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Founded in 1953 by noted social worker Dr. Satish Bose, Barrackpore Rastraguru Surendranath College (West Bengal) is a UGC-registered and 4th Cycle NAAC accredited college affiliated with West Bengal State University. A recipient of the ‘College with Potential for Excellence’ (CPE) award by UGC (2017-2022), this multidisciplinary college with two state-of-the-art campuses has built […]
Affiliated with Utkal University, SAI International College of Commerce, Bhubaneswar (SICC, estb. 2011) is Odisha‘s first international college of commerce and offers strategic collaborative alliance with several top-ranked universities worldwide. Ranked #1 in Odisha and # 18 in India among non-autonomous colleges in the latest EducationWorld India Higher Education Rankings 2020-21, SICC provides ample […]
Ashoka Business School (ABS) was established in 2012 by Ashoka Education Foundation based at Nashik. Over the last eight years ABS has established an enviable reputation for itself by providing holistic education in the field of business management. ABS is ranked #42 nationally, #17 in Maharashtra and #2 in Nashik among private […]
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Chitkara University was established in the year 2010, by the Punjab State Legislature under The Chitkara University Act. It is a government recognized university with the right to confer degrees under Sections 2(f) and 22(1) of the UGC Act, 1956. Chitkara University is a dream envisioned and realised by Dr. Ashok K. […]
Rohan Bhat — Chairman, Children’s Academy, Mumbai
A commerce and education graduate of Mumbai University, Rohan Bhat is chairman of the Children’s Academy Group of Schools, with three branches in Mumbai, and an aggregate enrolment of over 8,000 students. Children’s Academy, Malad and Kandivali are ranked among the Top 10 co-ed day schools of Mumbai […]
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Hindusthan College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore (HICAS) – promoted by the Hindusthan Educational and Charitable Trust in 1998 — is a private autonomous college affiliated with Bharathiar University. HICAS offers its students the best academic facilities, personalised learning and placement opportunities. Apart from rigorous academics, the college promotes values-based education. Its visual communications […]
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Kolhapur-based Sanjay Ghodawat University (SGU, estb.2009) – promoted by the Sanjay Ghodawat Group of Institutions — is the only private university in the south-western belt of Maharashtra offering UG, PG and PhD study programmes. Hosting world-class infrastructure and offering innovative teaching-learning practices focused on holistic education, the university has been awarded A […]
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Located near Kasauli in Solan district of Himachal Pradesh, Shoolini University (estb.2007), is a private university accredited by the UGC and NAAC. Ranked #1 in Himachal Pradesh and #22 in India among private universities in the latest EducationWorld India Higher Education Rankings 2020-21, the university is known for its focus on innovation, quality placements, […]
Captain. A.J. Singh — Principal, Pinegrove School, Dharampur
An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Khadakvasla; Indian Military Academy, Dehradun and College of Materials Management, Jabalpur, Captain (Retd.) A.J. Singh is principal and executive-director of the fully-residential co-ed Pinegrove School, Dharampur (Himachal Pradesh) and St. Soldier’s School, Panchkula. Together these schools have a total […]
Billabong High International School, Noida envisions to create an educational system of learning that brings out excellence in every child. We are here to support and nurture learners with abundant opportunities to develop their creativity, learning curve, reasoning skills, and scientific temperaments. We are committed to sensitizing our young learners to the needs of […]
– Professor Arjya B. Majumdar Dean, Admissions & Outreach O.P. Jindal Global University
The promise of radical reforms in the Indian education space has been a long time coming. To be precise, the newly launched National Education Policy 2020 bears the tremendous challenge of plugging a 34-year gap since the National Policy on Education, 1986.
The […]
Divya Lal, Managing Director, Fliplearn Education Pvt. Ltd in conversation with EducationWorld’s Paromita Sengupta
The Ministry of Education (MoE) has introduced what may be the biggest and most important policy change in recent times. What do you make of the proposed changes?
It’s refreshing to see progressive and forward thinking reforms being proposed by the Ministry of […]
Sumeet Mehta — Co-founder, LEAD School
Sumeet Mehta is co-founder and CEO of Leadership Boulevard Pvt. Ltd (estb.2012), a company which offers its LEAD School academic solutions to four owned and 800 partner schools across the country. An alum of the Punjab Engineering College and IIM-Ahmedabad, Mehta was a top-rung executive at Proctor & Gamble, Singapore, […]
Praveen Raju — Founder, Suchitra Academy, Hyderabad
An engineering graduate of Osmania University, former nationally ranked snooker player and former executive director of the Indus International School, Hyderabad, Praveen Raju is founder-director of the CBSE (Delhi) and Cambridge International (UK)-affiliated Suchitra Academy, Hyderabad (estb.2011), which has 1,500 students and 120 teachers on its muster rolls.
NEP […]
Nishi Misra — Principal, Scindia Kanya Vidyalaya, Gwalior
An alumna of Allahabad University with valuable teaching and admin experience in St. Mary’s, All Saints and Sherwood College — all in Nainital — and former headmistress of Vidya Devi Jindal School, Hisar, Nishi Misra is principal of the all-girls boarding Scindia Kanya Vidyalaya, Gwalior (estb. 1956), […]
Vinay Jain — Founder, Witty Group of Institutions, Mumbai
Vinay Jain is promoter of the Witty Group of Institutions (estb.2000) comprising four schools in Mumbai and two in Rajasthan with an aggregate enrolment of 5,200 students. Jain is also CEO and managing director of VJTF Eduservices Pvt. Ltd, an education consultancy, and a motivational speaker […]
Jyoti Arora — Principal, Mount Abu Public School, Rohini
A science, education and information technology alum of Delhi, Himachal Pradesh and Sikkim Manipal universities, Jyoti Arora is founder-principal of the CBSE-affiliated Mount Abu Public School, Rohini, Delhi (estb.1998) with 2,700 students and 130 teachers. Arora also serves as an elected member of the governing body of […]
Dr. Skand Bali — Principal, Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet
An alum of Punjab University with 20 years experience in top-ranked schools (Army Public School, Dagshai, Doon School, Dehradun, G.D. Goenka World School, Gurgaon), Dr. Skand Bali is the high-profile principal of the CISCE-affiliated Hyderabad Public School (HPS), Begumpet, which has 3,600 students and 162 faculty […]
Ashish Gulati — Vice chairman, Blue Bells Group of Schools, Gurgaon
An alum of the top-ranked Management Development Institute, Gurgaon, Ashish Gulati is vice chairman, Blue Bells Group of Schools comprising five schools and preschools in Gurgaon with an aggregate enrolment of 3,700 students and 350 faculty.
NEP 2020 overview. Arriving after a 34-year hiatus, the […]
Dr. Vidhukesh Vimal — Headmaster, Assam Valley School, Balipara
An alum of Delhi University and Jamia Millia Islamia University with certification in school management and leadership from University College, London and the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Dr. Vidhukesh Vimal served with the Doon School, Dehradun and Mayo College, Ajmer prior to his appointment as headmaster […]
Anil Sharma — Principal, Birla Vidya Mandir, Nainital
A physics and education postgrad of Delhi University and M.D. University, Rohtak, Anil Sharma is the principal of Birla Vidya Mandir, Nainital (estb.1947), ranked among India’s Top 5 all-boys boarding schools. In a distinguished career spanning three decades in Indian education, Sharma has served as former principal of the […]
Francis Joseph — Co-founder, SLN Foundation, Mumbai
Well-known educationist Francis Joseph, who has over 25 years experience in education management in India and the Middle East, is the co-founder of School Leaders Network (SLN) Foundation (estb.2015) which works with 720 private and public schools countrywide to promote collaboration and sharing of best teaching learning […]
Anirudh Gupta — CEO, DCM Group of Schools
An engineering and business management alum of Punjabi University, Patiala, Anirudh Gupta is CEO of the DCM Group of Schools (estb.1947) comprising six K-12 schools across Punjab with an aggregate enrolment of 20,000 students instructed by 1,200 faculty.
What is your overview of the NEP 2020 […]
Bharat Malik — Chairman, Arya Gurukul Group of Schools, Mumbai
Bharat Malik is the Mumbai-based chairman of the Education Today Foundation (estb. 2006) which manages the Arya Gurukul Group of primary-secondary schools and preschools, with an aggregate enrolment of 6,000 students and 180 teachers. Malik is also a founding member of the National Independent Schools Alliance (NISA) […]
Rajiv Solanki — Chairman, Venkateswar Group of Schools, Delhi
A business management alum of London University, Rajiv Solanki is the Delhi-based chairman and director of the Venkateshwar Group of four K-12 schools (estb.2007) — two in Delhi, Raipur and Pune. The group’s Sri Venkateshwar International School, Sector 18, Dwarka is ranked among the national […]
Ranjan Mitter – Principal, The Future Foundation School, Kolkata
An alumnus of Jadavpur University, BITS Pilani and INSEAD, Fontainebleau (France) with a decade’s working experience in blue-chip companies (Philips, Shaw Wallace, Polaroid, Titan), Ranjan Mitter took charge as principal of the CISCE (Delhi)-affiliated The Future Foundation School, Kolkata (TFFS, estb.1981) after the death […]
K.E Harish — CEO, Sadhbhavana Group, Kozhikode
A political science and education postgraduate of the University of Calicut, K.E. Harish is CEO of the Sadhbhavana Group comprising five education institutions including its flagship CBSE and Cambridge International (UK)-affiliated Sadhbhavana World School, Kozhikode (SWS, estb. 2008) with an enrolment of 643 students and 75 teachers.
What […]
R.J. Bhuvanesh — CEO, KRM Schools, Chennai
An alumnus of Coimbatore Institute of Technology and Alagappa University, R.J. Bhuvanesh is CEO of the Kaligi Ranganathan Montford (KRM) Group comprising five K-12 schools in Chennai with an aggregate enrolment of 9,500 students and 550 teachers.
NEP 2020 overview. This is the first education policy to […]
Ekta Sodha — CEO, Cadmus Sodha Group of Schools, Jamnagar
A postgraduate in education, international leadership and management of Newcastle University, UK, Ekta Sodha is the Jamnagar (Gujarat)-based CEO of the Cadmus Sodha Group of Schools, a chain of five affordable K-X schools in Gujarat with an aggregate enrolment of 5,500 students and 550 faculty.
NEP 2020 […]
Saad Sait — Executive Director, Legacy School, Bangalore
Saad Sait is board member and executive director of the Cambridge International and IB affiliated Legacy School, Bangalore, ranked Karnataka’s #1 international day school in EWISR 2019-20. Sait, who recently completed certificate courses in ‘Leading Change in Education’ and ‘Leading Schools’ from Harvard Business School and Harvard Graduate […]
Manan Choksi — Executive director, Udgam School, Ahmedabad
Manan Choksi is executive director of the CBSE-affiliated Udgam School for Children, ranked Ahmedabad’s #3 co-ed day school in the EW India School Rankings 2019-20. A commerce and law graduate of Gujarat University and qualified chartered accountant, he also manages the CBSE-affiliated Zebar School and two preschools […]
Dr. Amrita Vohra — Director, GEMS India
An alum of Lucknow University who later qualified as a Programme Leader for Teacher Professional Development and Educational Leadership from Cambridge University, Dr. Amrita Vohra is the Delhi-based director (education) of GEMS Education India — a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Dubai-based Varkey Group-promoted GEMS Education — which manages 11 […]
Anjum Babukhan — Director, Glendale Group, Hyderabad
A psychology graduate of Loyola University, Chicago with a postgrad degree in educational administration and instructional leadership from the University of Illinois, Anjum Babukhan is co-founder and director of the CBSE and Cambridge International, UK affiliated K-12 Glendale Academy (estb.2003) and Glendale International School (2015) in Hyderabad. Aggregate […]
Dr. Arunabh Singh — Director, Nehru World School, Ghaziabad
An alum of Delhi University and King’s College, London, Dr. Arunabh Singh is director-principal of the CBSE-affiliated Nehru World School, Ghaziabad (estb.1978), which has 1,540 students and 92 teachers on its muster rolls. A British Council School Ambassador, Singh is also a committee member of FICCI-Arise […]
Although BJP governments at the Centre and in the states have not particularly distinguished themselves for policy and project implementation, the party’s leadership deserves some credit for its commitment to big ticket structural reforms which offer a modicum of hope of extrication of the suffering citizenry from the wilderness of neta-babu socialism. Some initiatives of […]
A riveting history of the final years before the independence and partition of India titled Gandhi’s Hinduism — The Struggle Against Jinnah’s Islam (Bloomsbury 2020) which documents the rise of Mohammed Ali Jinnah (1876-1948) from an effete epicurean, agnostic barrister of the Bombay high court into the leader of India’s then 50 million-strong Muslim community […]
For beleaguered managements of English television news channels, the sustained advertising splash of the unlikely Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) has clearly come as manna from heaven. Technically GCMMF is owned by milk producing farmers banded together into modest cooperatives. These dairy farmers are probably unaware of the very existence of English news channels. […]
The Lost Decade (2008-18): How India’s Growth Story Devolved into Growth without a Story; Puja Mehra; Penguin random house; Rs.527 Pages 240
The Indian economy has been lurching from crisis to crisis for more than a decade. The latest crisis is still unfolding with the Covid-19 pandemic prompting a countrywide lockdown of factories and business establishments, […]
Good Economics for Hard Times: Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems
Abhijit Banerjee & Esther Duflo; Juggernaut; Rs.393; Pages 320
This extraordinary volume, even though it’s authored by Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo, distinguished professors at the globally top-ranked Massachusetts Institute of Technology and winners of the 2019 Nobel Prize for Economics, has […]
The EducationWorld Higher Education Grand Jury Awards were introduced last year to acknowledge and recognise higher education institutions (HEIs) implementing global best practices. Juries comprising knowledgeable educationists were constituted to recommend conferment of these awards, especially upon low-profile and newly promoted private HEIs.
To select progressive higher education institutions across the country, we invited nominations from […]
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Maratha Mandal Engineering College: first college to implement hybrid learning Maratha Mandal Engineering College (MMEC) will be the first professional collage in the country to implement hybrid learning in its ... 
Helping children during exams season Although most parents tend to dismiss exam stress as normative, mental and emotional well-being professionals warn that persistent academic stress ... 
Getting Kids to Eat Healthy Part 2 In this week’s video about Getting Kids to Eat Healthy, Sushant Kalra, founder, Parwarish - Workshops for Parents, Teachers and Children shares the ... 
