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EW Grand Jury India School Rankings 2024-25

Best Technology Integration Design Thinking Leaders
Schools which have successfully integrated new-age tech- Schools demonstrating extraordinary capability to break
nologies usage and blended pedagogy with students and away from rote learning, and adopt pedagogies that
teachers encouraged to apply digital technology skills to encourage development of students' creative thinking, col-
enrich teaching- learning. laborative and problem-solving skills.
Rank Rank

India India

1 Brahm Dutt Blue Bells Public School, Sector 10, Gurugram 1 Visakha Valley School, Visakhapatnam
2 Mount Litera Zee School, Gwalior 2 ITL Public School, Delhi
2 Centre Point School, Wardhaman Nagar, Nagpur 2 Air Force School, Jalahalli, Bengaluru
3 Yashmay World School, Gonda 3 St. Karen's Secondary School, Patna
3 Vidya Global School, Meerut 4 Bloomingdale International School, Vijayawada
4 Paul George Global School, Delhi 4 Delhi Public School, Bopal, Ahmedabad
4 St. Thomas' School, Dwarka, Delhi 5 Ambience Public School, Safdarjung Enclave, Delhi
5 MS Dhoni Global School, Bengaluru 5 St. Andrews High School, Bowenpally, Hyderabad
5 The Infinity School, Greater Noida 6 Tenbroeck Academy, Bengaluru
6 Vista International School, Hyderabad 6 BVM Global School, Bengaluru
6 St. Kabir Indian International School, Vadodara 7 Vikash The Concept School, Sambalpur
7 BVM Global School, Perungudi, Chennai 7 Ryan International School, Malad (W), Mumbai
7 Meru International School, Miyapur, Hyderabad 8 Meru International School, Tellapur, Hyderabad
8 Jammu Sanskriti School, Kathua 9 SNS Academy, Coimbatore
8 Lions Calcutta Greater Vidya Mandir, Sonarpur, Kolkata 9 National Public School, JP Nagar, Bengaluru
9 Lucknow Public School, Hardoi 10 BGS Vijnatham School, Greater Noida
9 Excel Public School, Mysuru 10 Chanda Public School, Chandrapur
10 Bethlehem New Central School, Karungal, Kanyakumari
10 Sapphire International School, Noida
We are elated to be ranked India’s #1 Design
We are delighted that this year’s EW Grand Jury Thinking Leader school. This recognition reaffirms
has ranked Brahm Dutt Blue Bells School India #1 “our belief in the power of innovation, collabora-
“for Best Technology Integration. We thank the jury tion, and empathetic
for recognising our efforts. Intensive training modules problem-solving. Design
for staff and year-long awareness programmes on cyber thinking encourages
security are top priorities. Teachers are introduced to us to embrace diverse
programmes such perspectives and ideate
as Minecraft, Adobe impactful solutions that
Express and Canva truly meet the needs of
to provide integrat- our learners. I am very
ed project-based grateful for the support
teaching-learning of my team, colleagues,
experiences to and mentors who have
students. Re- been instrumental
cently, a week-long in this journey. This
workshop on Drone achievement will moti-
manufacturing was vate us to continue exploring new approaches and devel-
also conducted oping a culture of creativity and growth. Together, we can
for our IT faculty. For class III-V children, an integrated shape a future where design thinking becomes a corner-
hands-on IT curriculum including coding has been stone of transformative change by encouraging curios-
introduced. Moreover our students have won laurels at ity and experimentation; embracing a can-do attitude,
national and international levels in robotics. We believe and fostering an institutional growth mindset through
the EW award recognises all these efforts” — Anshuka transparent communication” — Dr. Eshwari Prab-
Aneja, deputy director, IT, Blue Bells Group of hakar (centre), Principal, Visakha Valley School,
Schools, Gurugram (1,260 students and 90 teachers) Visakhapatnam (3,800 students, 115 teachers)

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