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Pictorial Essay

Liftetime Achievement in Education Leadership Award 2022-23

Shishir Jaipuria

DR. SHAYAMA CHONA (2012)
GULAB RAMCHANDANI (2012)
DR. AUGUSTINE & GRACE PINTO
(2013)
SUMER SINGH (2013)
DR. ACHYUTA SAMANTA(2013)
SANJIT (BUNKER) ROY (2014)
LT. GEN. (RETD) ARJUN RAY (2014)
SHOMIE DAS (2014)
DR. RAMDAS PAI (2015)
DR. B.S. RAO (2015)
M.V. MUTHURAMALINGAM (2015)
CAPT. RAJ MOHINDRA (2016)
DR. P.C. THOMAS (2016)
Shishir Jaipuria receives award & citation from educationist Sumer Singh (left) DR. R. VARADARAJAN (2016)
& Dilip Thakore (right), Editor, EducationWorld JAYASHREE MOHTA (2017)

randson of the late Padma Bhushan Mungturam “In SAJGEI, we are committed to providing high-quality
Jaipuria (1904-1978), a nationalist industrialist- education to enable future generations to make meaningful
Geducationist who promoted the Seth Anandram contribution to nation building. Over the past 75 years, we
Jaipuria College in Calcutta (Kolkata) in 1945, Delhi-based have achieved continuous growth and successfully adopted
Shishir Jaipuria is Chairman and Managing Director of contemporary digital technologies to develop the country's
Ginni Filaments Ltd. Simultaneously, Shishir Jaipuria abundant human resource,” says Jaipuria.
is also Chairman of the Seth Anandram Jaipuria Group A highly respected leader of industry and business,
of Educational Institutions (SAJGEI), an umbrella Shishir Jaipuria has held several high-profile positions in
organisation comprising 12 K-12 schools, five preschools industry. Among them: Chairman of the Textiles Commit-
and two business management institutes which have an tee of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce &
aggregate enrolment of 20,000 students and 800 faculty Industry (FICCI); board member of National Skill Develop-
on their muster rolls. ment Corporation (NSDC); and chairman, Confederation
A commerce graduate of Christ Church College, Kan- of Indian Textile Industry (CITI). Currently, he is Chair-
pur, with a law degree from the city's DAV Law College, man of FICCI Arise, (Alliance for Re-imagining School
Shishir Jaipuria began his career as a junior executive in Education) and committee member of Punjab, Haryana &
the family-owned Swadeshi Cotton Mills, Kanpur. During Delhi Chamber of Commerce. In 2018 he was conferred a
an eventful career spanning 36 years, he has held several Social and Business Enterprise Responsibility Award for
senior positions in family companies including Managing his CSR (corporate social responsibility) initiatives.
Director of Ginni Filaments, and Director of Pioneer Ltd, With SAJGEI having drawn up a detailed plan to estab-
which publishes The Pioneer, an English language daily in lish K-12 schools in tier II and III cities of Uttar Pradesh,
Lucknow. Among his philanthropic initiatives are a chain Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, Shishir
of public guesthouses, temples, Vedic institutions and Jaipuria expects the number of SAJGEI institutions to in-
charitable hospitals. crease to 50 countrywide by 2025.
Since Shishir Jaipuria took over as Chairman of SA- For his extraordinary and sustained commitment to
JGEI, the group has expanded rapidly, particularly in the promoting and establishing high quality K-12 schools,
Hindi heartland states of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and undergrad colleges and business management institutes,
Madhya Pradesh. SAJGEI's flagship Seth Anandram Jai- the Editors and Board of Directors of EducationWorld
puria School, Kanpur (estb.1974) is ranked #1 in Kanpur are proud to present Shishir Jaipuria, the EW Lifetime
and #2 in Uttar Pradesh among co-ed day schools in the Achievement in Education Leadership Award 2022-23 and
EducationWorld India School Rankings 2022-23. induct him into the EW Hall of Fame of Indian education.

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