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India’s most admired philanthropic schools

Rank Teacher welfare & development (100) Competence of faculty (200) Academic reputation (100) Co-curricular education & internationalism (100) Sports education (100) Curriculum & pedagogy Individual attention to students (100) Leadership / management quality (100) Safety & hygiene (100) Infrastructure provision (100) Mental & emotional well- being services (100) TOTA

2022 2023 2024 2025 (100)

6 4 3 1 Pardada Pardadi School, Bulandshahr 79 172 79 78 66 73 78 81 71 79 74 930
3 2 1 2 Him Jyoti School, Dehradun 81 177 77 73 67 75 73 78 71 74 75 921
5 4 4 3 Adani Vidya Mandir, Ahmedabad 76 152 80 72 70 75 72 83 75 77 71 903
1 1 5 4 VidyaGyan School, Bulandshahr (Uttar Pradesh) 74 154 77 73 69 80 69 78 74 70 77 895
2 3 6 5 Vidyagyan School, Sitapur (Uttar Pradesh) 81 159 79 73 67 76 67 73 67 73 79 894
8 7 6 6 Future Hope School, Kolkata 77 153 69 73 77 75 76 81 69 71 71 892
6 6 2 7 Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS)
Bhubaneswar 71 140 81 68 78 65 73 84 78 72 80 890
4 5 12 8 Shanti Bhavan, Baliganapalli (Tamil Nadu) 76 153 73 74 71 70 71 79 70 76 70 883
11 10 8 9 Satya Bharti Adarsh Senior Secondary School,
Sherpur Kalan, Ludhiana 79 152 60 77 73 67 70 80 69 77 75 879
NR NR 10 10 SP Jain Gurukul School, Kaurasa, Sagar 70 139 64 67 76 74 73 85 78 84 68 878
6 6 7 11 Satya Bharti Adarsh Senior Secondary School,
Fattubhila, Amritsar 71 137 72 64 63 65 68 81 75 77 77 850
9 8 10 12 Satya Bharti Adarsh Senior Secondary School,
Chogawan, Amritsar 72 134 70 62 76 64 63 81 72 77 74 845
13 12 11 13 Satya Bharti Adarsh Senior Secondary School,
Rauni, Ludhiana 70 138 71 72 65 62 70 82 71 66 73 840
NR 7 15 14 Devireddy Sarada High School, Allur (AP) 75 149 70 69 72 66 61 71 67 69 67 836
10 9 9 15 Parikrma Centre for Learning, Sahakarnagar,
Bengaluru 67 144 66 75 73 68 68 68 66 68 72 835
12 11 13 16 Christel House, Bengaluru 71 140 61 69 64 68 67 71 70 73 70 824
NR NR 14 17 Satya Bharti School Kurria, Kalan, Shahjahanpur 70 140 71 63 59 64 60 74 72 70 71 814
14 13 23 17 Christel House, Raipur 74 125 61 64 70 71 68 70 72 73 66 814
NR NR 17 18 Satya Bharti School, Tena, Jodhpur 65 135 67 63 64 60 62 69 67 71 68 791
NR NR 19 19 Satya Bharti School, Shergarh, Jodhpur 65 131 67 63 62 60 64 72 70 70 66 790
NR NR 20 20 Satya Bharti School, Bari Khas, Shahjahanpur 63 126 58 62 59 62 69 71 71 73 69 783
NR NR 21 21 Satya Bharti School Bhojpur, Shahjahanpur 61 123 62 62 61 63 69 69 68 70 68 776
NR NR 22 22 Satya Bharti School, Ramnagar, Shahjahanpur 59 118 62 57 60 62 65 77 65 69 67 761
NR NR 25 23 TCV School, Selaqui 66 120 57 61 59 62 62 62 63 75 64 751
NR NR 24 24 Satya Bharti School, Gumansinghpura, Jodhpur 58 117 59 59 61 59 59 75 70 68 65 750

It’s a big shot in the arm to be and culture curriculum provides train-
ranked India’s #1 philanthropic ing in Madhubani painting, music, dance,
“school. This is the outcome of the and theatre. Our high score on individual
relentless efforts of our team, trust of attention to students is well-deserved
our supporters, and most importantly, as students receive individual attention
the courage and determination of our through one-on-one mentorship, and
girl children. While we are grateful for customised learning plans, in small classes.
the good scores awarded to us on all Our future plans include focus on STEM,
parameters, I am especially pleased with digital literacy programmes and introduc-
our top scores for sports education and ing advanced skilling and entrepreneur-
individual attention to children. Last ship courses.” — Lokender Pal Singh,
year, our students participated in over 200 state-level President, Pardada Pardadi Educational Society,
and 32 national-level sports competitions and our arts Bulandshahr (3,900 students, 145 teachers)

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