| School Board: | CBSE |
| Type: | Co-Education |
| Hostel Facility: | Day School |
| Address | Dr. S. Radhakrishnan Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi |
| Contact Number | 01126883336 |
| Email ID | [email protected] |
| Website | |
| Admission Update | Nursery Admissions Closed. First list coming out on 20th March, 2021 |
| School Level | Senior Secondary (Till Class 12) |
| Established Year | 1998 |
| Medium of Instruction | English |
| Area of Campus | 7.78 acres |
| Affiliation Number | 2730295 |
| Principal's Name | Richa Sharma Agnihotri |
| Principal's Degree | Hons. in Physics,M. physics,B.ed,M.E. |
| Principal's Teaching Experience | 15 years |
| Principal's Admin Experience | 23 years |
Sanskriti School is a recognised integrated co-educational school in the diplomatic area of Chanakyapuri, New Delhi. It is affiliated to CBSE, and offers education from Nursery to XII. It was founded in 1998 primarily to provide education to children of All India Services and Allied services officers and Defence Services Personnel on transfer.[2] The school is run by Civil Services Society, an NGO formed by senior civil servants and their wives, with the spouse of the serving Cabinet Secretary of India as its chairperson.
The first principal of the school was Mrs. Gowri Ishwaran, who headed the institution until 2008. She was followed by Mrs. Abha Sehgal,[3] who was incumbent from the session of 2008-09 onwards. Her last day at the school was on 11 April 2017. The new principal is Mrs. Richa Agnihotri.
The foundation stone for Sanskriti School was laid by Mrs Hemi Surendra Singh, Chairperson, Civil Services Society on 30 May 1996. Mrs. Singh was instrumental in getting the land and building allocated while her husband was Cabinet Secretary of India Surendra Singh. She thus continued in the tradition of her philanthropic father Thakur Dan Singh Bist, Dan Singh Bist founder of DSB college, Nainital. Sanskriti School was established on 12 August 1998 by the Civil Services Society, formed by the wives of the civil servants belonging to the various branches of Government of India. Mrs. Gowri Ishwaran took over as the founder principal in 1999. The aim of the Society is to fulfill a need in the city of Delhi for educating the children of officers of the All India and Allied Services and defence personnel moving to Delhi on transfer.[citation needed] Students whose parents are in other services or professions may also apply. The school has also admitted students from marginalised backgrounds since 2004. At present, the School admits 25% students from economically weaker sections of society.
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