Air Force Golden Jubilee Institute ( AFGJI), located at Subroto Park, Delhi Cantonment

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, India

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, is a public school run by the Indian Air Force

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 Educational and Cultural Society.

Established in 1985,it started as a school for mentally disabled children. Subsequently, it was felt that an integrated institution was more beneficial.

The school was established primarily for the benefit of children of Indian Air Force

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 personnel. It is open to children of Army

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 and Navy

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 personnel as well as to civilians. The Air Force Golden Jubilee Institute is a co-educational public school.

Faculty -

• Mrs. Shipra Sarcar (Principal)
• Mrs. Poonam Rampal (Vice Principal)
• English - Mrs. Alka Singh, Mrs. R. Venkateshwari
• Maths - Mr. SK Yadav, Mr. Rahul Sofat, Mr Akhtar
• Chemistry - Mrs. Sangeeta Dua, Mrs.Shikha Sharma
• Physics - Mrs. Shampa Bhattacharya, Mrs Seema Dubey, Mrs Renu Mittal
• Biology - Mrs. Kusum Kapoor, Mrs. Rajashree Shankar
• Accounts - Mrs. Poonam Rampal
• Economics - Mrs. Rashmi Sootha
• Business Studies - Mrs. Nawani
• History - Mrs. Pamela Marwah, Mrs. Amisha Bagga, Mrs Sonia Gupta
• Political Science - Mrs. Priya Mathur
• Computer Science - Mrs. Mohini Arora
• Sanskrit - Mr Onkar Dharwal

Notable alumni

• Sushmita Sen
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  , ex-Miss India
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   & Miss Universe
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  , movie star and celebrity
• Himanshu Malik
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  , ex-Vimal male model and movie star
• Niharika Acharya
  Niharika Acharya
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  , Managing Editor, Voice Of America's India Service
• Shaili Chopra, Senior Editor and Primetime Anchor at ET Now, the Economic Times Business News Channel
• Hamidullah Sayeed, youngest Member of Parliament (Lakshadweep)
• Shobit Arya, entrepreneur, CEO of Wisdom Tree India, a publication house, first in India to launch titles for e-book reader “Kindle”
• Vandana Verma, NASA scientist and a Ph.D. on Robotics
• Ankit Bajaj, founder askbirbal.com
• Late Vikas “Vic” Sharma, died in 2009, honoured with The NCPEDP, Shell Helen Keller Award 2009, co-founder of the firm Accessibility.
• Wg Cdr Khushpal Singh Lamba, awarded the President’s Plaque for First in Order Of Merit in Air Force- 1995;Chief of Air Staff Sword of Honour for being Best Officer for 1995; Best in Flying Trophy for 1995; Best in Officer Like qualities; Mention-in-Dispatches-President AwardFor Kargil Operations- Operation Vijay 1999; Best Flying Instructors Trophy 2002
• Indraneel Hariharan, founder member of Mrigya rock Band; music and jingle composer

Other Air Force Schools in India

• Air Force School Coimbatore
• Air Force Bal Bharati School, Lodi Road
• Air Force School Kanpur
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• The Air Force School (Subroto Park)
  The Air Force School (Subroto Park)
  The Air Force School was set up to provide education to the children of the Indian Air Force personnel.The school is an unaided private co-educational institute affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education . It has boarding facilities for boys of classes VI to XII...