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Mutli-dimensional educator to HGS is our visibly happy and
fulfilled girl children learning in
a uniquely environment-friendly
environment,” says Bhandari.
As HGS’ high scores in EWISR
2023-24 indicate, community service
is an important co-curricular for this
progressive school. GreenSole, an
initiative conceptualised by Bhandari
and former marathon athlete Ra-
mesh Dhami in 2015 and adopted by
HGS, has won wide acclaim. Under
this project, discarded shoes and
sneakers are collected by students
for repair, recycling and conversion
into new useable footwear which is
distributed to disadvantaged chil-
dren in rural areas. Since the project
was initiated, through the use of
sophisticated technologies for curing
leather and canvas, 700,000 pairs of
Bhandari (right) enriched education objective torn and discarded shoes have been
converted into good quality, reusable
HRIYANS BHANDARI, director blue-chip Mayo College, Ajmer, and footwear for children in Rajasthan
of the CBSE and Cambridge a business management graduate and beyond.
S(UK)-affiliated K-12 Heri- of Jai Hind College, Mumbai and Future plans. Encouraged by en-
tage Girls School, Udaipur (HGS, the top-ranked Babson College, thusiastic public response to HGS,
estb.2014), has invested his several Massachusetts, ab initio, Bhandari Bhandari has drawn up a careful
extra-curricular passions and note- entertained a deep desire to take expansion plan. “Over the next few
worthy achievements in ornithol- HGS — promoted by his entre- years because of intense pressure for
ogy, photography (A Photographic preneurial grand parents the late admissions, we intend to double our
Guide to Some Common Birds of Jaswant Singh and Sudha Bhandari capacity. Simultaneously, we have
Aravallis (2013)) and athletics into — to the next level. Currently, HGS finalised a blueprint to establish an
the curriculum of his relatively new provides its 200 girl boarders over all-boys boarding school in Udai-
boutique boarding school, with 15 co-curricular education options pur modeled on HGS. We believe
excellent outcomes. In the Educa- and opportunity to play a wide range Udaipur has the potential to emerge
tionWorld India School Rankings of games and sports including rifle as an important education hub of the
(EWISR) 2023-24, HGS is ranked shooting, karate, yoga and basketball country,” says Bhandari.
India #6 and #3 in Rajasthan in the on its scenic 12.5-acre green campus Wind in your sails!
girls boarding schools category with offering spectacular vistas of Lake Dilip Thakore (Bengaluru)
high scores under the parameters of Bagela.
leadership, infrastructure and com- Direct talk. “At Mayo College and Project Minerva
munity service. thanks to my indulgent parents,
Newspeg. On the tenth anniversary I was given sufficient time and
of HGS, Bhandari signed student and opportunity to follow and develop driver
faculty exchange programmes with co-curricular and sports interests
the inter-cultural programme of the which enriched my education LAUDIO MAFFIOLETTI is
American Field Service (AFS) and experience. Therefore, I have the Mumbai-based CEO and
Groton School, Massachusetts (USA) encouraged the management and CSecretary General of the
to add an international dimension teachers in HGS to not only provide Indo-Italian Chamber of Commerce
to the holistic education of this excellent academic learning but also and Industry (IICCI, estb.1966), an
exclusive boarding school which has every opportunity to our children to association of 750 companies and
capped admissions at 200 girls men- develop their co and extra-curricular professionals promoting trade and
tored by 40 well-qualified teachers. talents. Moreover, one of the striking economic collaboration between
History. An alum of the vintage, features which impresses all visitors India and Italy.

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