The CBSE-affiliated Gaurs International School (GIS, estb. 2015) is fast earning a good reputation in Delhi NCR (National Capital Region) for providing internationally benchmarked values-driven education. Promoted by Manoj and Manju Gaur, directors of Gaurs Group, a leading real estate development company, GIS, which has 3,061 students mentored by 160 teachers, is sited on a state-of-the-art five-acre campus in the heart of Gaur City, a 250-acre residential enclave in bustling Greater Noida (West). In the category of co-educational day schools, GIS was ranked #4 for promoting multi-sports culture in the EducationWorld Jury Awards 2017-18. Among the many initiatives GIS has pioneered is the introduction of Sanskrit language from class VI onwards. On Teachers’ Day (September 5) last year, the Gaurs Group launched a second branch school in Yamuna City and is drawing up plans to inaugurate its third branch in Siddharth Vihar, Ghaziabad soon under pressure of public demand. GIS Leaders Manoj Gaur Managing Director, Gaurs Group Manoj Gaur is the visionary managing director of the Gaurs Group and moving force behind the development of the 250-acre Gaur City in Greater Noida. A former state table tennis champion and votary of holistic education, he has ensured integration of sports and life skills education into the curriculum and culture of all education institutions promoted by the Group. Asheesh Kumar Sharma CEO, Gaurs Group of Schools A postgraduate in business management with ISO 9001-2001 (lead auditor) and a green belt in Six Sigma quality management systems, A.K. Sharma has over 18 years of experience launching and establishing schools in India and abroad. A firm believer that education is a lifelong journey that requires not only the acquisition of knowledge, but its application in analytical, creative and expressive ways that make learning meaningful to students, Sharma has successfully supervised strategic planning, organisational development and implementation of policies and systems at GIS. Manju Gaur Director, Gaurs Group An environment conservation activist, Manju Gaur believes in empowering every child with knowledge, skills and opportunities to enable her to realise her full potential. Among her notable initiatives are the Zero Garbage City Public Campaign and free-of-charge evening school for girl children from underprivileged households. Debaroti Bose Founder Principal, GIS A geography and education alumna of Calcutta University with over 17 years of teaching and admin experience in top-ranked schools including Modern School, Barakhamba Road and Presidium School, Indirapuram, Debaroti Bose signed up with Gaurs International School in 2014. An accomplished author, she was conferred the ‘India Education Icon Award’ of the CED Foundation Trust in 2018. Campus infrastructure GIS’ five-acre campus offers state-of-the-art academic, co-curricular and sports education facilities including air-conditioned classrooms with smart boards, a library with 8,000 print volumes, computer, physics, chemistry, biology lab, general science and home science labs and a mass media studio. Its generously endowed campus also offers a 250-seat auditorium, well-equipped art, music and dance studios, conference rooms and a medical facility staffed with qualified nurses. The school’s fleet of 11 buses is equipped with GPS tracking systems. Co-curricular &…
