Air Force Auditorium

The Air Force School , originally called Air Force Central School was set up to provide education primarily to the children of Indian Air Force personnel. The school is a private co-educational institute affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education . It has boarding facilities for boys of classes VI to XII. It has classes from Kindergarten to Class XII. The school is situated on the Aravali ridge. Although the school was established primarily for the benefit of children belonging to the IAF personnel, it has always been open to wards of Army and Navy personnel as well as to civilians. ' was founded by the late Air Marshal Subroto Mukherjee, the Chief of Air Staff. It was established in temporary wartime barracks at Wellingdon Camp, Club Road, New Delhi on 18 July 1955 to educate children of Officers and Airmen of the Indian Air Force. In May 1967, the school shifted to its present location Aravalli Campus location in Subroto Park, Delhi Cantonment. Earlier the school was located in New Delhi near the present residence of the Prime Minister of India. The school celebrated its Silver Jubilee in 1980 when the word Central was dropped from the name. The school has an auditorium named as Aravali Hall. There are two separate 'wings' in the school. The junior wing has classes Kindergarten to V. The senior wing has classes VI to XII The school, and its sister schools, Air Force Bal Bharati School and the Air Force Golden Jubilee Institute are run by the Indian Air Force Educational and Cultural Society.
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