The D.A.V. College Managing Committee, familiarly known as DAVCMC, is a non-governmental educational organisation in India and overseas with over 900 schools,^[2] 75 colleges and a university. It is based on the ideals of Dayananda Saraswati and Arya Samaj. The Dayanand Anglo-Vedic (DAV) education system also comprises colleges offering graduates and post-graduates degrees in areas of study all over India.

Founded in 1886 in Lahore, these schools are run by the Dayanand Anglo-Vedic College Trust (DAVCT) and Management Society, also commonly known as the Dayanand Anglo-Vedic Education Society (DAVES).^{[3][4][5][citation needed]} Today, institutional records of the D.A.V. College Trust and Management Society are part of the archives at the Nehru Memorial Museum & Library, at Teen Murti House, Delhi.^[6]

English is the primary language of instruction, with students also receiving compulsory education in Hindi and Sanskrit or a regional language. The DAV movement has grown to become the single largest non-governmental educational society in the country, managing 750+ educational institutions, apart from D.A.V. Public Schools spread over the country and even in foreign lands, with an annual budget of more than INR ₹2 billion. It employs 50,000+ people and educates more than 20 lakh students every year.

In 2013, the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India awarded 40 institutions for its contribution to quality education. ASSOCHAM awarded DAV College Managing Committee with 'Best Chain of Schools in India' award.^[7]

Mahatma Hansraj was the founder of the national D.A.V. College Managing Committee.^[8] In 1885 the first DAV School was established at Lahore which was subsequently upgraded to become the first DAV College. In 1886 the DAV College Trust and Management Society was established and registered.

The first inaugural holder for the post of President was Rai Bahadur Lal Chand whose term was from 1886 till 1894, from 1896 till 1899 and from 1900 till 1902. Other office holders were Bhagat Ishwar Dass, Lala Dwarka Dass, Mahatma Hansraj, Chief Justice Mehr Chand Mahajan, Padma Bhushan Suraj Bhan, Prof. Ved Vyasa, Darbari Lal, T. R. Tuli, G. P. Chopra and other. The current office holder is Padma Shri Dr. Punam Suri whose term is from 2011.^[9]

• DAV University, Jalandhar^[10]
• DAV Women's University, Yamunanagar^[11]

There are more than 75 colleges across India for graduate and post-graduate programmes.^[12]

There are over 62 government-aided DAV schools across the country which are run by DAVCMC in co-operation with six states (Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, New Delhi, Orissa, and Punjab) and the Chandigarh union territory governments.^[14]

There are more than 900 not-for-profit charitable trust-run unaided DAV schools across India and several other countries for studies up to the higher secondary level.^[15] In India, they are more in the states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, and Odisha.^[16]

These Arya Samaj educational institutes are not under the DAV College Managing Committee.

• Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya
• GNA University
• Dayanand Industrial Training Institute Katra Sher Singh, Amritsar, Punjab
• Dayanand Model High School, Shakti Nagar, Amritsar, Punjab

• Akhara
• Ekal Vidyalaya
• Gurukula