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Way back in 1997 still a college kid I organised my first Interschool event called Activity, the idea of the event was to give a cool platform for students to participate. Over the years this event was renamed  Wizkids more popularly known as Horlicks Wizkids. For over 20 years of my life I have been travelling across South Asia hosting…

Way back in 1999, as a young engineering student, I had a start-up in education called ‘Activity’, and we conducted Life Skills workshops in schools of Bangalore and organised ‘Activity – The Kool Skool Festival’ which later was rebranded and went on to become the legendary school event ‘Horlicks Wizkids’. Not being happy with one start-up and being highly influenced…

Many years ago, our legendary President Dr. Abdul Kalam, had dreamt of a developed India by 2020. It almost seems surreal that we are now in 2020, and that dream remains a dream. We have as a nation and society moved on in many ways, but in many more ways, we are still way behind on our journey to realise…

I was attending the Gulf Education Supplies Show – GESS Dubai 2020 event in late February to launch the International Kids Film Festival in the Middle East region. I have been visiting the event for over a decade now, and I now have a sense of what to expect from these events. The stalls are mostly of ed-tech companies that…

Schools are organisation’s that thrive on traditions and formalities. The older the institution the more the traditions and the bigger the pride in them. One of the oldest traditions of schools has been the nomination or elections of the School Captain or Head Boy/Girl. Over the years in most schools this tradition has taken legendary proportions and is highly coveted.…

I have written about change several times in the past here is another perspective to the same topic. Lately I have been travelling a few cities as part of our annual Mentor Connect program where I share my thoughts based on research to school leaders from that region. The world around us is changing at a pace that is difficult…

Most of us are aware of the fact that one of the biggest factors that is changing the face of our world is the technological advances and the disruption that it brings with it. This fact is well understood by the educational planners and educators worldwide and there is a lot of focus on coping with the changes that come…

Fashion and social media are not the only domains that thrive on trends and in vogue, the education space has a fair share of its trends if you have the ability to look closely. Some school trends are started by school managements while most are started by education service providers. Most schools are run by the government and like everything…