List of The Doon School alumni
Name Class year Notability
Prasenjit Duara 1967 Historian/Professor at Duke University , Writer ( Culture , Power And The State )
Kanti Bajpai 1972 Former Headmaster of The Doon School
Shomie Das 1953 Former Headmaster of The Doon School ; Mayo College ; Lawrence School , Sanawar
Wajahat Habibullah 1961 IAS officer , Director of the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration
Nazir Jairazbhoy 1945 Musicologist at University of California , Los Angeles
Surendra Kandhari 1952 Former Principal of Welham Boys ' School
Deepak Lal 1958 Economist at University of California , Los Angeles
Gulab Ramchandani 1948 Former Headmaster of The Doon School
Vivek Ramchandani 1972 Founder Principal , The Shri Ram School
Ravi J. Matthai 1945 Director of Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
Dalip Mehta 1958 Dean of Foreign Service Institute , India
Vijay Prashad 1985 Professor at Trinity College ( USA )
Sumer Singh 1968 Former Principal , Lawrence School , Sanawar ; Daly College
Aftab Seth 1959 Diplomat , Rhodes scholar
Mahmood Farooqui 1979 Artist , Rhodes scholar
Lovraj Kumar 1947 India 's first Rhodes scholar , IAS officer
Education
Ghulam Jilani Khan , founder of Chand Bagh School and former Defence Secretary of Pakistan ( Class of '43 ) Kanti Bajpai , international affairs researcher and professor at National University of Singapore ( Class of '72 )
The Doon School (informally Doon School or Doon) is a boys-only private boarding school in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India founded in 1935 by Satish Ranjan Das, a Calcutta lawyer. The founders foresaw a school modelled on the British public school, but alive to Indian ambitions and desires. The school's first headmaster, Englishman Arthur E. Foot, had spent some nine years as science master at Eton College, England, and returned to England soon after India's independence. Admission in the school is based on a competitive examination and an interview. Every year in January and April, the school admits pupils aged 13 in Grade 7 (known as D-form) and aged 14 in Grade 8 (C-form) respectively. Doon remains a boys-only school despite continued pressure from political leaders, including the then President Pratibha Patil in 2010, to become coeducational. However, girl students are admitted in case they are wards of staff working at the school (see entries for sculptor Latika Katt and the actress Himani Shivpuri). Old boys of Doon are commonly known as Doscos. Although the total number of Doscos is relatively small (estimated at 5,000 since the school was founded in 1935), they include some of India's prominent politicians, government officials, artists and business leaders. Note: The sub-headings are given as a general guide and some names might fit under more than one category