The Delhi Education Society is an independent organization working to ensure that quality education reaches the masses, especially, the vulnerable and marginalized sections of society. The Society was set up in 1951 when a group of visionaries led by Dr. Zakir Husain, the erstwhile President of India, formed a society to work for the cause of education in the walled city area of Delhi. 

Along with Dr. Zakir Husain, Prof. M. Mujeeb, Mirza Shahbaz Begg, Mr. M. M. Zaidi, Mir Mushtaq Ahmed, Mr. Shafiqur Rehman Qidwai, Mufti Atiqur Rehman, Dr. Salamatullah, Mr. Abdul Hameed and Mr. M. M. Begg were the founder members of the Society.