The co-ed day TGAA, Chembur (estb. 2013) has quickly established a reputation as a progressive 21st century school providing students well-balanced child-centred education employing the latest IT-enabled pedagogies – Dipta Joshi Nestling in a leafy green oasis in the Chembur suburb of Mumbai, is the futuristic campus of The Green Acres Academy (TGAA, estb.2013), promoted by Rohan Parikh, founder-trustee of the Acres Foundation — registered in 2012 by the Mumbai-based Apurva Natvar Parikh (ANP) Group with business interests in transport, real estate and hospitality. Since TGAA admitted its first batch of 14 students in 2013, this K-X co-ed day school affiliated with the Delhi-based Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) has quickly earned a reputation for providing holistic ICT-enabled education rooted in Indian values to its 2,047 students including 927 girl children. In the Times School Survey 2018, TGAA was conferred the ‘Fastest emerging National Curriculum School in Mumbai’ award. In 2017, TGAA was conferred the EducationWorld Grand Jury Award in the ‘new technologies usage’ category. “The institutional objective of TGAA is to provide a safe, secure and tech-enabled learning environment for children through our unique 8-4-8 curriculum. Based on eight core principles for students, four for parents and teachers, and eight for the school, we ensure that all children develop eight essential competencies — academics, sports, music, logic and debate and arts and crafts among others — required for success and leadership in our rapidly globalising world. By also spelling out the responsibilities of parents, teachers and the school, we are well-prepared to nurture physically strong, emotionally stable, free-thinking, confident and competent graduates equipped to assume leadership positions anywhere in the world,” says Rohan Parikh, director of TGAA. An economics graduate of the Wharton Business School, USA with an MBA awarded by INSEAD, France, and a decade of business and management experience in ANP Group companies, in 2013 Parikh promoted TGAA and simultaneously signed up for a Masters in education at the renowned Johns Hopkins University, USA. Unsurprisingly, given his blue-chip education and organisation management experience, TGAA has quickly established a reputation for being a progressive 21st century school providing its students balanced child-centric education employing latest IT-enabled pedagogies and well-trained teachers. With public response to TGAA “exceeding expectations,” Parikh has expanded the group’s footprint and promoted TGAA schools in Mulund, Mumbai (estb.2015), affiliated with CISCE and TGAA, Pune (CBSE). Moreover in July, the ANP Group’s Cambridge International (UK)-affiliated Seven Rivers International School, Mumbai, admitted its first batch of 57 K-class II children currently studying on the TGAA Chembur campus. Invested with Parikh’s storehouse of business management and education experience, the flagship TGAA, Chembur, housed in a cluster of five earthquake-resistant seven-storeyed buildings with large colourful windows and 60 double-height zero-echo Smart classrooms featuring light-shelves that stream abundant sunlight and ventilation, is setting new standards in K-X education. The state-of-the-art infrastructure includes three 21st century science labs plus a hi-tech multipurpose laboratory, two well-equipped computer labs, a teachers’ resource centre and music and art rooms. The library houses…
