Our founding fathers envisioned The Doon School as a pan-India school and at the same time have boys in School that came from families from all walks of life. However, with the passage of time, School’s fees have increased to an extent where salaried Doscos find it difficult to conceive of putting their children into ‘School’. This is particularly true for young Doscos serving in the Armed Forces, the public sector, the teaching profession or other salaried jobs. It was to reassure Doscos that some funds will be available from the DSOBS towards meeting their child’s education at Doon that the DSOBS Bursary Fund was set up.
Bursaries are corpuses created for academic scholarships and mandated by the creators of the bursary. An individual or group towards fulfilling a specific philanthropic purpose may start a bursary or add to the DSOBS bursary.
At present the following bursaries exist:
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Doon School Old Boys' Society Bursary |
60 lacs |
The Doon School Old Boys' Society is pledged to facilitate, assist and support the Doon School Old Boys' fraternity, as well as their children. Should children of an Old Boy gain admission to the school, and require financial assistance, this bursary endeavours to lighten the load of the fees and expenses associated with studying at Doon. |
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HC Pant Bursary |
10 lacs |
HCP, as Mr. Pant was fondly known, was a history teacher and House Master of Kashmir House whose family is woven into the fabric of the school. His wife was the Dame in Hyderabad House and his three daughters Varnita, Bhamini and Harshita all attended school through the 1990s. Sadly Mr. HC Pant and his wife both passed away unexpectedly during their tenure at school. Mr. HC Pant eldest daughter, Varnita, has set up this bursary in memory of her Father. |
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Kashmir House Old Boys' Bursary |
50 lacs |
To celebrate the 75th year of Kashmir House, the Alumni of Kashmir House have put together a bursary. In the spirit of giving back to the House and its extended fraternity the bursary is mandated to subsidise the fees and expenses of children of Kashmir House Old Boys that require financial support. The Kashmir House Bursary Fund will be overseen by a committee of five senior Kashmir House old boys and is mandated to utilise only a part of the interest generated from the Kashmir House Bursary Fund. Of the total interest generated each year, 25% will be ploughed back into the corpus, the balance 75% will be available with DSOBS to disburse to children of former Kashmir House boys. In case, in the list annually furnished by School, there is/are one or more son(s) of Kashmir House old boy(s), his or their bursary requirements will be met from the Kashmir House Bursary Fund. If none of the boys recommended for bursary are sons of Kashmir House old boys, then the Committee will decide from amongst the Kashmir House old boys, that have applied to the DSOBS for a Bursary, as to whose children should be awarded the bursary. In case there are no valid bursary requests the amount will be added to the Kashmir House Bursary Corpus.
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Sunil Sreenivasan Singapore Chapter Scholarship Fund |
7 lacs |
In memory of Old Boy Sunil Sreenivasan, 83-J Batch of 1966, the Old Boys of the Singapore Chapter are paving the way for a new generation of Doscos by subsidising their fees and expenses during their time at School.
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*To apply for all the DSOBS bursary to aid your ward at The Doon School, please refer here for eligibility criteria. Rules of application for DSOBS bursary:
To set up a bursary, the Secretariat invites three or more individuals to together to raise funds towards that bursary, name it and liaise with the Secretariat on its management and disbursement. Normally only the annual interest of the bursary corpus is used towards its mandate. Individuals who collect the funding needed to mandate the bursary must nominate one signatory who will be responsible for dispensation of bursary funds. Any number of bursaries may be opened with the DSOBS Secretariat. It is essential to include details on the back of the payment instrument including name of the bursary and contact details (name, phone, email) of the people starting the bursary.
Existing bursaries can be added to as well in this manner provided the name of the bursary is entered on the back of the payment instrument.
The DSOBS uses bursary proceeds towards its specified cause, details of which appear in the accounts disclosed at the Annual General Meeting of the DSOBS at The Doon School on the Sunday following Founder’s Day celebrations. The accounts are then published in The Rose Bowl subsequent to the AGM. To set up or add to an existing bursary please contact the Secretary of the Society.
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