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Doon School Ground is a multi-purpose school ground in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. As sports is compulsory at the school, the ground is spread over 30 acres (120,000 m 2) of playing fields, the largest of which are Skinner's Field and the Main Field. Cricket, hockey, athletics, boxing and association football are played seasonally.
The Doon School (informally Doon School or Doon) is a selective all-boys private boarding school in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India, which was established in 1935.It was envisioned by Satish Ranjan Das, a lawyer from Calcutta, as a school modelled on the British public school while remaining conscious of Indian ambitions and desires.
Main Building of The Doon School The Doon School Old Boys' Society is the alumni association, and students become members upon graduation.. The Doon School is a boys-only academically selective boarding school in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India, founded in 1935 by Satish Ranjan Das [1] The school's first headmaster was Arthur E. Foot, who had spent some nine years as a science master at Eton ...
The Doon School Model United Nations (DSMUN) is an annual Model United Nations conference run by The Doon School, an all-boys boarding school in Dehradun, India. Founded in 2007, it is one of Asia's largest MUNs in terms of number of delegates and committees. It is held on the school campus on a weekend in August.
The Doon School (3 C, 14 P, 3 F) R. ... Pages in category "Schools in Dehradun" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
St. Joseph's Academy, Dehradun (SJA) is a co-educational Indian Certificate of Secondary Education school in Dehradun, the capital of the state of Uttarakhand in India. Founded in 1934, the school is governed by the Society of the Brothers of St. Patrick (Ireland). It is located in the heart of the city of Dehradun on the main thoroughfare ...
Doon's founding British headmaster A.E. Foot and masters J.A.K. Martyn, R.L. Holdsworth and Jack Gibson were all Alpinists and introduced regular mountaineering expeditions for the boys during the school year. Located in the Doon Valley, in the foothills of the Himalayas, the school proved to be an ideal starting point for treks to the ...
MacDougall first learnt about The Doon School in Dehradun in 1991, while making Photo Wallahs in the nearby hill town of Mussoorie, but did not visit it till 1996. [10] It was sociologist Sanjay Srivastava, who was researching the school for his book Constructing Post-Colonial India: National Character and the Doon School, who convinced MacDougall about the school's suitability as a subject ...