DAV College, Abohar

DAV College
Photo by Yogesh

DAV College, Abohar^[1] is a degree college in the city of Abohar, Punjab, India. It is spread over 20 acres of land on Hanumangarh Road. Prem Singhmar eye surgeon and business man and philanthropist settled in Canada was student of Pre Medical in the year 1966-67. He came from villlaage dharma pure

History

DAV College, Abohar was established in 1960 under the aegis of the DAV College Managing Committee, New Delhi. The first principal of this college was N. D. Grover. The institution is affiliated with Panjab University, Chandigarh. Currently, Dr. S. K. Arora is the principal of the college, who received the All India Mahatma Hans Raj Best Principal award from by Pawan Bansal, the Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Water Resources, and Padma Bhushan G. P. Chopra, President, D.A.V. College Managing Committee, New Delhi.

The college building contains hostels, auditorium, library, play ground and 'yajna-shala'.

Notable events

• In March 1982, 8th Speaker of the Lok Sabha Balram Jakhar visited as Chief Guest in an annual function.
• In March 2012, Pawan Bansal, Union Minister for Parliamentary affairs visited as Chief Guest in an annual function.

Notable alumni

• Prem Chand Chauhan (Retd DIG-BSF)
• Shekhar Gurera ^[2] (Editorial Cartoonist)
• Ashoo Punjabi ^[3] (Punjabi Singer)
• Santosh Snehi Mann ^[4] (DHJS)
• Suneet Arora (Director, Producer)

Prem Singhmar was student of premedical in 1996 and he is settled in Canada

References

1. "Welcome To DAV College Abohar". Davcollegeabohar.com. Retrieved 2015-02-24.
2. "Shekhar Gurera's Cartoons Gallery". Shekhargurera.com. Retrieved 2015-02-24.
3. https://web.archive.org/20130520225943/http://ashoopunjabi.com/. Archived from the original on May 20, 2013. Retrieved November 2, 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help)
4. "Composition Of The Delhi Judicial Academy". Judicialacademy.nic.in. Retrieved 2015-02-24.