KB DAV Senior Secondary Public School

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Location
Kailash Bahl DAV Senior Secondary Public School
Chandigarh, India
Information
Principal	Madhu Bahl
Enrollment	2,000 (as of 2008)
School type	Private, secondary school
Grades	pre-nursery-12
Campus	Suburban
Campus size	3 acres (1.2 ha)
Established	1994
Information	0172-2792433
Homepage	kbdav.com

KB (Kailash Bahl) DAV Senior Secondary Public School is a prominent co-educational secondary school in Chandigarh (Sector 7), India. It is a private school affiliated to India's Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and a member school of the DAV Society, India's largest non-governmental educational body. In grades 11 and 12, the school offers courses in science (both medical and non-medical) and commerce. English is a compulsory core subject for all students.

The school was started in 1994 with 4 classrooms and 70 students. As of 2008 it had 60 classrooms and an enrollment of 2000 students. Its facilities include a purpose-built science block and computer lab, an 8000 book library, a lawn tennis court, and an indoor speed skating rink. Students and teachers are affiliated to one of four 'houses' – Jasmine, Lotus, Rose and Tulip. House activities include an annual performance involving both students and their teachers at the school's Guru Pratibha Day celebrations.^[1] KB DAV Senior Secondary Public School is known locally as "the green school" after its installation of solar lighting and measures for harvesting rainwater through trenches and bore wells.^[2] Its students also won the "Largest team on a bike" contest in the 2006 Chandigarh Bicycle Day, a city-wide initiative to strengthen the culture of cycling amongst the city residents.^[3]

The school's founder and current Principal is Madhu Bahl. Amongst her awards are the CBSE National Teachers’ Award (2001), the Rashtriya Gaurav Award (2002) and the Union Territory State Award which was presented to her at the Teachers' Day ceremonies on November 14, 2003.^[4]