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Get ready for the Global Ed Fest—an electrifying event where innovative minds come together to tackle pressing educational challenges! Mark your calendars for July 31, 2025, because you won't want to miss this fantastic experience, explicitly curated for India's school community. We at the Good Schools Alliance can't wait to welcome you to the colourful and dynamic Pink City! 

 

Join us as we unite to ignite ideas and cultivate a passion for learning! Let's make waves in education! #JoyOfLearning #HappyTeachers #EducationRevolution #GreatSchools #Conference #SGEF2025

 

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ScooNews Global Educators Fest 2022 | Jaipur, Rajasthan

Over 600 educators met in Jaipur, Rajasthan, to discuss the way toward establishing India as the next global education powerhouse. The theme for this year’s fest was Transforming School Curriculum: Empowering Learning for Life.

Music Credits: Padharo Mhare Des (Folk Fusion) Swaraag

Cinematography:

Rajendra Singh

Lakshya Singh

Katen Singh

Aryan Sharma

Karan Soni

Direction: Rajendra Singh 

Editing: Rajendra Singh 

A ScooNews Production

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Meet Sandeep Dutt at Jaipur 5-6 August 2022

My Good School
Where Passion Meets Education

By Sandeep Dutt
Published by Rupa Publications Pvt Ltd

Meet the author 

See you at the ScooNews Global Educators Festival 2022. Join us to celebrate the joy of learning and share your heart with us. The largest gathering of professional learners in India | 4th-6th Aug 2022 | Jaipur Marriott Hotel | Jaipur, Rajasthan

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Transforming School Curriculum: Empowering Learning for Life

 

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Transforming School Curriculum: Empowering Learning for Life

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The 4th edition of ScooNews Global Educators Fest shall revolve around the theme ‘Transforming School Curriculum: Empowering Learning for Life’, where we shall brainstorm on new priorities, pedagogies, technologies, spaces, and assessment strategies.

We think the most significant step the Indian education ecosystem needs to take today is to leap from a textbook setting to the real world. Only then the students will be able to see practical applications of classroom concepts and retain their learning for life.

ScooNews Global Educators Fest 2022 #SGEF2022 will be held at:

Jaipur Marriott Hotel, Ashram Marg, Near Jawahar Circle, Jaipur.

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KLF Bhava Samvad Sandeep Dutt in conversation with Jaya Bhattacharji on his book My Good School

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Author Sandeep Dutt (School Improvement Coach, Mountaineer) in conversation with Jaya Bhattacharji Rose (International Publishing Consultant) on his book 'My Good School'.

 

Happiness and Tolerance - Visioners SHS

How Tolerance Led to Happiness!

It was the commencement of Spring, when all the little boys ran out of their houses with the packets of colours and joy to play Holi with their friends. Almost all the communities came to celebrate the festival of hue. 

Little Tasnim, wearing a white salwar, comes out of one of the flats. Seeing Tasnim all alone, the little boys start splashing water colours on her, ruining her clothes. However, instead of running from there she stood determined until the entire water colours got over. This made the boys burst into laughter but they were not aloof of the feeling of amazement to see Tasnim smile with contentment.

The little girl smiled and went to her home, after a little while holding the hand of her younger brother , she came out and said, " Now, lets go to the masjid."

Surprised by Tasnim's tolerance,the little playful boys let the siblings go. When they came out after offering the prayer to Allah, the boys were standing there with a new stoll, which one of them had brought from his mother, as a gift to the girl. Tasnim and Aahnaf were shocked to see the same gang nevertheless overwhelmed to know that they had come to be friends. They put the colours on each others cheeks and Tasnim accepted the gift happily.

- Preeti Rai <raihappu15@gmail.com> for Visioners at Sacred Heart School Siliguri

People's Prince

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Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar is a scion of the 1500-year-old House of Mewar in Udaipur. Born on the 28th of January, 1985, he is the only son of Shriji Arvind Singh Mewar and Smt. Vijayraj Kumari Mewar of Udaipur.

Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar is Trustee – Vidyadan Trust, Trustee – Maharana of Mewar Charitable Foundation, Executive Director – Lake Palace Hotels & Motels Pvt. Ltd., Executive Director – Historic Resorts Hotels Pvt. Ltd. and President – Maharana Pratap Smarak Samiti.

As a child, Lakshyaraj was raised to respect and honour his esteemed lineage, which is rich in history and culture. His childhood was spent in hearing stories about his valiant ancestors and their remarkable traditions. He was greatly inspired by his paternal grandfather, his late Highness Maharana Bhagwat Singh Mewar, whose diligent service to society and sense of charity, exemplified the importance of serving the community while upholding social and moral responsibilities

With a belief to working his way to the top, Lakshyaraj started his career from scratch by working as a waiter at the Four Seasons Hotel in Australia, followed by a stint at several cafes in Australia.

On his return to Udaipur, he joined the family business and undertook the refurbishment of the iconic Jagmandir Island Palace as his maiden venture, Through 2006-07, under his management, Jagmandir Island Palace reinforced its position, as one of the world’s most exclusive Regal Wedding destinations.

Thereafter Lakshyaraj turned his attention to developing Palkikhana as a European-style café at the picturesque Manek Chowk of the City Palace, Udaipur. With experienced chefs by his side, Lakshyaraj worked painstakingly to improve the F&B (food and beverages) quality and service standards across the HRH Group of Hotels.

Lakshyaraj is an ardent sports enthusiast and is especially passionate about Cricket. His consistent efforts and love for the game are well respected, as he is an Advisor to the President of the Rajasthan Cricket Association.

Lakshyaraj’s unwavering commitment to social causes and his dedication to the public has created awareness on several issues related to the rural and urban populace in the region. He has conducted various campaigns to create awareness in the field of education, health, environment, and other social causes, in order to improve the standard of living and quality of life of the local people.

Lakshyaraj also takes pleasure in working for and encouraging the youth, especially in creative fields. He provides opportunities for them to exhibit their talent and participate in many remarkable events.

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Investing in Schools

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Imran is the Managing Partner at Gaja Capital (www.gajacapital.com).

Gaja is India’s leading mid-market growth capital firm. Gaja’s aim is to help create India’s next generation of market leaders and has invested in sectors such as Education, Consumer, and Financial Services.

Imran has over 18 years of experience in Private Equity, Pharmaceuticals and Technology services. Prior to Gaja, Imran worked in a variety of roles of increasing responsibility at Dr Reddy’s and Wipro Technologies. At Gaja, Imran leads investments in the Education and Consumer clusters. He has been closely involved with Gaja’s investments in SportzVillage (Sports management), EuroKids (Pre-K and K12), John Distilleries (AlcoBev), CL Educate (Supplemental Education), Indus World Schools (K12), Educomp (Educationdiversified) and Millennium Schools (K12).

Imran has post-graduate degrees in software engineering from BITS-Pilani and an MBA from IIM-Bangalore. 

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Experiential Education and Leadership

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Dr M.D. Saraswat is a post-graduate in English, Hindi, and Sanskrit. Subsequently, he also earned a Doctorate in Hindi Literature.

After a rewarding career in the Doon School where he served for 16 years, he was the founder Principal of two schools. Thereafter, he took on the mantle of the C.E.O of the ‘Sapkal Knowledge Hub’ in Nasik before he joined The Scindia School in April 2015.

His educational philosophy is simple and can be summarised in two lines. He believes that Education is about providing the correct references and appropriate stimulants to the students for their inherent goodness to express itself on its own.

As the Principal of The Scindia School, Dr Saraswat believes in establishing and promoting a culture of excellence and meritocracy in every sphere of school activity.

He believes that ‘Experiential Education’ for the youth is the need of the hour, and promotes the ideology of ‘Leadership through Service’ in students.
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Experience meets Excellence

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Dr. (Ms.) GunmeetBindra, Principal, Welham Boys’ School, an alumnus of the Delhi School of Economics and Calcutta University, is the first woman to head a boys’ boarding school in India.

An accomplished educationist with over 30 years of experience in teaching and school administration, Dr.Bindra has held many coveted positions including member of the CBSE Governing Body, as well as the CBSE Affiliation Committee. She is also the British Council School Ambassador in India and a member of the Board of Trustees of the International Boys’ Schools Coalition (IBSC), as the current Vice President of the IBSC-Asia Pacific region.

The numerous awards conferred upon Dr. Bindra include the CBSE National Award in 2014 presented by the President of India, the Bharat Vidya Vibhushan Puraskar presented by the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, the Pride of Doon Award by the Doon Citizens Council, presented by the Governor of Uttarakhand, the Rajiv Gandhi Education Excellence Award, the Uttarakhand Ratan Award, Outstanding Achievement  Award 2016 for Education and Social Leadership and the National Award for Instructional Leadership in the Principals’ category of the awards at the NDTV-Educomp Education Awards 2016.

Under Dr Bindra’s leadership, Welham Boys’ School was recognized as the No.1 rank in the parameter for ‘Education Management and Leadership’ in a survey conducted by Education World magazine and C-Fore, for the Education World India School Rankings Awards for three years consecutively, i.e., 2016, 2017and 2018.

Dr Bindra has been a consistent achiever since her school and college days, President of Indraprastha College Students’ Union, Finance Secretary, Spic Macay, Delhi Chapter and Secretary of the B.Ed. Society, recipient of the Cadbury’s Award for the Best All-Rounder in school and the ‘The Most Versatile Student’ Award in college. Dr Bindra was captain of her school and college Hockey teams and was also selected for the Indian Hockey team at the Indian Women’s team camp besides being a swimming champion.

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Grooming of the Next Generation

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Dr Bijaya K. Sahoo is an eminent Edupreneur who firmly believes in enriching society through the holistic grooming of a new generation of leaders. He holds to his credit a series of successful educational endeavours like SAI International School, SAI Angan, SAI International College of Commerce and SAI International Residential School.

One among the growth drivers of K-12 education in the Country, Dr Sahoo believes in consistent upgrading of self and others to align with the changing dynamics of the contemporary world. He consistently strives to address the educational needs of the students by inculcating in them a sense of curiosity, courage, and compassion. He believes in transforming young students into responsible global citizens through an amalgamation of internationalism and values embedded in an innovative curriculum.

A Chartered Accountant and an Entrepreneur with more than three decades of experience, Dr Sahoo has an in-depth understanding of various education sectors and business areas. He is also the Founder-Chairman and Promoter of JSS Consultancy Services Pvt. Ltd, the largest BPO in Banking, Financial Services, Insurance, and Telecom Sector and Founder & Chairman of JSS Software Technology Park, the first private Software Park of Odisha.

Dr Sahoo believes in delivering a high standard of education under a unified framework and works towards bringing in innovative approaches to education in India/ state from across the globe. He is the Chairperson Eastern zone of FICCI Arise. He was also appointed Member of Task Force DPE, Member of EPC, Govt. of India and Member of Board of Studies, ICAI, New Delhi. He has also been part of the National Educational Policy Maker team visiting various countries like USA and UK.

In his professional front, he is the Director of Allahabad Bank, Director of Hindustan Shipyard Limited, Board Member of Central Electricity Supply Utility (CESU) and Member of Shri Jagannath Temple, Managing Committee.

Dr Sahoo is a qualified Chartered Accountant, Cost Accountant, MBA, Law Graduate and holds a PhD in commerce. He is also a Harvard alumnus, having completed several courses at the prestigious Harvard School of Education, USA, along with completing courses on education at National College Leadership Development, Nottingham, AIC Singapore, XSEED School Leadership, Dubai and Professional Leadership Development Course, Australia.

He had been placed amongst the 51 New Millennium Edupreneurs in India by EducationWorld and featured in their anniversary issue in 2013. His other awards include:

• Lifetime Achievement Award for Education Excellence and bringing Innovation in Learning by Brainfeed, an Educational Initiative
• Odisha Living Legend Award
• Corporate Odisha Award for Steering Leadership & Entrepreneurial Values
• My City Links Icon Achievers Award, 2018, instituted by My City Links
• Recipient of Best BPO Award from the State of Odisha.
• Recipient of Best Chairman Award from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
• Ambassador of Goodwill to the USA due to his active involvement in the social sector and recipient of Four Avenues of Service Award from Rotary International, USA.
• Elected as first President of Confederation of Information Technology Enterprises, Odisha.

Dr Sahoo holds an ambition to ‘Build a Better India Through Education’.

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Building brands from scratch

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Bodhisatwa Dasgupta or Bodhi as he’s popularly known has had his fair share of the advertising cake. He’s worked at Ogilvy, Widen+Kennedy, JWT, Grey and a bunch of others. And after having a slice of humble pie, he has quit pursuing the only one thing he’s perhaps half-decent at – building brands from scratch. Bodhi is obsessed with the power of honest communication and tries to humanize the brands he works with.

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Bodhi’s other love is his daughter, who he has successfully taught how to make a half-decent omelette and chicken curry. When he’s not working with exciting start-up brands, he’s writing books he’ll never finish and napping. Bodhi is currently consulting with MAD about Ed.  #HappyTeachers #BrewingKnowledge #SGEF19

Creating 21st-century Future Ready Schools

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With over 18 years of experience, currently working as the Managing Director of Ebix Smartclass Educational Services, Divya is a seasoned education industry leader with experience in creating innovative school solutions, building and managing the relationship with schools, academic support, training, and operations. She leads a team of more than 1000 people, managing over 5000 schools and impacting over 2.5 million students. Divya is passionate about creating 21st-century Future Ready Schools and bridging the digital divide. She believes the purpose of educational technology is not only to utilize existing tools to augment learning but to apply scientific knowledge and advances in learning theory to the application of assistive devices in the classroom. She feels fortunate to be working in the field of education as it has given her a chance to contribute towards building the future of the country.


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Impacting the Lives of Children, One Step at a Time

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Annie sits on the board of Nehru World School, Ghaziabad as Director of Recruitment and Development. She is the founder of Flying Patang School Development Service. A  life long learner, she is passionate about impacting the lives of children in and out of education.

This has included coaching WHO Senior Managers to deliver in-house training; recruitment, developing leadership programmes and leading a study tour to London focusing on standards and development planning for Shiv Nadar Schools; Writing leadership materials for the British Council; Consulting for Heritage Xperiential School, Gurgaon and being part of the recent FICCI Arise delegation to London.

Annie was part of the founding leadership team of STIR Education which operates in Government schools across India and Uganda reaching 200,000 teachers and 6 million children. Annie is an accredited Master Trainer for the British Council as well as being a registered British Schools Overseas inspector and has been an Associate inspector for KHDA, the Dubai inspection service. She is an alumnus of SOAS, the University of London where she specialised in Indian Politics and History and St Hilda’s College, University of Oxford and holds her National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH) from the National College for Teaching and Leadership in the UK.

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SAMBHAV for community development

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Amit Lodha is a 1998-batch IPS officer of the Bihar cadre. He is presently the Inspector General of the Border Security Force, posted in Jaisalmer. He has been honoured with the Excellent Contribution Award for successfully initiating a police-public partnership for better policing in Bihar’s Nalanda district during his tenure as the superintendent of police there.

He launched SAMBHAV- an organization under the aegis of the Nalanda district police to tap the power of the youth towards community development. The organization successfully engaged the youth in tackling important social issues. Showcasing exemplary leadership, he has played an instrumental role in a number of successful police operations. He has been the recipient of various awards and commendations, including the acclaimed President’s Police Medal of Gallantry and the Internal Security Medal.

The 3rd edition of ScooNews Global Educators Fest revolves around the theme of ‘Education for Sustainability: Moving On from Conformity to Creativity’. 

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The 2019 edition of SGEF will bring together the brightest minds to ponder on how to leverage on our illustrious legacy and move towards a sustainable education that prioritises creativity over conformity.

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The art of educating vibrant minds

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Ms. Nisha Bhakar has over two decades of experience in education at the level of strategy, policy and implementation. Ms. Bhakar has explored curriculum and pedagogy across various popular boards – CBSE, CAIE and PYP-IB. She has been involved in planning, designing and reviewing curriculum, developing and implementing teacher training focusing on a thematic approach to teaching-learning and developing resource material for Oxford University Press and Pearson Education along with the administrative responsibilities of running a school across various cities of India.

Ms. Bhakar is also engaged as an Advisor and consultant to CBSE and IB schools and has travelled around the world to understand the school and college systems in other countries.

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She was awarded the ‘The Best Educationist Award’ in 2012 by the International Institute of Education and Management, Delhi and the ‘Eminent Educationist Award’ by the National and International Compendium, Delhi as well as the ‘Asia Pacific Global Achievers Award’ by the Global Achievers Foundation, Delhi. Hailing from Rajasthan, reading, travelling and adventure sports, especially white-water rafting, are some of her areas of interest.

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One man army hitting the bull's eye

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Anand Kumar is an Indian mathematician and a columnist for various national and international mathematical journals and magazines. He is best known for his Super 30 programme, which he started in Patna, Bihar in 2002, and which coaches economically backward students for IIT-JEE, the entrance examination for the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). By 2016, 366 out of the 420 had made it to IITs and Discovery Channel showcased his work in a documentary. He has been invited by the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University to speak on his globally acclaimed effort to mentor students from the underprivileged sections for admission to IIT.

In 2003, when Super 30 started its journey, 18 out of 30 students competed. The very next year, the number jumped to 22. In 2005, it improved further to 26. Continuing the trend, 28 students made it in 2006 and 2007. However, the ‘magic moment’ came in 2008, when the result was an astonishing 30 out of 30. Super 30 had hit the bull’s eye. It was ‘a dream come true’ for Anand and his team. Super 30 has done it again in 2009 and 2010.

All 30 students from Super 30 qualified with good marks for JEE Advanced 2017.

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A biopic title “Super 30”, based on his life will be released shortly. Hritik Roshan stars as Anand Kumar in this movie directed by Vikas Bahl. The film captures the trials and tribulations of Anand’s life and the challenges he faced in order to set up his ‘Super 30’ institute. It is an inspirational story of his struggle and achievement, and how one man makes a difference in the lives of underprivileged students.

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Edinburgh Festival - Edinburgh Festival Guide

Edinburgh Festival - Edinburgh Festival Guide
Three exhilarating weeks of the very best in classical music, theatre, opera and dance.

With 12 DIFFERENT FESTIVALS to choose from and as many as 2,500 different events on offer, some simple planning will help you make the most of your Edinburgh Festivals experience. Whether you’re looking to visit in August, Edinburgh’s most action-packed month, or at another time of the year this section contains key information for anyone planning a trip to the festival city. 

Be sure to make use of the ITINERARY tool on this site, which you can use to put together a day by day plan of action complete with walking or driving directions between venues.

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