Special Report

EW India School Rankings Awards Nite

In a filled-to-capacity chandeliered auditorium in The LaLit Hotel, Delhi, Education World felicitated and celebrated top-ranked schools nationally and in states and cities as per the EducationWorld India School Rankings 2014 league tables published in early September

THE ANNUAL EDUCATIONWORLD INDIA SCHOOL Rankings Awards Nite staged in New Delhi’s The LaLit Hotel on September 20 to felicitate India’s top-ranked day, boarding and international schools, received unprecedented response from over 400 principals, trustees, and teachers of the country’s most respected schools. In a filled-to-capacity chandeliered auditorium, EducationWorld felicitated and celebrated top-ranked schools nationally and in states and cities as per the EducationWorld India School Rankings 2014 league tables published in early September.

During the five-hour awards nite, Top 10 schools in ten discrete categories — day co-ed, day-cum-boarding, all-girls and boys day schools; co-ed, girls and all-boys boarding schools; and day, day-cum-boarding, and wholly residential international schools — were presented trophies and certificates. 

Among the principals and education leaders who received awards on the occasion were Sumer Singh of Daly College, Indore; Zarene Munshi and Dermot Keegan, Dhirubhai Ambani International School, Mumbai; Roy Robinson, Bishop Cotton School, Shimla; Manika Sharma, The Shri Ram Schools, Delhi; and Ryan Pinto, Ryan International Group of Institutions among others from across the country.

Moreover on the occasion, Shomie Das, well-known former principal and education consultant; Lt. Gen. (Retd) Arjun Ray, chief executive of Indus International schools; Bunker Roy, founder of Barefoot College, Tilonia and Lina Ashar, promoter-chairperson of Kangaroo Kids Education Pvt. Ltd, were conferred Lifetime Achievement in Education Leadership 2014 awards and special citations.

The awards nite was supported by Tata ClassEdge, Funtoot Personalised Learning, Popcorn Furniture, Furtados School of Music, 5thseptember.com, BML Munjal University, The Sports Gurukul and Afairs Exhibitions & Media Pvt. Ltd.

The awards nite celebration was preceded by an invitation only, first-of-its-kind special interactive workshop conducted by Anand Sudarshan, founder-director of Slyvant Advisors Pvt. Ltd who addressed school trustees and promoters on the subject ‘Building the next level of excellence’; and Anil Mammen, chief — learning design and social impact, Tata ClassEdge.

To view the EW India School Rankings Awards Nite photos visit www.educationworld.in or http://www.dropbox.com/sh/lwycsm1k3rrqq24/AADnis61e9spf3U_qiDOcqfIa?dl=0

 

AWARDS NITE REACTIONS

“The EW India School Rankings Awards were very well organised. I am glad that I could be part of this glorious event and meet all the dignitaries, despite suffering several fractures!”  

Revathi Srinivasan, director and principal, Smt. Sulochanadevi Singhania School, Thane, Mumbai

“The event was wonderfully and efficiently organised. So many different certificates and citations to give and not even one “oops” moment! The compering was nonpareil. The witticisms woven into a heavy academic gathering made the evening memorable.”

Ratna Dhar, principal, The Millennium School, Karnal

“Our heartfelt gratitude for the wonderful awards ceremony you hosted. All of us felt at home and it was an evening well spent interacting with some of the best people from the field of education. Wishing EducationWorld all the very best.”

Sarojini Rao, principal, Indus International School, Bangalore