The DAV institution are the gifts of Arya Samaj, a progressive movement founded by Swami Dayanand Sarswati in 1875. Swami Dayanand Sarswati, the great path maker of modern India, led a crusade against the superstitious and pernicious practices that prevailed in contemporary India. With a view to bring about a balanced and harmonious development of the future citizens of this country and to infuse in them the ideals of the Vedic Culture and a high sense of patriotism, Arya Samaj founded a school at Lahore in 1886 by the name of Dayanand Anglo Vedic School. Thus the DAV College Trust and Management Society was established, which later set up a network of such educational institutions all over India and abroad.

The DAV movement would not have achieved its goal, if young brilliant graduate, Mahatma Hansraj, the first Principal of the first DAV Institution had not offered his honorary services as 'Jeevan Daan' for 25 years. Matchless also was the sacrifice of his brother, Lala Mulkraj who fulfilled his pledge by supporting Hansraj's family all these years. Our vision is to continue expanding and exploring, locally and globally and be a knowledge leader and contact provider.  

DAV institution have renderd a unique service, in not only dispelling ingorance and illiteracy but also in producing Patriots, Freedom - fighters, Social Reformers, Intellectuals, Thinkers, Legal Luminaries, Doctors and Engineers of Unparalleled merit, intergrity and caliber. At present, it is the largest Non-Government Educational organization in the country which is managing over 700 educational institutions in India and abroad.