Renowned nationwide for ideating and establishing high-quality townships, office complexes and residential buildings, House of Hiranandani has invested its considerable expertise in constructing the school’s scenic campus overlooking Muttukadu Lake Shivani Chaturvedi The Hiranandani Upscale School (HUS, estb.2011) is sited on a three-acre campus in the House of Hiranandani’s integrated township in the southern metropolis of Chennai (pop.12 million). This K-12 co-ed day school offering the PYP (primary years programme), MYP (middle years programme) and IBDP (diploma) programmes of IB, Geneva, was promoted by Mr. Surendra Hiranandani, Chairman and Managing Director of House of Hiranandani which has interests in real estate countrywide. Over the past 13 years since it was established, HUS has steadily acquired a good reputation for providing student-centric, holistic primary-secondary education to its 402 students mentored by 88 well-qualified teachers. Ranked among Chennai’s Top 15 co-ed day schools in the EducationWorld India School Rankings 2023-24, HUS was conferred the SDG Hero award in 2023 and the ARC EdTech award for incorporating UN Sustainable Development Goals into its curriculum. “In HUS, we provide our students with an inclusive learning environment after identifying their needs to enable them to reach their potential under our renowned IB continuum programmes. Our goal is to nurture well-rounded, ethical, empathetic, culturally aware, physically fit and academically bright global citizens ready to confront the challenges of the future,” says Sivakumar Srinivasan, director of HUS. An alum of Madras and Bharathidasan universities with leadership certification from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Srinivasan imported over two decades of teaching and admin experience in top-ranked international schools (The International School, Bangalore, Indus International School, Pune) when he was appointed director of HUS in 2022. Renowned nationwide for ideating and establishing high quality townships, office complexes and residential buildings in Mumbai, Bengaluru and Chennai, House of Hiranandani has invested its considerable expertise in construction, landscaping and equipping HUS’ three-acre scenic campus overlooking Muttukadu Lake. The school’s academic building houses 55 spacious and well-ventilated Smart classrooms equipped with LCD projectors. Students have access to two state-of-the-art ICT (information communication technologies) laboratories supplemented with discrete physics, chemistry and biology labs. Moreover the school has two separate libraries for primary and middle years students with an aggregate 10,000 print volumes and 40 journal subscriptions, and access to a wide range of e-learning resources. A Special Education Needs (SEN) department staffed with special educators provides personalised support to students with learning disabilities. Equally impressive is the school’s sports infrastructure which includes a large cricket ground, dedicated football field, and synthetic courts for basketball and volleyball. The spirit of competitive sportsmanship is encouraged with children motivated to compete in inter and intra-school competitions. The HUS management prides itself for having readily adopted and integrated latest technology advances into its teaching-learning and management operations. “Integration of advanced technologies into institutional operations enriches children’s educational experiences at HUS. Remedial education, psychological counseling and medical care are accorded high importance to ensure the mental and emotional well-being of students. We are also very aware that…
