Delhi Public School Sushant Lok: Enabling children to thrive in 21st century

Sprawled over 5 aesthetically landscaped acres in the heart of the millennial steel-and-glass city of Gurugram, Delhi Public School, Sushant Lok (estb.2005) has quickly earned an excellent reputation for providing contemporary K-12 education rooted in Indian culture and values to its 3000 students mentored by 200 teachers.

Combining academic rigour with excellent sports and co-curricular education, the school’s curriculum is designed to maximise the potential of each child. Moreover, as an inclusive school, it hosts ample facilities to enable differently abled children to develop and excel. Unsurprisingly, the CBSE affiliated Delhi Public School, Sushant Lok is routinely ranked among Gurugram’s top 10 co-ed day schools in the annual EducationWorld India School Rankings.

A franchisee of the DPS (Delhi Public Schools) chain of over 200 K-12 institutions worldwide, Delhi Public School, Sushant Lok was promoted by Meenakshi Singh, a prominent educationist and daughter of bureaucrat-politician NK Singh. An alumna of Delhi University, in 2010, Meenakshi also promoted the Apple Blossom Early Learning Centre, Sector 45. Subsequently, she promoted the CBSE affiliated Tribhuvan School, Patna and two more DPS schools in Kota (Rajasthan) and Kangra (Himachal Pradesh). Her latest educational venture is the mint-new Tribhuvan College of Environment & Development Sciences, Neemrana (estb. 2022) established in collaboration with the famed Nalanda University, Rajgir (Bihar). She currently serves as pro-vice chairperson and director of all the four schools and president of Tribhuvan College.

With students routinely averaging 84 percent and above in CBSE board exams, Delhi Public School, Sushant Lok is ranked among the top schools in Gurugram. It is also a recipient of the British Council ISA Award (2011-2014, 2015-2018,2019-2022), and the Best School for Innovation and Value-Education Award 2014 of ASSOCHAM.

“At Delhi Public School, Sushant Lok, we nurture children into confident, responsible individuals with well-rounded personalities, who hold in esteem our cultural values, while adopting global best practices in teaching-learning. Our children ‘learn to unlearn’ and move forward to become confident individuals with an intellectual, social and emotional balance. We nourish their souls and let them discover their uniqueness so that they rise and shine making us all proud. We let them believe in the power of ‘UBUNTU’- I am, because we are!” — Ms Meenakshi Singh, Pro-Vice Chairperson and Director, Delhi Public School, Sushant Lok

Differentiated instruction to unleash the potential of children

Enabled by an enviable teacher-student ratio of 1:16, Delhi Public School, Sushant Lok offers a student-centred curriculum designed to empower children with new perspectives and strong value systems and enables them to develop socio-emotional, self-learning, critical thinking, collaboration and problem-solving skills. A differentiated approach ensures an enriching learning experience for the students. Apart from enabling holistic student development, the school’s curriculum is carefully designed to develop students’ higher order thinking skills (HOTS).

Besides, Delhi Public School, Sushant Lok provides students ample platforms for international exposure, excellent career awareness and counseling through initiatives such as an international student cell, professional career counseling, global university fair, collaboration with reputed colleges and universities abroad for internships and summer programmes, etc.

“At Delhi Public School, Sushant Lok, we strive to unleash the potential of our students through differentiated learning approaches. The pedagogy revolves around scientific research and inculcating critical thinking skills in students. We fashion students’ individual aspirations, keeping the nation’s aspirations in mind. I believe that as literature mirrors the society, education reflects the intangible future of the society,” says Mr. Surender P. Sachdeva, principal, Delhi Public School, Sushant Lok.

An alumnus of Symbiosis University, Pune who completed his training in educational leadership from IIM Ahmedabad, Mr. Sachdeva has acquired over two and a half decades’ rich experience in teaching and institutional administration of which 14 years as the principal of reputed K-12 institutions. Prior to taking charge as the principal of Delhi Public School, Sushant Lok in August 2021, he helmed Delhi Public School, Bopal, Ahmedabad (February 2014-August 2021), Indore (January 2009-February 2014) and Vasant Kunj (1995-January 2009). He has also served as the city coordinator/chief nodal officer for CBSE administered examinations and national entrance exams such as JEE, CTET, and UGC NET, among others. His keen interest in exploring foreign education system and policies led Mr. Sachdeva to visit several schools and universities abroad including Delhi Private School (Dubai), New South Wales Department of Education and Communities (Australia), Atlantic Canadian Universities and Colleges (Canada) and Coral Secondary School (Singapore, Australia and USA). He also participated at the World Education Leadership Symposium 2019 hosted at Zug, Switzerland.

As an institution leader, Mr. Sachdeva is committed to equipping students, teachers and staff with the skills required to thrive in a VUCA world.

State-of-the-art infrastructure aligned with inclusive ethos

Designed by well-known Delhi-based architect Roopak Kothari, Delhi Public School, Sushant Lok’s aesthetically designed 5-acre campus offers a “safe and caring environment that enables children to blossom into well-rounded young adults ready to take on the world”.

The pollution-free campus is among the first in the city to host a rain-water harvesting plant and a roof-top solar power system. Two red-brick buildings — one each for the junior and senior schools — house 103 well-ventilated TFT (thin-film transistor) enabled digital Smart classrooms, three state-of-the-art multi-purpose auditoriums, separate computer labs for junior and senior students, well-equipped science labs, two air-conditioned libraries stocked with 25,600 volumes, and a robotics lab.

Moreover, as an inclusive school, the Delhi Public School, Sushant Lok campus is equipped with ample facilities for the differently-abled children including two disabled friendly blocks, ramps, and value added services through a fully equipped learning center. To facilitate special needs and Braille education for visually challenged children, the school also offers facilities for learning Japanese, French and German.

The school’s impressive sports infrastructure includes a multi-purpose ground for field games, three playgrounds, a skating rink, basketball court and indoor games rooms. Moreover, to develop the multiple intelligences of students, the school is equipped with a dedicated yoga hall, separate rooms for Western and Indian classical vocal and instrumental music, and art and crafts rooms.

“We are committed to continuously invest in an enabling infrastructure for our students. Delhi Public School, Sushant Lok was one of the first institutions in Gurgaon to switch to the Microsoft Teams platform for delivering uninterrupted learning during the pandemic. Although we deftly adapted to technologically driven teaching-learning, the pandemic has prompted us to renew our resolve to transform the school into a digitally-advanced hub of education. Raising the bar of education, we have installed new TFT boards post pandemic, for a high-tech teaching-learning experience,” says Mr. Surender P. Sachdeva.

Awards and accolades

In the 2021 CBSE class XII board exam, 56 percent students averaged 90 percent and above.
Delhi Public School, Sushant Lok has been awarded a certificate on successful completion of the registration process for the Fit India School initiative launched by the Union government.
Sarthak Maheshwari (2021-22 batch) is the only student in Haryana to have scored cent percent in JEE Mains 2022.
Sia Kapoor of class VII qualified for the final round of National Annual Youth Fest, ‘Harmony 2021’ organised by The Global Education and Leadership Foundation.
Rajveer Bembi of class VIII was crowned Man of the Match and Man of the Series in several U-13 cricket matches hosted by Push Cricket Academy and is on his way to compete at the national level.
Jhanvi Jain of class V was among the top rank holders in Aryabhatta Mathematics Competition 2022 and was awarded a merit certificate.
Sarthak Maheshwari and Yavnika Bansal of class XI cracked the prestigious KVPY-2020 exam.
Diya Gupta of class IX was the national winner in ‘India at 75: Heritage in our Hands’ art competition organised by INTACH in 2022.
Sanvi Arora of class XI bagged Gold while Kajal Pahil (XII), Ananya Prashanth Mani (XI), Meher Singh (X), and Devansh Khandelwal (XI) bagged Silver and Vikhram Karthik (VII) bagged Bronze at the Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition 2021.
Aaheli Goswami (class VIII) bagged the third position in the ATL Internship Program, hosted by the SRF Foundation, NITI AAYOG and IBM in 2021.
At the South Asian and South West Taekwondo Championship 2016 held in Bengaluru, Delhi Public School Sushant Lok won 21 gold, 4 silver and 5 bronze medals.