Chandana Chavan is a Bangalore-based tarot card reader with over 15 years of experience and special interest in parenting. Instagram:@mystic.muse.tarot
Every year, colleges and universities around the world face the same challenge of trying to increase their retention rates. This is particularly important for first-year students since research shows that they are more likely to drop out of college if they get discouraged.
Chandana Chavan is a Bangalore-based tarot card reader with over 15 years of experience and special interest in parenting. Instagram:@mystic.muse.tarot
Sambhav Kataria, the Head Boy of Emerald Heights International School, Indore wants to pursue Materials Science and Engineering in the future. Having a passion for Debate, Drums, and Theatre, Kataria wants to pursue his graduation from a foreign university. Head Girl Sienna Chambial on the other hand has a huge interest in Mathematics and wants to take up a major in the same. She too wants to pursue her graduation from the United States and loves to read, paint, sing and play basketball. Her love for public speaking too fits completely with her role at the school.
Aanchal Kulkarni, a grade X student of The Academy School (TAS), Pune is the head girl of her school. The conscientious youngster is an avid reader who wants to pursue a career in chemistry in the future.
EducationWorld's series titled Students’ Corner, which puts special emphasis on children, features Sanah Tripathi and Ananya Satish from Scindia Kanya Vidyalaya, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. Sanah Tripathi, Editor-In-Chief, has her career interests in Actuarial Sciences & Finances and has taken up Commerce with the combination of Mathematics. Her hobbies include reading, public speaking, writing and sports. In the future, she has plans to pursue Economics.
Administrative headquarters of the eponymous district, Ghaziabad is a city located in Uttar Pradesh - India's most populous state - and part of Delhi NCR. It is the largest city in western Uttar Pradesh, with an estimated population of 1.9 million. Well connected by roads and railways, it is a major rail junction of north India.
Bordered by the states of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, Kanpur is a major industrial city located in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. With an area of 260 sq. km, it is the 11th most populous city in India, with a population of over 2.9 million people.
Trisha Welde, a third-year student at the Symbiosis Centre for Media and Communication (SCMC) is pursuing her Bachelor of Mass Communication degree with a specialisation in advertising. Sociable and friendly, Welde’s love for public speaking and organising events fits perfectly with her role as the deputy student council head at SCMC, Pune. She is also the cultural coordinator for the batch.
With a special interest in Humanitarian Law, Mumal wants to pursue her further studies in the United States of America. A student of Humanities with Biology and Economics as her subjects, she is a jack of all trades. Apart from studies and being an avid reader, she enjoys trying her hand out in all kinds of co-curricular activities.
An ancient city with history that dates back to 500 BC, Hyderabad is the admin capital of India’s newest state Telangana (estb.2014) and the de jure capital of Andhra Pradesh. The bustling city of nawabs and pearls (pop.10.9 million) is the fourth most populous city in India and rivals Bangalore as an epicentre of the information technology (IT), biotech and pharma industries.
The landlocked Union territory of Delhi popularly known as Delhi NCT (national capital territory), which includes the country’s administrative capital New Delhi‚ is a bustling cosmopolitan megalopolis. The seat of India’s Central government, judiciary, and diplomatic corps and a hub of trade, culture and literature, Delhi NCT hosts the headquarters of several of India’s blue-chip real estate, agrochemicals, retail, IT/ITES and manufacturing industries and chalked up a GSDP (gross state domestic product) growth rate of 8.1 percent in 2020-21.
The administrative capital of the eastern seaboard state of Odisha (formerly Orissa), Bhubaneswar is popularly known as the "Temple city of India”. With temples and monuments that offer deep insight into the evolution of Hindu temple architecture, Bhubaneswar (pop.1.2 million) has long served as a tourist hotspot of eastern India. With the rapid development of the IT industry in recent decades, the city's retail, infrastructure, real estate, education and hospitality sectors have witnessed rapid growth.
Capital of the desert state of Rajasthan, Jaipur (pop. 4 million), serves as a gateway to several tourist destinations of Rajasthan. One of the earliest planned cities in modern India, Jaipur served as the capital of the eponymous state during the British Raj era and was subsequently made the capital of the state of Rajasthan after India became independent. Founded in the 18th century by the warrior-king Sawai Jaisingh II, Jaipur is popularly known as the Pink City after the colour of its old city buildings.
Also known as Kovai or Covai, Coimbatore is the administrative capital of the eponymous district in the southern seaboard state of Tamil Nadu. Located on the Noyyal river in the foothills of the Western Ghats, Coimbatore (pop. 2.9 million) is the second most populous city and the third largest (642 sq.km.) in the state.
EducationWorld's series titled Students’ Corner, which puts special emphasis on children, features Gorakshnath Patil and Dhara Patel, the Head Boy and the Head Girl respectively from the CBSE affiliated co-ed day-cum-boarding SVKM’s Mukesh R Patel School, Shirpur to understand how they are carrying out their studies and council responsibilities simultaneously, their take on social media, NEP 2020, interests and so on.
Erstwhile headquarters of the Peshwas (prime ministers) of the Maratha Empire, Pune is the largest city (516.18 sq. km.) in Maharashtra and the ninth most populated city in India (pop.6.8 million). Fringed by the Sahayadri mountain ranges and situated at the confluence of the Mula and Mutha rivers, Pune enjoys a moderate climate throughout the year.
Located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal, the port city of Chennai (formerly Madras) is the admin capital of the southern seaboard state of Tamil Nadu and the state's most populous city (pop. 11.2 million).
Thane (formerly Thana) is a satellite city of Mumbai and part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR). Originally a residential suburb of the maximum city, over the years, Thane has metamorphosed into a vibrant self-sufficient city that hosts several industries including chemical, engineering, and textile and is the divisional headquarters of the state road-transport service. The eponymous district is primarily an agricultural region with rice, millets, fruits and vegetables being the chief produce.
Pricilla Haokip joined Kasiga School in the year 2021. She grew up in a mesmerizing landscape of Manipur and spent most of her adolescence learning about compassion for her community in her hometown. She is a conscientious student of Humanities who has made up her mind to make a future in Hospitality Management or Law. She plays a key role in the school community. She is an avid reader and also likes to keep herself motivated by dancing. She is striving harder each day to pursue her plans for education in the United Kingdom or her own motherland.
EducationWorld’s series, the ‘Eduleader Focus’ features interviews with leaders of reputed educational institutions who are popular among their students and staff. In this edition of ‘Eduleader Focus’, Dr. Maithili Tambe, CEO, The Academy School (TAS), Pune, shares her views about the need for student focussed education in the country and the parent-teacher collaboration at TAS.
Admin capital of the southern state of Karnataka, Bengaluru (formerly Karnataka) draws people from far and wide with its moderate and pleasant climate, rich heritage and cosmopolitan culture. Among the fastest growing cities in the world, Bengaluru is ranked India's second best city for students in the QS Best Student Cities Ranking 2023.
Admin capital of the eastern seaboard state of West Bengal, Kolkata (pop.14.5 million), formerly Calcutta, is India's second most populous city after Mumbai. Founded as an East India Company trading post, it served as the capital of British India from 1773–1911 resulting in the promotion of British-style K-12 and higher education institutions in the city. Sprawling north to south along the east bank of the Hooghly river, the city is famed for its grand colonial architecture, art galleries and cultural festivals.
The administrative capital of the western seaboard state of Maharashtra -- India’s most industrialised state accounting for 18 percent of the country’s annual industrial output -- Mumbai is widely acknowledged as India’s financial and business capital.
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