Oak Grove School, Jharipani, Mussoorie is a residential public school, owned and run by the Indian Railways. It is situated on hill tops covering 256 acres (1.04km2) in Jharipani, Mussoorie, India.
The school was started by the British Raj on 1 June 1888.[3] The students predominantly consist of the children of Indian Railways employees; 25% of seats are reserved for outsiders. At present there are more than 610 students.[when?][citation needed] The school consists of three semi-independent parts — Oak Grove Sr. Boys' School (commenced 1888), Oak Grove Sr. Girls' School (1890s) and Oak Grove Junior School (1912). The buildings were designed by the chief engineer of EIR Mr. Richard Roskell Bayne and are built in Gothic style of architecture. LBSNAA ( Lal Bahadur Shashtri National Academy of Administration) conducted its sports day several times in the valley of Oak Grove School.
Administration
The overall functioning of the school is under the control of a Board of Governors, which frames and reviews policies to ensure smooth and efficient functioning of the institution during its annual meetings. The BOG consists of:
Chairman - General Manager, Northern Railway
Executive Governor - The Chief Personnel Officer, Northern Railway
Member - The Chief Engineer, Northern Railway
Member - The F.A. & C.A.O., Northern Railway
Member - The C.M.D., Northern Railway
Member - The S.D.G.M., Northern Railway
Member - The D.R.M., Northern Railway, Moradabad
Secretary - Principal, Oak Grove School
Principals' Timeline
Lt. Col. A.C. Chapman
1888 – 1912
24 years
Mr. H.P. Watts
1918 – 1946
28 years
Mr. G.F. Chunn
1946 – 1946
1 year
Mr. O.G. Sullivan
1947 – 1948
2 years
Mr. K.F. McGowan
1948 – 1950
2 years
Mr. B.L.J. Love
1950 – 1956
6 years
Mr. A K. Bhaduri
1956 – 1958
3 years
Mr. B.R. Pasricha
1958 – 1970
13 years
Mr. L.C. Mathur
1970 – 1972
3 years
Mr. Ratan Kumar Kichlu
1972 – 1994
25 years
Mr. Sunil Mishra (Principal designate)
1990 – 1991
2 years
Mrs. Gita Mishra
1995 – 1997
3 years
Mr. Rajiv Kishore
1997 – 2001
4 years
Mr. Deepak Peter Gabriel
2001 – 2004
4 years
Mr. Surinder Kumar
2005 – 2008
4 years
Mr. Anurag Tripathi
2008 – 2012
5 years
Mr. Sandip Trivedi
2012 – 2015
3 years
Mr. J.P. Pandey
2015-2019
5 years
Mr. Abhishek Kesrwani
2019-2022
4 years
Mr.Naresh Kumar
2022-
Oakgrovians at the Olympic games
Several Oak Grove students represented pre-independence India (under the British Raj) in field hockey at the Olympics between 1928 Amsterdam to 1936 Berlin Olympics, winning Gold medal each time. These [4] were: