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Press Coverage
Shiv Singh (654 JA '95) was recently mentioned in a top ten list of Media Mavens of 2009 printed by venerable marketing publication, Advertising Age. Shiv is a VP and social media lead with digital brand specialist Razorfish. The Doon Online founder and publisher of Sommelier India, an online magazine for wine connoisseurs, is credited with creating a digital marketing platform for Mercedes, Victoria's Secret and Microsoft. Shiv can be reached at shivsingh@gmail.com
Shayan Italia (5-KB '96) was interviewed by Sir David Frost on his show 'Frost Over the World' for news channel Al Jazeera recently where Shayan was introduced as 'perhaps the next Elton John'. Shayan performed one of his songs live and announced the imminent release of his album with Universal. To watch the interview, go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fkzMz30pSU.
The Sheel Vohra Inter-House Cricket Cup shall be played on March 29th, 2008 this year at the Central Secretariat Grounds, Chanakya Puri (Opp Nehru Park), New Delhi. A dinner shall follow at the Delhi Golf Club on Dr. Zakhir Hussain Marg in New Delhi at 7.45pm and is open to all. Invitation cards for the Dinner should preferably be purchased prior to the event from the DSOBS Office. For more details please read on...
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An interesting article that's doing the rounds about School and how the times have changed for the once privileged Dosco elite. Read on here.
A self-proclaimed party animal, Ajay S Shriram smiles as you hint about his share of wealth. The wealth of relationships — some acquired way back in school while others from the business fraternity.
“You may spot me promoting a friend’s painting exhibition or even promoting a social cause,” he says. Unlike many honchos of his league, the chairman and senior managing director of DCM Shriram Consolidated Ltd doesn’t shy away from talking about the parties he attends. With an equally open mind he welcomes comments from his employees about how he looked at last night’s party.
Note this article appeared in The Financial Express on Sunday, May 13th, 2007.
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reading " Banking on a wealth of relationships Ajay S Shriram (161-KA '70)" »
Vasant Valley's principal Arun Kapur shows that cooking comes as easily to him as teaching.
Vasant Valley may be one of Delhi’s premier schools, but after having demolished a fabulous meal cooked by principal Arun Kapur last week for the benefit of this column, it will forever be associated in my mind with good food and good times. Note, Arun Kapur taught at The Doon School prior to joining Vasant Valley.
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reading "Arun Kapur on Food in Business Standard" »
Three Doscos, Abhimanyu Walia, Pranav Swaroop and Uday Pratap Singh have gone missing in Dehra Dun since news of their post-ISC celebrations led to reports of their car crashing into and killing a motorcyclist on Rajpur Road. A passenger on the bike has been badly injured in the incident. News reports suggest that the boys had been drinking to celebrate the end of their Class XII exams.
Read the Times of India report with a statement from Headmaster Kanti Bajpai.
Apparently, the dosco brand is so strong that others want to steal it. Rahul Bhargava (510-HB '94) drew our attention to this article about a boy who raised Rs 50,000 by saying that he was a dosco with cancer. Neither did he have cancer and nor was he a dosco.
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reading "Cancer funds flow for ‘fraud’ according to The Telegraph" »
Samir Modi (602-TB '88) is passionate about cooking. If it’s not a business plan, it’s food. The Lebanese and Thai food lover does not only relish eating, but also enjoys cooking. In fact, 36-year-old managing director of Modi Enterprises (turnover: $ 800 million) likes cooking more than eating. (From The Financial Times)
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On December 17th, 2006 The Times of India published a story about a 16 year old "Doon student" who got into a car accident while driving on the Delhi-Noida highway. A subsequent news item appeared next day in the same daily stating that the boy was under arrest and The Doon School was mentioned again.
Moin Quershi has informed us that the student was not from The Doon School but from the Doon International School on Survey Road in Dehra Dun.
 | It was the last polo match of the Delhi season with a face off between teams sponsored by the well-known Doon school and Welham girls. Though the Welham team had top polo champs Angad and Uday Kalan they still lost to the Doon team led by Dosco Sanjay Kapur as reported by NDTV. Though Kapur's wife Karisma Kapoor gave it a miss polo lovers were out in large numbers. Please note, this was not a DSOBS official event. |
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| Being in the hotel industry for over three decades, Ashok Khanna, managing director of IHHR Hospitality, has seen it all. But he believes there are peaks yet to be conquered, finds Sanjeev Bhar.
I am greeted with an enchanting smile - a trademark of Ashok Khanna and a style perfectly in sync with his flagship brand 'Ananda'. His brainchild - Ananda in the Himalayas - voted by Condé Nast Traveller as the world's best destination spa, second year in succession - has become symbolic of Indian spas |  |
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reading "Ashok Khanna (29-K '67) On the Himalayan trail, The Express" »
 | He's full of energy, despite a late night fashion show triumph. And he's got mega plans up his sleeve. He finds Bangalore a charming mix of the trendy and the traditional — the couture set rubbing shoulders with the saree-clad. He loves Bangalore but hates the traffic. He mulls the conundrum of the big-earning, low-spending techie. |
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reading "Tarun Tahiliani (734-TA '80) and the World of Fashion, Times of India" »
From the Hindustan Times - They say there’s nothing more cruel than schoolboys. They’re wrong. Far worse are those you were at school with — even after thirty years! My class of ’71 at Doon had a re-union this weekend and I met up with several old friends I haven’t seen for decades.
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From the Indian Express- He’s cute and very straightforward. Meet Aditya Kumar (428-TA '00), 23, whose credentials are much more than just being the son of well-known Income Tax Chartered Accountant, Ashwani Kumar.
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From the Indian Express - Doon School is known as the alma mater of many a celebrity and counted among the best residential schools of the country but villagers of Fatehgram will remember its students and teachers for entirely different reasons. Fatehgram has been their classroom where their rural development initiatives have borne fruit, making the once remote village self-sufficient in its energy and livelihood needs.
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reading "In a village, Doon School’s extended classroom" »
A couple of doscos sent us the Doon alumni article from the Asian and European editions of the Wall Street Journals'. This article has a few more details than the US edition which was published earlier on Doon Online. Most interesting is the quote below,
"Three to four years ago, between 30% and 35% of Doon graduates went overseas for college, according to Dr. Bajpai, with most going to the U.S. and the U.K. Last year, the number rose to 50%; this year he predicts it will hit 70%."
With so many doscos leaving the country, does that mean Doon is becoming an "export" school?
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reading "The Andover of India? WSJ Asian & European Edition version" »
The much awaited article on The Doon School and its alumni appeared in this Saturday's Wall Street Journal on the front page. Doscos Vikram Malhotra, Ravi Sinha, Vinit Khanna, Deepak Thakran, Kabir Sethi, Rajiv Dutta and of course Dr. Kanti Bajpai were mentioned in it. Read the article, which was written by Anita Raghavanand for the Wall Street Journal, and tell us what you think of it.
DEHRA DUN, India -- At the Doon School, near the foothills of the Himalayas, life is spartan. The 500 boys enrolled here bathe together in communal showers. In winter, they pore over textbooks in rooms with no heat. Cellphones are forbidden and parental visits are kept to a minimum.
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reading "The Andover of India? Graduates From Doon Score Top U.S. Jobs, Wall Street Journal" »
Once the stomping grounds of the Indian elite, Doon School now harbours the aspirations of small-town nouveau riche. Read the April 17th, 2006 Outlook Magazine article on The Doon School.
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reading "Class Up At Doon" »
Most people will agree that you don't need to be an expert to realise the problems plaguing education in India: That our system emphasises learning by rote, that most schools do not encourage a child to nurture and develop his/her true potential, that India faces an acute shortage of quality teachers, that there is very little cutting edge research happening in the country. Read this Rediff India article on education in India.
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reading "Inhuman curricular load on Indian students" »
Rumor has it that the Wall Street Journal is planning to do an article on The Doon School and its alums. Have you heard anything? Let us know if you have or if you see the article.
Kanti Bajpai was quoted in the Times of India talking about Bush visit to India. To quote, International relations expert Kanti Bajpai says that chemistry between political leaders always plays some role in decision-making. "But," he adds, "if national interests are not aligned, then no amount of personal chemistry can bring them to an agreement."
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With the new bills being passed in the Lok Sabha there's a chance that this might be a reality in the not to distant future. Is it right or wrong? Who knows? But we were a lucky to come across an insightful editorial in today's Times of India that explains the issue well. The editorial was written by none other than Kanti Bajpai, Headmaster of Doon.
Maybe this is a sign that school is closed for the holidays but we also saw Kanti Bajpai on television last night. In this instance he was a guest on Dosco Karan Thapar's show discussing Indo-Pak relations.
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reading "Can you imagine Doon with 90% reservations?" »
For Shivinder Mohan Singh, joint managing director of Fortis Healthcare and younger son of the late Dr Parvinder Singh of Ranbaxy Laboratories, the recent acquisition of Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre (EHIRC) for Rs 585 crore was a refreshing turning point in career. From the Financial Express
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reading "Baptism by fire" »
Anish Kapoor (259-K '60) is considered one of the world's greatest living sculptors and that position was further recognized when he was recently appointed a trustee of the Tate Gallery in London, UK. To learn more about Anish Kapoor visit the spotlight on him.
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reading "Tony Blair appoints Dosco as trustee of Tate Gallery" »
Doon may need to allocate 22.5% of its admissions for backward classes as determined by the state government according to a new law enacted by the Lok Sabha. This means that Doon will no longer be merit based. Read The Economic Times article on the issue and tell us what you think.
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L M Thapar may have turned 75, but he is still keenly following his business and passion for arts and carpets. Read the full article from the Financial Express on the Chairman of Ballarpur Industries Limited (BILT)
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reading "I have no regrets in life - LM Thapar (98-J '47)" »
According to a recent Business Standard article, Rajiv Gandhi felt that he was betrayed by his Doon friends. These were the friends that joined him in politics and became his political confidants.
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reading "Rajiv Gandhi - In fair weather and foul, Business Standard" »
Vikram Seth was in San Francisco in early November as a part of his hectic book promotion tour for Two Lives. Fans of Seth, and I certainly count myself as one, would have followed rediff's coverage of his India visit last month and the descriptions of the readings in four cities.
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reading "Vikram Seth returns to the Golden Gate, Rediff.com" »
With his elegant gray suit, expensive Swiss watch on his wrist, hair neatly combed and parted sideways and seemingly giving off a who’s-better-than-me air, Nirvana Chaudhary can pass for any fresh-faced, highly ambitious young men who can be seen passionately talking about their work over lunch with their peers in top-end restaurants about the city.
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reading "Nirvana Chaudhary: Following the tradition, Nepal News" »
Recent commentary on India’s educational system has focused on issues of “exclusion”. World Bank and UNDP reports focus on low enrolment data. Socio-economic reasons lead to early age school dropouts.
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reading "No education of education By Anuradha Shenoy, Business Standard" »
AT 31, executive director and chief operating office of the Escorts Group, Nikhil Nanda has a tough task ahead of him. Nanda’s new job profile, which includes looking after the tractor, construction and auto component business, means “three CEOs are reporting to me.”
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reading "‘Family moments are very sacred to me’ by Somashukla Walunjkar, The Financial Express" »
From poetry to travel writing and fiction — pole vaulting between different genres comes easy to the literary maverick Vikram Seth. Touted as the best writer of his generation, Vikram is back after a seven-year hiatus with his new offering, Two Lives. But why such a long break between his last work and this one?
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reading "Seven years, two lives by TNN, Times of India" »
Two days in India and Vikram Seth is already knee-deep in the media circus. But if all that attention is aggravating for a man who admits to being "a bit cagey about himself", it doesn't show. Seth stays unflappably courteous, and acquiesces to all the demands of our photographer with the panache of a seasoned pro.
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reading "The Rhyme and Reason of Vikram Seth by Vikas Singh, Times of India" »
Bunker Roy (125-J '62) has written a thoughtful article titled "Why the millennium goals won't work" for the International Herald Tribune in which he sharply criticizes the UN's Millenium Development Goals.
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reading "Bunker Roy (125-J '62) criticizes the United Nations Millennium Development Goals" »
Suhel Seth talks about Doon teachers in an article for The Indian Express.
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reading "The Indian Express: A Tale of Fine Teachers" »
Decades ago, Mahatma Gandhi said, India lives in her villages: I guess from a socio-economic perspective it still holds true, but where India really breathes is in its small towns, places which have neither lost their character nor their soul, and Dehra Dun is happily one such place. It is quite another matter that a large influx of Calcuttans has further embellished the spirit of Dehra Dun.
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reading "A Tale of Fine Teachers By Suhel Seth, The Indian Express" »
There is a wonderfully telling line in Mira Nair's movie Monsoon Wedding: as the Verma family gathers from across the globe for a marriage, the heroine announces that she has applied for a creative-writing programme in America. Her businessman uncle nods approvingly: "Lots of money in writing these days," he says sagely. "Look at that girl who won the Booker: she became a millionaire overnight."
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reading "The Lost Subcontinent By William Dalrymple, The Guardian" »
To understand the educational challenges facing India, pay a visit to Dharavi, a poor and densely populated Bombay neighborhood. Its lanes are so small and winding that no vehicles can traverse them. Open drains run outside the crudely built brick and corrugated metal homes, and garbage is piled high every few yards. The area, where 1 million of Bombay's poorer migrants live, is Asia's largest slum.
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reading "Trying To Tame The Blackboard Jungle By Manjeet Kripalani, BusinessWeek" »
The Doon School played host to a meeting of 650 women Panchayat functionaries from the village, block and district level in Uttaranchal. Separately, the final of the ONGC ITF Satellite tennis circuit Masters event was held at The Doon School. Peter Clarke of Ireland won the event
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reading "Doon School plays host to Panchayat meeting" »
Union Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas and Panchayati Raj Mani Shankar Aiyar on Saturday announced a highly ambitious project called Rural Business Hubs, which will aim to eradicate rural poverty and create employment opportunity in rural India.
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reading "Mani Shankar Aiyar's Thai Dream By Sheela Bhatt, Rediff News" »
Fortis Healthcare Ltd (FHL) is taking the cause of HIV to a larger platform. According to reports, HIV has infected 5.13 million in India at the end of 2004, making it the second-highest in the world after South Africa’s 5.3 million. “Rising numbers are a great concern and it has to be addressed in the right perspective,†says Harpal Singh, chairman, Fortis Healthcare Limited, a Ranbaxy promoted group.
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reading "Fortis is looking to grab a huge share of the medical outsourcing pie, The Financial Express" »
have just returned from a grinding but exhila- rating two-week trip that took me to the United States as part of the school’'s efforts to raise funds from the Old Boys for its various projects as well as an endowment. With me at various points on the trip were Dhruv Sawhney (ex-37 K, ’'61), Chairman of the Board, Analjit Singh (ex-132 J, '71), Chairman of the Fundraising Committee of the Board, and Sati Puri (ex- 49 K, ’'52), also a member of the Committee.
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reading "Sleepless in New York, San Francisco and Boston By Kanti Bajpai, Doon School Weekly" »
If a commitment to remain an open society is one of the pillars of India’s nationhood, the other is our commitment to remain an open economy –one that guarantees freedom of enterprise, respects individual creativity, and mobilizes public investment for social infrastructure. Indeed, it would be no exaggeration to suggest that these are the principles to which all countries will increasingly want to adhere.
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reading "The New India By Dr. Manmohan Singh, Wall Street Journal" »
Dehra Dun was a popular retirement town till as recently as 10 years ago, famous for juicy litchis, fragrant basmati rice, the armed forces and elitist academies. Lately, however, after the formation of Uttaranchal state, this once sleepy town has been designated state capital and along with this title has come heavy administrative infrastructure and political machinery.
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reading "Dehra Dun Coming Of Age, feTraveller" »
Vikram Seth, one of the best known Indian writers in English, was on Tuesday presented the Government of India's `Pravasi Bharatiya Samman' 2005.
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reading "Award for Vikram Seth, The Hindu" »
Ranchi, March 5: Among the names doing the rounds for the nominated MLA is B.J. Rodrigues, a former Doon School teacher and principal of Vikas Vidyalaya.
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reading "Teacher eyes House seat, The Calcutta Telegraph" »
The DOSCO response to the tsunami disaster is a reflection of the long tradition of public service, often hidden under layers of affected indifference.
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reading "The Dosco and Public Conciousness By Lt. Gen. Adi M. Sethna (191-K '39)" »
Two years ago, TalentBurst Inc. co-founders Brad Talwar, Deep Deshpande and Baljit Gill were all working for the same large software management company - they all wanted out.
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reading "Trio of founders has talent to burst IT company forward By Naomi Grossman, IndUS Business Journal" »
He is 29, studied at Doon School and Delhi University and did his MBA from Australia. He speaks English with an accent and looks like one of those bespectacled bookworms often seen in toppers lists in student magazines.
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reading "The Rediff Interview/Saurabh Narayan Singh" »
It has educated no fewer than 18 prime ministers, 19 princes and kings, not to mention a Catholic saint. But now Eton College can boast another distinction that helped to spread its values across the world.
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reading "Master shows how Etonians shaped the Raj By Amit Raj, The Daily Telegraph" »
Mani Shankar Aiyar has set his eyes on the new kid on the block: Sania Mirza. The Petroleum Minister wants the state-run oil companies to take her under their wings so that the new tennis sensation can settle in her game.
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FOR a school, it’s plush. A sprawling building spread over four acres, a swimming pool that is 20-metre long, no less than 70 bathrooms, Saint Gobain glasses and granite flooring. The setting, which would make any star hotel proud, would be the site of an educational institution that is being raised for slum children. And them alone.
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reading "Luxury school for slum children soon, The Indian Express" »
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