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Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

— Aristotle

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MR. VINOD MALHOTRA

Chairman, Academic Council, STTAR
Advisor, Seth Anandram Jaipuria Group of Educational Institutions
Author & Retired Civil Servant

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MR. SHISHIR JAIPURIA

Member Academic Council &
Chairman,
Seth Anandram Jaipuria Education Society

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MS. ABHA ADAMS

Education Advisor
Former Director-The Shri Ram School
& The Step by Step School, Delhi

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MR. ANIL REWARI

Senior Advisor & Global AI Expert

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MS. SARITA MATHUR

Senior Advisor
& Freelance
Education Consultant

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MR. HARISH SANDUJA

Director Schools & IT
Seth Anandram Jaipuria Group of Educational Institutions

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DR. SWATI POPAT VATS

Senior Advisor &
President,
Early Childhood Association

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MS. SUSHMA RATURI

Member Secretary,
Academic Council & Head – Teaching, Learning & Training
Seth Anandram Jaipuria Group of Schools

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MR. SHIV SHUKLA

Advisor,
Academic Council,
STTAR

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Mr. Vinod Malhotra, a Management Graduate from Leeds University, UK, and LLB from Faculty of Law, New Delhi, has varied experience in Administrative & Quasi-Judicial Roles. He has been with the Indian Administrative Services in the past. During the said time, he has had the opportunity to be directly involved in various aspects of industrial development and has been involved from grass roots to the highest level of policy formulation at the national and international levels.

He has immense experience in administration at the district, state, national and international level which covers a wide spectrum including negotiating international trade agreements, tax generation and revenue adjudication. As an avid reader and follower of Bhagwat Gita, he has authored 14 books on subjects covering management, leadership and soft skills.

VINOD MALHOTRA

Chairman, Academic Council, STTAR
Advisor, Seth Anandram Jaipuria Group of Educational Institutions
Author & Retired Civil Servant

Mr. Shishir Jaipuria is the Chairman of Seth Anandram Jaipuria Group of Educational Institutions which has been in the field of education for more than 76 years. Presently the Group operates in all the verticals of the education landscape and runs 5 preschools, 14 K-12 Schools, 2 Management Institutions and a Teachers Training Academy. Jaipuria Group has a strength of 20000 students, 15000 alumni, 900 educators and has its presence in 13 cities across North India. Mr. Jaipuria is also the Chairman at FICCI Arise, the vertical of FICCI which takes care of the interest of independent schools by focusing on policy advocacy and defining norms for standards and transparency.

SHISHIR JAIPURIA

Member Academic Council &
Chairman,
Seth Anandram Jaipuria Education Society

An alumna of Lady Shri Ram College, Abha Adams has created an enviable reputation as an innovative educationist. A prolific writer on education and an accomplished orator she has spent over 37 years in education, media and arts management both in India and the UK.

She has been a Features Editor with the BBC and Director of Aditi at the Arts Council. On her return to India she spent 13 years as Director of the Shri Ram Schools, establishing the Shri Ram School Moulsari in 1995 and The Shri Ram School Aravali in 2001. In 2003 she created the Education Consulting Company – Shri Ram Educare.

In 2006 as Advisor Education she led the founding team to develop Step by Step School Noida. She conceived, developed and designed the school and in 2013 she started the Centre for Learning and Teaching (CLT) which is the first Education Professional Development centre of its kind.

Presently, she is a leading educational adviser to several national and international educational, arts and training organizations. She serves on several Boards, is a published author, and a well-known columnist writing on matters related to education, parenting and careers.

ABHA ADAMS

Education Advisor
Former Director-The Shri Ram School
& The Step by Step School, Delhi

Dr. Anil Rewari is a successful product and marketing executive with over 20 years of cross-functional experience. He comes with strong insights in leading-edge software products and services, and a track record of creating an exciting vision and translating that into actionable programs leading to revenue growth. His specialties include Product Marketing, Business Development and Sales, Integrated Marketing Programs, Web Analytics, CRM solutions and integration.

Sarita Mathur is a freelance education consultant offering services to schools, both rural and urban, in India and abroad. Sarita started her career with the India Today group as Assistant Manager Marketing and then after a period of 12 years went on to join the education sector.

An alumnus of St. Stephens College, with a degree in Mathematics, a post-graduate degree in Operations Research and a further degree in Education, Sarita’s Mathematics background and her well-honed sense of systems and processes had her institutionalize several long lasting and important changes as Principal of The Shri Ram School. This included setting up the IB Diploma Program at The Shri Ram School. Well known as a pioneer IB school in the NCR, the school is looked up to as one of the most progressive and leading schools of the country. Sarita has served as a consultant on the International Curriculum of the CBSE and also serves as advisor/consultant to several curriculum companies, schools and start-up ventures.

A much sought-after workshop-leader, Sarita has trained hundreds of teachers in the India and the Middle East, mentored principals, and is invited to speak and share her experiences and ideas at education conferences around the world.

SARITA MATHUR

An education leader with 25+ years of experience in esteemed positions like Academic Director in Qatar and Director Schools in India, he’s led initiatives in linguistic skills, student performance and curriculum design. A critical thinker with superb inter-personal skills and mind-mapper driven by data and research.

HARISH SANDUJA

Director Schools & IT
Seth Anandram Jaipuria Group of Educational Institutions

Dr. Swati Popat Vats
Senior Advisor &
President,
Early Childhood Association

 

Dr Swati Popat Vats, an educator with over 30 years of experience. Dr Vats’ is a name synonymous with Children’s education as the president of the Early Childhood Association ECA – APER and president of the Association for Primary Education and Research. Having set up the Podar Jumbo Kids preschools and daycare Podar Jumbo Kids India chain, Dr Vats is at present the President of the Podar Education Network and Director of the Podar Institute of Education. Outside of the Podar Education Group, she has set up numerous preschools in India and abroad and has been an advisor to corporates dealing with children-related products. Dr Vats has also authored 25 books that provide valuable lessons in educating young children

Sushma Raturi is an enthusiastic professional educator with over 25 years of varied work experience in the field of education. She is an alumna of St. Mary’s, Shillong, who after obtaining a gold medal in her post-graduate course in Public Administration, decided to do her Bachelors in Education to pursue her childhood dream of being an educator. Currently, she is working with the Seth Anandram Jaipuria Schools as Head – Teaching, Learning and Training.

She has a wealth of experience in the academic setting, having worked with some of the leading public schools of India and abroad like The Assam Valley School, The British School, Loreto Convent, Kolkata, The Shri Ram School, Gurgaon, and The Mombasa Academy, Kenya.

She has been with the Shri Ram schools for over 13 years in different capacities, including working with The Shri Educare Limited as Manager Education & Training and, subsequently, as Head of Special Projects (Education) in the SRF Foundation.

Some of her very recent assignments include formulating and implementing programs in schools, curriculum activities, policies, teacher recruitments & trainings, auditing schools, evaluating progress of the students, and supervising and appraising performance of teachers.

She is a firm believer of equity in the field of education and has been actively involved in education for the underprivileged and marginalized communities.

SUSHMA RATURI

Shiv Shukla has led various research and policy advocacy related projects with Union and State Governments of India. He has more than a decade of cross functional experience in Education and Skill Development sector. He has represented India at various forums. He has also co-authored a recently launched Global Study titled, ‘Future Skills for the 2020s: A New Hope’.

SHIV SHUKLA

Advisor,
Academic Council,
STTAR

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