Sarup Dua Group of Schools

Sarup Dua Group of Schools, Ambala are dedicated to Shri Sarup Dua. He was born on July 3, 1928 in ‘Macch’ now in Pakistan. His father Shri Chaman Lal Dua was an engineer in M.E.S.

Shri Sarup Dua dedicated his life to the cause of education. He was a pioneer in Child Education in Ambala. He was the first man to open a Nursery school in Ambala in 1949.

Shri Sarup Dua was a student of Forman Christian College at Lahore. He was a good gymnast. He was a dead shot. He was so good at shooting that he could shoot a piece of chalk through a hole in a coin. He was also declared Junior Champion of Lawn Tennis in Baluchistan. He had a beautiful hand. He knew Urdu,French, English, Hindi and also learnt Punjabi later. Before opening his own school, he worked as the Headmaster of S.D.Boys’ School, Ambala for a few months between 1948 to 1949.

In 1949, he opened four Nursery schools, one High School and a College at Ambala under the name and style of Punjab National School & College, Ambala. His schools were rich in Montessory Apparatus and had audio visual aids like Slide projectors, Movie Projectors, Tape Recorders, Gramophone Records etc. He was a visionary. He was ahead of his times. He exerted a very powerful influence on thousands of children and helped them become capable and good human beings and sensible citizens of the country.

He was very kind, just and a wonderful human being. His life was full of love of children. He untiringly worked for the upliftment of education.