Sanskriti School

Sanskriti School is a recognized integrated co-educational school in the diplomatic area of Chanakyapuri, New Delhi. It is affiliated to CBSE, and offers education from Nursery to XII. It was founded in 1998 primarily to provide education to children of All India Services and Allied services officers and Defence Services Personnel on transfer. The school is run by Civil Services Society, an NGO formed by senior civil servants and their wives, with the spouse of the serving Cabinet Secretary of India as its chairperson. It has consistently been ranked as one of the top schools of Delhi and India.OverviewThe principal is Mrs. Abha Sehgal, who is incumbent since the 2008-2009 session. Her last day at the school was on the 11th of April. The first principal was Gowri Ishwaran, who headed the institution until 2008. The new principal is Mrs.Richa Agnihotri.HistoryThe foundation stone for Sanskriti School was laid by Mrs Hemi Surendra Singh, Chairperson, Civil Services Society on May 30, 1996. Mrs. Singh was instrumental in getting the land and building allocated while her husband was Cabinet Secretary of India Surendra Singh. She thus continued in the tradition of her philanthropic father Thakur Dan Singh Bist, Dan Singh Bist founder of DSB college, Nainital. Sanskriti School was established on August 12, 1998 by the Civil Services Society, formed by the wives of the civil servants belonging to the various branches of Government of India. Mrs. Gowri Ishwaran took over as the founder principal in the year 1999. The aim of the Society is to fulfill a need in the city of Delhi for educating the children of officers of the All India and Allied Services and defence personnel coming to Delhi on transfer. Students whose parents are in other services or professions may also apply as this school has also become successful in educating children of various business families too. The school also realises its responsibility towards the marginalised sections of society and has been admitting students from these backgrounds since 2004. At present, the School admits 25% students from economically weaker sections of society.