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across all categories of international
         schools.
           “The unique proposition of IIS-B
         is that we are continuously innovat-
         ing to become future-ready. IIS-B is
         one of 13 schools worldwide and only
         one in India selected by IB to partner
         with OECD countries for education
         innovation. We are the first school in
         India to introduce robots as teach-
         ing assistants in classrooms, design
         a unique entrepreneurial skills
         development curriculum and set up
         a fully-fledged research unit to study
         education best practices. Our top
         score for teacher development and
         curriculum and pedagogy innovation
         is endorsement of these initiatives.
         We have reimagined the role of the
         teacher to not merely teach subjects
         but to unlock the true potential   Lancers International School, Gurugram: big promotion
         of every student while simultane-
         ously enabling her socio-emotional   since 2005. Currently, IIS-B has   ternational School, Bengaluru
         development. It’s also very satisfying   1,200 students and 148 teachers on   (#6 last year). Moreover, the affili-
         to learn that we have regained our #1   its muster rolls.         ated Indus Altum International
         rank under the parameter of leader-  IIS-B apart, the Indus Trust’s   School, Belagavi (estb.2019),
         ship/management quality which is   other schools have also done well to   which debuted at #10 last year, has
         a tribute to the vision of Lt. Gen.   retain their national Top 5 positions.   been promoted to #8 in 2023-24.
         Arjun Ray, CEO of Indus Trust,”   Indus International, Pune has     Beyond the Top 5, there’s a minor
         says Rao, an economics and educa-  retained its India #4 ranking while   rearrangement of seating order.
         tion alumna of Pune and Annamalai   Indus, Hyderabad is ranked #5   Lancers International School,
         universities and principal of IIS-B   (#4) jointly with the Stonehill In-  Gurugram has risen in public es-
                                                                           teem to be ranked #5 (#8) as has the
         SNIS’ Lakshmi (centre) & Nagaraj Reddy: steady ascent
                                                                           Aga Khan Academy, Hyderabad,
                                                                           at #6 (#7) jointly with the Genesis
                                                                           Global School, Noida (#9) and
                                                                           Jayshree Periwal International
                                                                           School, Jaipur (#5). Sharanya
                                                                           Narayani International School,
                                                                           Bengaluru has advanced to #7 (#9)
                                                                           jointly with the Lalaji Memorial
                                                                           Omega International School,
                                                                           Chennai (#8). Indus Altum Inter-
                                                                           national School, Belagavi is ranked
                                                                           #8 (#10) followed by Srinidhi
                                                                           International School, Hyder-
                                                                           abad at #9 (#13) and the Canadian
                                                                           International School, Benga-
                                                                           luru is jointly ranked #10 (#12) with
                                                                           the Sadhbhavana World School,
                                                                           Kozhikode (#10).
                                                                             Lakshmi Reddy, trustee and
                                                                           director of academic programs at
                                                                           Sharanya Narayani Interna-
                                                                           tional School (SNIS, estb.2015),

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