Sanjay Ghodawat
Chairman, Sanjay Ghodawat Group of Institutions

Sanjay Ghodawat is promoter-chairman of the Kolhapur-based Sanjay Ghodawat Group of Institutions (SGI, estb. 2009) and Sanjay Ghodawat Group of diverse food, real estate and aviation business enterprises. Spread over 150 acres in Kolhapur, the integrated SGI campus hosts an international school, engineering and management colleges, an IIT/medical training academy and the Sanjay Ghodawat University with an aggregate enrolment of 15,000 students and 1,500 teachers.

SGI’s Covid-19 response. SG University, the school and colleges have responded swiftly to the Covid-19 disruption of education. All our institutions are making online classes available to students to ensure teaching-learning continuity. We have also released our own Ghodawat Learning App for class XI-XII science students.

Major challenges confronting Indian education. This is a good time for schools, colleges and universities to come out of their comfort zones and use innovative technologies to engage students. The format of traditional classes, exams, projects and assignments needs to change to enable students to self-learn through research and collaboration.

On fees waiver/deferment circulars issued by state governments to private school managements. We feel these directives have been given in good faith considering the financial hardship being experienced by many households. But educational institutions also have fixed expenses such as teachers’ salaries and infrastructure maintenance etc. Government, school managements and parents need to cooperate to ensure that schools are not bankrupted.

Proposals to revive Indian education. NCERT needs to revamp curriculums to move towards more student centric, inter-disciplinary and holistic learning.

Sanjay Ghodawat Group of Institutions’s future plans. To reach every household in the country through our education and other products and services and enhance the quality of people’s lives.
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