HISTORY
The beginning of Apeejay School, Pitampura dates back to May 1990, when the first admission was done for classes Nursery, K.G. The first principal was R.S.Chauhan. Dr. Dilip Kumar Bedi joined the school as principal in July 1992 and heads the school till present. He received the national award by the President of India Pratibha Patil on Teacher's Day of India on 5 September 2007. LOCATION AND BUILDING
Apeejay Pitampura is located on Road No. 42 in Sainik Vihar (Pitampura), New Delhi. Pitampura is the nearest metro station on Delhi Metro's Red Line. The school building was built on a four-acre plot allotted by the Delhi Development Authority. In 1990–91, a temporary structure with five classrooms and an activity room were ready. Suraj Sabharwal, the architect, designed the buildings, and construction started in 1992. The main building consisting of the basement, ground, first, second and third floors was completed by 1994 and all the classes were shifted to the new building on 18 July 1994. The school has a 2 acre play-field with football nets, cricket nets and pitch, a volleyball court and a tennis court. AFFILIATION
The school had obtained the "Essentiality Certificate" from Delhi Directorate of Education (DoE) in October 1991. The school got the recognition for classes Nursery to VIII on 22 September 1994 from the DoE. The school was granted the affiliation for class X on 23 September 1996 and the first batch of Class X appeared in All India Secondary School Examination conducted by the CBSE in March 1997. CLUBS
School has multiple clubs:
Eco
Interact
International Awareness and Human Rights
Literary and Creative Writing
Drama
Vivekananda Study Circle
Animation
Maths
Debate
Yoga
Robotics
Badminton
House Keeping
Japanese
Dance
Music, vocal, and instrumental
EVENTS
India – Australia Bridge Project, 2008
Sarita Sehgal participated in the Indo-Australian Teacher Exchange Program. It began on 24 May 2008 and ended on 6 June 2008. In the two weeks cultural exchange program, 12 teachers were shortlisted from different schools and paired with Australian teachers from background like government schools, independent school and language schools.
14th Student Leaders Convention (SLC), Singapore
Six students accompanied by Praveen Kumari went to Hwa Chong Institution, Singapore, to participate in the 14th SLC Programme from 26 May to 1 June 2008. The Student Leaders Convention (SLC) is an annual conference hosted and organized by Hwa Chong Institution High School Students’ Council. JENESYS Programme
The school is associated with the Japan Foundation and JENESYS Program which is organized by JICE. FACULTY
The following is the list of some members of faculty:
Designation Name
1. Chairman Late Sh. Dr. Stya Paul
2. Vice-Chairman Mrs. Sushma Berlia
3. Principal Dr. Dilip Kumar Bedi
4. In Charge (Primary) Mrs. Praveen Kumari
5. In Charge (Middle) Mrs. Malini Sridhar
6. In Charge (Senior Wing) Mr. Pankaj Ahuja
7. In Charge (Pre-Primary) Mrs. Sarita Sehgal
