The Alumni Association is an effort to bring together all the ex-students of the school who truly cherish their life at Dayapuram and wish to pay their tributes to the institution in whatever little ways they can
Dayapuram is the product of the care, selfless, hard work, generosity and prayers of a number of people who served in the capacity of trust and managing committee members, teaching and non-teaching faculty. Remembering those who have passed away from this collective is an emotional way of connecting the mission.
Dayapuram Educational and Cultural Centre is a non- profit organization run by volunteers from different fields with a mission of “social equality through education; inclusive justice through culture”. Dayapuram attempts to plant and cultivate a healthy, empathetic and hearty atmosphere.
“Dayapuram should grow to become an asylum to all those who suffer without food,
education or medicine irrespective of their religion and region”
Sheikh Abdulla Ibrahim Al Ansari
Sheikh Abdulla Ibrahim Al Ansari (1921-1989) was born to a family whose roots can be traced back to the Ansari’s of Madina who had offered refuge to Prophet Muhammed. His disarming simplicity and hospitality are only indicative of the intrinsic values of the Arabian culture of the middle ages and teachings of Islam that stress on quality and justice. It was only through dedication and hard work that Sheikh Ansari raised to become a well known cultural activist, philanthropist and the head of Qatar’s Department of Religion and Heritage.
He was a scholar par excellence and his knowledge of Arabian history and religious matters was unparalleled. His travels abroad also added to the treasure house of his knowledge and experience. Kerala in particular was very close to him and he always referred to it as “Khyr Allah”.In 1974,when he came to Kerala for his treatment at Kottakkal Ayurvedic Hospital ,a Malayali C.T. Abdurahim, then a Qatar police personnel, was designated to accompany him. This acquaintance lead to a relationship of mutual respect and admiration and culminated in the establishment of orphanage and educational centre C .T. Abdurahim planned to start, with his friends in 1982 after coming back to Kerala.
The Ansari family has been keen on keeping alive the humanitarian concerns of their father and has always extended their benevolence towards Dayapuram. His eldest son, beloved Mr. Mohamed Ansari is a scholar of repute. His other sons Mr. Abdul Azeez Ansari, who holds a high position in the Qatar Police force, Mr. Ibrahim Ansari, Mr.Abdurahman Ansari, daughter Ayesha Ansari and granddaughter Muneera are all highly educated and have made their marks in different fields .They are all intimately bonded to Dayapuram and have visited the campus. The other members of the family too have made their presence felt by their loving gestures. Their association with Dayapuram has been a long one and is in fact their tribute to their father, the inspiration behind the land of kindness.
Dayapuram stands for all those principles that this great man stood for. The fragrance of his unforgettable magnanimity still emanates from all corners of Dayapuram. To borrow Patron C.T.Abdurahim’s words “Very few flowers have the fortune to become gardens in themselves. Sheikh Abdulla Ibrahim Al Ansari was one such rare being”. The man behind this great institution was an institution in himself.
Islamic researcher, Malayalam writer ,Social Worker and a former police official with the Qatar Police, C T Abdurahim is the patron of Dayapuram Educational and Cultural Centre. It is his vision of education and culture, selfless and incessant work for more than last three decades and his commitment to the well being of the students that gave Dayapuram its distinct character. A reformist thinker and a worker for communal harmony, he has authored 13 books including a collection of poems. He brought together the volunteers of Dayapuram and functions as a guiding personality to the young generation, teachers and students in his simple and kind ways.
"Dayapuram is not just a group of buildings or a campus. It attempts to spread a message of a grand
egalitarian and inclusive vision around,
while embodying it in everything we do on campus..."
C.T. ABDURAHIM
Defying the norm of working as a supportive mechanism for powerful political and religious organizations, Dayapuram has zealously guarded its singularity supported by a volunteer team. Carried forward only on the strength of the selfless fraternity, the members of which doesn’t get any benefits including admissions or appointments, this model has thus managed to resist the onslaught of money and power that the educational sector of Kerala usually suffers from.
Relations create history and Dayapuram is the product of the warmest relationship which a fraternity had and still has. CT Abdurahim , a young visionary who went to Qatar for religious studies joined the Qatar Police and received an opportunity to escort the then Religious Affairs Head, Sheikh Abdullah Ibrahim Al Ansari for his treatment in Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala in 1974.
CT Abdurahim’s Vision of Equality and the aim of uplifting the downtrodden was put to a discussion and it ignited Sheikh’s mind to start an endeavor of tremendous possibilities and fruitful future results. Along with his close associates and with the blessing of the Almighty,Dayapuram fraternity was formed on 15th of August, 1984.
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Journey is more important than Destination. In order to achieve the goal which forms the very foundation of Dayapuram, the fraternity undertook the most productive ways. The cardinal decision was the compete reformation of the then orphanage system. The discrimination between orphans and parented ones were completely eradicated and equality was maintained with effective education in English.
The basic needs shouldn’t be discriminated based on caste and creed. Ansari Orphanage formulated in 1984 was a novel idea in the field of adoption and this was even more strengthened by the formulation of Education Adoption Scheme in 2007. Simultaneously quality education was provided to all factions of the society by the formulation of Dayapuram Residential School and Dayapuram Nursery School in the same year.
“Dayapuram should grow to become an asylum to all those who suffer without food, education or medicine irrespective of their religion and region”
Social Equality through education Inclusivism through culture
Insistence on Social Equality and Inclusivism Cultural Justice Communal Harmony Transparency Accountability Pursuit of Excellence 
Dayapuram worked as a centre for channelizing the financial gains of the Gulf migration for the Muslim community in Kerala into social advancement through education. This was a social role that the community performed.
Dayapuram renews itself with time to bring the best and the newest practices in education for the benefit of the students and the locality. Participatory schooling in which students are involved even in administration and integrated schooling where students get arts, sports and programming classes from the very school are ideas the school is currently working with. Dayapuram College is trying to network with faculties from premier institutions such as IIT’S, NIT’S, IIM’S and premier colleges to create the culture of a solid liberal higher education centre.
Dayapuram is a centre for socially oriented, quality education focusing on the empowerment of orphans, women, poor and backward sections of the society beyond the barriers of religion, and for cultural initiatives that promote justice and peace in a research based manner.
Dayapuram is a platform for communal harmony. It has been working to be a common space for growth for all communities. The centre also took awareness programmes against communalism, terrorism and fanaticism. Disruption of the social fabric based on selfish demands is dangerous for every single member of the society is a conviction it has maintained since inception.
The values and directives for taking ethical positions are enshrined in religions but they need to be rethought in the changing techno-economic conditions through nuanced research.
Dayapuram has also been such a centre of research in Islam, asking questions such as whether Zakath could be given to non-Muslims, organ donations outside the religion are Islamic, why fanaticism is un-Islamic and anti-Islamic, how can Islam’s history of negotiations with local cultures be understood –and it has also been a land of practicing many such findings.
Started in 1984 by a set of volunteers, this non-profitable social service organization hosts school, college, cultural organization and facilitates research with the idea of promoting the values of social equality, cultural justice and communal harmony.
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