Madhav Chavan Co-founder, Pratham Education Foundation
A chemistry postgrad of Mumbai and Ohio State universities, Dr. Madhav Chavan is co-founder and director of the Pratham Education Foundation (estb.1994), nationally acclaimed for its international fundraising, national Read India campaign and sustained publication of the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) which measures learning outcomes […]
Dr. A.K. Pansari
Founder-chairman, Royal Group of Institutions, Guwahati
An alumnus of Gauhati University and chartered accountant, Dr. A.K. Pansari is founder-chairman of the Royal Group of Institutions (RGI, estb.2009) comprising the CBSE-affiliated day-cum-boarding Royal Global School (RGS) and Royal Global University (RGU) which have an aggregate 5000 students mentored by 302 […]
An alumna of Boston University with professional work experience in the Reuters Group (Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sydney and Hong Kong), Nooraine Fazal is co-founder and managing trustee of the CISCE (Delhi) and Cambridge International (UK)-affiliated Inventure Academy, Bangalore (estb.2005), ranked among India’s Top 3 co-ed day […]
Dr. Madhav Deo Saraswat
Principal, The Scindia School, Gwalior
An English, Hindi and Sanskrit alumnus of the Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Agra, Dr. Madhav Deo Saraswat acquired over three decades of teaching and admin experience in reputed schools (The Doon School, Orchid International, Nasik) prior to taking charge in 2015 as principal of the vintage […]
A law graduate of Lucknow University, Ambarish Rai is national convener of the Right to Education Forum (estb.2010), a coalition of over 10,000 NGOs, educationists and social activists gathered under the forum’s banner to enforce the landmark Right of Children to Free & Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, in […]
Ramya Venkataraman Founder, Centre for Teacher accreditation
An alumna of IIT-Delhi and IIM-Calcutta, Ramya venkataraman is founder and CEO of Centre for Teacher Accreditation, Bangalore (CENTA, estb.2014) which certifies teacher competencies. Formerly with McKinsey & Co for 15 years including five as education practice leader, venkataraman quit the corporate world to promote CENTA […]
An alumnus of the blue-chip Doon School, Dehradun and St. Stephen’s College, Delhi, Sanjit (‘Bunker’) Roy, experienced an epiphany while digging wells in rural Rajasthan. This resulted in the registration of the SWC Trust, aka Barefoot College, Tilonia (BC) in 1972. Since then over the past 48 […]
Abhishek Singhania Chairman, JK group of Education Institutions
An alumnus of Kanpur University, Abhishek Singhania is chairman of the JK Group of Education Institutions comprising four schools including the top-ranked Sir Padampat Singhania Education Centre, Kanpur, Sir Padampat Singhania School, Kota, JK Business School, Gurgaon and Sir Padampat Singhania University, Udaipur. Singhania is also co-founder and […]
Dr. Bijaya Kumar Sahoo, Chairman, Sai International Group, Bhubaneswar
A former chartered accountant, Dr. Bijaya Kumar Sahoo is promoter-chairman of the Bhubaneswar (Odisha)-based SAI International Group. The group comprises two schools including the SAI International School, Bhubaneswar — ranked Odisha’s #1 day-cum-boarding school in the EW India School Rankings 2019-20 — and […]
An alumna of Mumbai and Manchester (UK) universities, Shaheen Mistri is promoter-director of the Akanksha Foundation (estb.1991) and the Teach for India Initiative (TFI, 2007) committed to ending education inequity in India.
What are the major challenges confronting K-12 education in the new Covid-19 era?
An alum of the Stern School of Business, New York University, Shreevats Jaipuria is vice chairman of the Seth M.R. Jaipuria schools (SMRJ) and Jaipuria Institute of Management. The SMRJ Group comprises 34 K-12 schools (Uttar Pradesh and Bihar) and four business schools (Lucknow, Noida, […]
Hari Mohan Gupta Chairman, Jagran Social Welfare Society
Publisher-editor of the Hindi language daily Daink Jagran (Bhopal edition), Hari Mohan Gupta is chairman of the Jagran Social Welfare Society (JSWS), which has promoted four Delhi Public Schools (DPS) in Madhya Pradesh (Bhopal and Indore) and the state-of-the-art Jagran Lakecity University, Bhopal. Together these […]
Deepak Madhok Chairman, Sunbeam Group of Education Institutions
An alumnus of Banaras Hindu and Allahabad universities and former civic administrator of the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission, Deepak Madhok is chairman of the Varanasi-based Sunbeam Group of Educational Institutions (SGEI) comprising seven owned schools, 17 associate schools, two women’s colleges, an autism centre […]
Shishir Jaipuria Chairman, Seth Anandram Jaipuria Group of Educational Institutions
A highly-respected Delhi-based industrialist, Shishir Jaipuria is chairman of the Seth Anandram Jaipuria Group of Educational Institutions (SAJGEI), the umbrella organisation of 12 K-12 schools (Seth Anandram Jaipuria Schools), five preschools (Little One — The Jaipuria Preschool) and two business management colleges (Jaipuria Institute of […]
Grace Pinto Managing Director, Ryan International group of Institutions
Promoted by Mme. Grace Pinto and her husband Dr. Augustine in 1976, the Mumbai-based Ryan International Group of Institutions (RIGI) has since blossomed into a network of 135 K-12 schools across 18 states and 40 cities in India with an aggregate enrolment of 275,000 […]
Rustom Kerawalla Chairman, Vibgyor Group of Schools
An alum of Manipal University, Rustom Kerawalla is founder-chairman of the VIBGYOR Group of 39 schools with an aggregate 55,000 students in 14 cities countrywide, and founder-chairman of Ampersand Group (estb.2004) that provides school management services and skills education programmes.
Siddharth Chaturvedi
Executive Vice President, AISECT group
An engineering and business management alum of NIT, Bhopal, and S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai, with five years of work experience in blue-chip corporates (ITC, IBM), Siddharth Chaturvedi assumed charge as executive vice president of the family-owned AISECT Group (estb.1985) of higher […]
I am very happy to learn that Kavikulaguru Kalidas Sanskrit University (KKSU) is ranked #60 all-India and #6 in Maharashtra in the EducationWorld Government University Rankings 2020-21. KKSU is a Sanskrit university. This recognition has boosted the morale of our faculty and students and we look forward to your support in achieving excellence in higher […]
The reportedly Rs 20 lakh crore post-Covid-19 economy stimulus package announced by prime minister Narendra Modi in a national televised broadcast on May 12 has greatly disappointed India Inc and most monitors of the Indian economy because of its opacity and promise of loans strewn across Central government programmes, and token grants for stimulating aggregate […]
An alumnus of the Staff College, Camberley (UK), Lt. Gen. Arjun Ray, PvSM, vSM (Retd) is chief executive of the Bangalore-based Indus Trust (regstd.2001). During the two decades past, the trust has promoted three top-ranked co-ed day-cum-boarding international schools and seven preschools with an aggregate enrolment of 4,000 […]
Swati Popat Vats President, Early Childhood Association
President of the Podar Jumbo Kids (PJK) chain of 498 preschools with an enrolment of 45,000 children and 6,500 teachers across the country, and founder-president of the Early Childhood Association (ECA, estb.2011), Dr. Swati Popat Vats is India’s most fervent proponent of universal early childhood care […]
President, Society for Unaided Private schools of Rajasthan
A commerce graduate of Rajasthan University, Damodar Prasad Goyal is president of the Society for Unaided Private Schools of Rajasthan (estb.1997). Under his leadership, the society challenged s. 12 (1) (c) of the RTE Act, 2009 which mandated that all private schools reserve 25 […]
An English and education postgrad of Utkal University, Gerry Arathoon is the former principal of St. Thomas Church School, Howrah, West Bengal, who signed up with the Delhi-based pan-India Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE, estb.1958) board in 2002. In […]
Amit Agarwal
Chairman, Unison Group of Institutions, Dehradun
An alumnus of the Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Amit Agarwal is chairman of the Dehradun-based Unison Education Foundation (estb. 2007). Currently, the foundation manages four institutions in Dehradun and Delhi NCR — IMS Unison University, DIT University, Institute of Management Studies, and the […]
Bhupinder Gogia Principal, Sat Paul Mittal School, Ludhiana
An education and applied maths postgraduate of Osmania University, Bhupinder Gogia acquired rich teaching and admin experience spanning three decades, prior to taking charge as principal of the CISCE-affiliated Sat Paul Mittal School, Ludhiana (SPMS) in 2008. Ranked Punjab’s #1 co-ed day school in the […]
Shailesh Dalmia
Honorary Secretary, N.L. Dalmia Educational Society
A commerce and law graduate of Mumbai University, Shailesh Dalmia is honorary secretary of the Mumbai-based Niranjanlal Dalmia Educational Society (estb.1982). The society manages three education institutions in Thane, Mumbai, including the CISCE-affiliated N.L. Dalmia High School; N.L. Dalmia College of Arts, Science & […]
Former chief minister of Uttarakhand (2009-2011), Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ is incumbent Union minister of Human Resource Development (HRD) in the BJP-led NDA 2.0 government. Typically, despite several e-mail messages and calls to his office, the minister failed and neglected to reply to an EducationWorld questionnaire. However, during the past two months, […]
Amrish Patel Managing Trustee, SVKM Trust & Shirpur Education Society
Amrish Patel is managing trustee of the nationally renowned Mumbai-based SVKM Trust (estb.1934) and founder of the Shirpur Education Society (SES) and R.C. Patel Trust, Shirpur (RCPT). The SvKM trust manages seven schools, 12 colleges and NMIMS Deemed University with an aggregate […]
C. Raj Kumar Vice Chancellor, O.P. Jindal Global University
An alumnus of Madras, Delhi, Oxford and Harvard universities, Dr. C. Raj Kumar is founding vice chancellor of the O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana (JGU, estb.2009). JGU is ranked among India’s Top 5 private universities by EducationWorld.
An alumnus of University College London and the London School of Economics, Atul Chauhan is the chancellor of Amity University and chief executive of the Amity Group (estb.1994) which comprises ten universities, 26 K-12 schools and 30 other education institutions in India and abroad. Aggregate enrolment: 175,000 students […]
An Yale and Harvard graduate, Ashish Dhawan is the founding-chairman of the Delhi-based Central Square Foundation (estb.2012), prior to which he served as a highly successful investment banker (Chrys Capital). Dhawan is also a trustee and prime mover of the crowd-funded blue-chip Ashoka University, Sonipat, […]
Indian education system has been devastated by the national lockdown prompted by the Covid-19 pandemic. The onus of reviving KG-Ph D education has devolved upon tried and tested institutional leaders – Dilip Thakore & Summiya Yasmeen
On March 25 when a national lockdown was decreed by prime minister Narendra Modi following outbreak of the novel coronavirus […]
Ranjan Pai Chairman, Manipal Education & Medical Group
An alumnus of Kasturba Medical College, Manipal with a fellowship in hospital administration from the Children’s Hospital, Wisconsin, USA, Dr. Ranjan Pai is chairman and CEO of the transnational Manipal Education and Medical Group (MEMG) which comprises three universities in India and three abroad […]
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 […]
Former chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation, Dr K Kasturirangan is an eminent educationist and chairman of the nine-member committee for draft National Education Policy (2019) which was submitted to the Union government in May last year and is being finalised by the Union […]
Nandan Kuthiala
Trustee, Jodhamal Public School, Jammu
Nandan Kuthiala is promoter-trustee of the CBSE-affiliated Jodhamal Public School, Jammu (JPS, estb.2005), which has 2,650 students mentored by 140 teachers on its musters. An alum of Mayo College, Ajmer and Delhi University and a real estate entrepreneur, over the past 15 years Kuthiala has nurtured and […]
Manjot Dhillon
Founder, Mount Litera Zee School, Amritsar
Manjot Dhillon is founder-director of the Mount Litera Zee School, Amritsar (MLZS estb.2014). An alum of Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Dhillon is also vice chairperson of the Amritsar chapter of FLO (FICCI Ladies Organisation) and a member of the Board of Studies, Guru Nanak Dev University. […]
Kush Sakaria Trust secretary, Vallabh Ashram Group of Schools, Valsad
An alumnus of Sardar Patel University, Anand (Gujarat) and the University of Ballarat, Australia, Kush Sakaria acquired valuable corporate experience with the Mumbai-based Mexus Education Pvt. Ltd before his appointment as secretary of Shree Vallabh Ashram Trust in 2014. Currently, the trust’s four […]
Dr. Suresh Reddy Chairperson, Candor International School, Bangalore
Dr. Suresh Reddy is founder-chairperson of the Saketh Educational Trust and the Cambridge International (UK) and IB (Geneva)-affiliated Candor International School, Bangalore (estb.2010), ranked among India’s Top 15 day-cum-boarding international schools by EducationWorld. He is also director, LearnBeyond, an affordable, cloud-based eLearning solution and Sai Srushti Group, […]
Alka Kapur Principal, Modern Public School, Shalimar Bagh, Delhi
Alka Kapur is principal of the CSBE-affiliated Modern Public School, Shalimar Bagh, Delhi (MPS, estb.1971), which has 2,540 students and 95 teachers on its muster rolls. Kapur is also president of the Delhi Sahodaya School Complex, an association of CBSE schools in the national capital and proactive […]
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