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Pictorial Essay

MUMBAI THANE NAVI MUMBAI
Podar Prep, Pali Hill's Dr. Swati Popat The Learning Curve, Mira Road's Ryan Shalom Montessori, Ulwe's
Vats collects awards from Shuka Bose Suhas Bedekar, Director Leena Verma (centre), Principal, & team
and Amit Jadav, Founding Principal & with Saumil Majmudar (left) & Dilip
Designer, Jade Global Learning Spaces Thakore (right)

PUNE
PUNE Podar Prep, Aundh's Shraddha Nimal BENGALURU
Elpro First Steps, Chinchwad's (centre left) & Monica Ukrande (centre Maple Bear Canadian Preschool, RMV
Aarti Kanwal, Principal right) 2nd Stage's Ritu Handa, Centre Head

‘Aligning your preschool with NCF
Foundational Stage 2022 through practi-
cal, high-impact implementation’ — Dr.
Rekha Sharma Sen, professor of Child
Development, IGNOU, New Delhi

EW managing editor Summiya Yasmeen (centre left) moderated a panel discus-
sion on ‘Preschool readiness and the rising pressure of early academics in
Indian families’. (L-R) Panelists: Sandhya Viswan, Co-Founder & COO, EdDeeD;
Sukanya Kumar Nambiar, Co-Founder & Director at Preschool Olympiad; Ira
Joshi, Faculty, School of Education, Azim Premji University; Dr Rekha Sharma
Sen, Professor of Child Development, Indira Gandhi National Open University,
New Delhi & Azeez Gupta, Social Entrepreneur & Co-founder, Rocket Learning For more photos visit
www.educationworld.in

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