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-K, estb.1974), ranked India #32
is #1 in Uttar Pradesh (pop. 220
million) and in the bustling city of
Kanpur (pop. 4 million). Unsurpris-
ingly, Ganesh Tiwari, a physics
and education postgrad of the Rani
Durgabati University, Jabalpur who
acquired several decades of invalu-
able teaching and admin experience
with numerous primary-secondaries
including the globally-benchmarked
Genesis Global School, Noida (2011-
23) prior to being head-hunted and
appointed principal of SAJS-K last
April, is delighted that this school
sited on an expansive nine-acre
campus in the heart of Kanpur is
ranked #1 in Uttar Pradesh “which
if it were an independent country
would be the fifth most populous SAJS-K’s Tiwari (centre): #1 in India’s most populous state
worldwide”.
“This is excellent news, which I the EW print edition (for schools #40 (65); Mata Jai Kaur Public
am excited to share with all SJAS-K ranked below 100 nationally visit School, Ashok Vihar, Delhi #43
stakeholders. There are several high- our website www.educationworld. (63).
quality schools in UP which don’t in) several schools countrywide have Principals, parents and stake-
get high national ranking because been awarded big promotions by this holders of schools ranked below
of misleading media portrayal of year’s 9,500 sample respondents. 100 — it’s impossible to include the
UP, and competition between us Among them: Hiranandani ratings and ranking of all 3,000
is intense. Therefore top rank in Foundation School Powai, schools assessed in EWISR 2025-26
India’s most populous state is an Mumbai ranked #37 (cf. 61 in in this print edition — are advised to
achievement of which we are proud. 2024-25); Navarachna School, visit our website to ascertain their
I am especially pleased with our Vadodra #40 (57); Ryan national rank and detailed scores un-
good score under the parameter of International, Rohini, Delhi der all parameters of school educa-
teacher welfare and development — #40 (60) and Vidya Jain Public tion excellence. You may experience
a high priority in SJAS-K — which School, Sector 6 Rohini, Delhi some pleasant surprises.
has translated into a high score Hiranandani Foundation School Powai (Mumbai): big promotion
under teacher competence. I’m also
pleased with our good score under
sports education and mental and
emotional wellbeing services. This
is proof that we are providing our
children well-designed holistic edu-
cation — a balanced mix of academ-
ics and sports which results in the
mental and emotional wellbeing of
children,” says Tiwari who modestly
attributes the school’s good score
under the leadership parameter to
the “excellent institutional manage-
ment” of his predecessor in office
Shikha Banerjee who served as
principal of SJAS-K for six years.
Beyond the Top 30 in the 2025-
26 league table of India’s Top
100 co-ed day schools featured in

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