NDTV – Educomp come together for India’s First Pan India Education Awards 2017


Among the winners was Jyotsna Brar from Welham Girl’s School for her Lifetime Contribution to education

New Delhi, February 16, 2017: India’s most favourite news channel NDTV and largest education company, Educomp joined hands to recognise and felicitate efforts made by schools, educators and administrators to impart quality education under multiple categories, across the country. Among the eminent jury and guests present at the ceremony were Mr. Manish Sisodia, Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, and Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Sanjna Kapoor, Shantanu Prakash, Chairman & Managing Director at Educomp.

Shri. Manish Sisodia with Natasha Jog and Amitoj Singh at the NDTV Education Awards 2017
 Shri. Manish Sisodia with Natasha Jog and Amitoj Singh at the NDTV Education Awards 2017

Shri. Manish Sisodia, Deputy Chief Minister, Delhi at NDTV Education Awards 2017
 Shri. Manish Sisodia, Deputy Chief Minister, Delhi at NDTV Education Awards 2017


Ustad Amjad Ali Khan at the NDTV Education Awards 2017
 Ustad Amjad Ali Khan at the NDTV Education Awards 2017

Ustad Amjad Ali Khan with Natasha Jog at the NDTV Education Awards 2017
Ustad Amjad Ali Khan with Natasha Jog at the NDTV Education Awards 2017

Conducted in stages across pan India, the Education Awards received over 1600 nominations from across all four zones – North, South, East and West. The awards were the culmination of a comprehensive assessment where at every regional round, winners were announced. The jury then shortlisted participants from the regional awards, who went on to compete at the national level where their performance was further assessed by the same jury of personalities, known for their contribution to education.

The jury panel consisted of Ashok Ganguly, Educationist & Former Chairman, CBSE; Abha Adams, Education Consultant; Lata Vaidyanathan, Director, TERI Prakriti School, Delhi; Pramath Raj Sinha, Founder & Trustee, Ashoka University, Founding Dean, ISB; Rupamanjari Ghosh, Vice-Chancellor, Shiv Nadar University and Natasha Jog, Senior Anchor & Senior Editor, NDTV.

Speaking at the event, Mr. K V L Narayan Rao, Group CEO & Executive Vice Chairperson, NDTV said, “The NDTV – Educomp Education Awards focus on identifying educators and institutions who have gone out of their way to create excellence and set the benchmark in India’s education system. We are all here to celebrate such leaders and better the process of learning, as I truly believe that it is a lifelong process.”

Speaking at the event, Mr. Manish Sisodia, Deputy Chief Minister, Delhi, said, “Quality education is the need of the hour in our country. Our prime focus for the last two years has been to ensure that education is imparted through creative learning method so that our kids can have a good understanding of them. Our education system has become a victim to time bound curriculum which in most cases means subjects are taught in haste and it’s not exactly knowledge sharing. We’re working to change that.”

Speaking about the initiative, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, the Sarod maestro said, “I feel education creates compassion and kindness in a child. But now a days, kids are becoming more and more impatient, so I think parents should give more time to their children. For me, education is music in my life.”

Some of the categories for the award included Excellence In Academics, Excellence In Co- Curricular Activities, Excellence In Pedagogy, Excellence In Faculty Training, Excellence In Infrastructure, Excellence In Sports, Award Categories – Teachers, Excellence In English Teaching, Excellence In Maths Teaching, Excellence In Social Science Teaching, Excellence In Science Teaching, Award Categories – Principals, Excellence In Inclusive Education, and Excellence In Instructional Leadership.

The NDTV Education Awards 2017 were hosted in association with Educomp and powered by Yonex. Some of the other sponsors included Eicher Buses (Safety Bus Partner), ISFC (School Finance Partner), Cornitos (Healthy Snack Partner), JagranLakecity University (University Partner), Novabeans (3DPrinting Partner), Trivago (Associate Sponsor), C Fore (Knowledge Partner), EducationWorld (Education Magazine Partner).
The awardees were:

Award Categories
Winners
Schools
Excellence In Academics
Dhirubhai Ambani International School, Mumbai
Excellence In Co- Curricular Activities
Assam Valley, Assam
Excellence In Pedagogy
Shishuvan English Medium School, Matunga, Mumbai
Excellence In Faculty Training
Smt. Sulochanadevi Singhania School, Thane, Mumbai
Excellence In Infrastructure
The Doon School, Dehradun
Assam Valley, Assam
Excellence In Sports
KIIT International School, Bhubaneswar
Excellence In Innovative curriculum
The Millennium School, Surat
Teachers
Excellence In English Teaching
Aditi Pant, Indus International School, Bengaluru
Excellence In Maths Teaching
Alka Bakshi, Gitanjali Senior School, Hyderabad
Excellence In Social Science Teaching
Harpreet Kaur Bombay Scottish School, Mumbai
Excellence In Science Teaching
Geetha Sreenivasan, Vaels International School, Chennai
Principals
Excellence In Inclusive Education
Revathi Srinivasan, Smt. Sulochanadevi Singhania School, Thane
Abha Sahgal, Sanskriti School, Chanakyapuri
Excellence In Instructional Leadership
Gunmeet Bindra, Welham's Boys' School, Dehradun
Kiran Sethi, The Riverside School, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Special Awards
Outstanding leadership in Education
S Jayaram, Valley School, Bengaluru
Lifetime Contribution for Education
Jyotsna Brar, Welham Girl’s School, Dehradun
Changemakers
Neerja Lamba, RPV Vidyalaya
Rajesh Kumar Sharma