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Nirmal Bhartia School

Delhi

ited on a green two-acre campus in Delhi’s aspirational Dwarka neighbourhood, NiBS has won the admiration of
S the national capital’s discerning parent and teacher communities for breaking new ground in Indian K-12 edu-
cation. This 13-year-old CBSE-affiliated co-ed day school has established a growing reputation for its parent-teach-
er-community engagement initiatives and implementing a well-researched curriculum integrating differentiated in-
struction with holistic, collaborative and deep learning pedagogies.

ABOVE NiBS’ environment-friendly campus features natu- RIGHT At NiBS students are enabled and empowered by
rally-ventilated buildings built with local materials, non-toxic state-of-the-art 21st century infrastructure. Academic facilities
paints, and energy-efficient air-cooling and rainwater har- include air-conditioned Smart classrooms, modern, state-of-
vesting systems. In 2014 NiBS became the first school in the-art language, math, science, social science and computer
Delhi NCR to be awarded the LEED (Leadership in Energy and labs, a well-stocked and catalogued library, an Arts Centre
Environmental Design) Gold rating of the US Green Building housing dance, music, pottery and art studios, a well-equipped,
Council. Moreover in 2015 Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) sound-proof auditorium, recording studio and several large
awarded NiBS a Platinum rating, the highest global standard in performance halls and gathering spaces.
environment protection and conservation.

“ Our mission in NiBS is to work together as parents, teachers and students and partner with each other to build a sensitive

and secure life-long learning community in which everyone is enabled to realise her highest potential to be the best she can
be in a diverse, connected and holistic environment. In NiBS we learn collaboratively with and from each other and the world
around, taking active, responsible and joyous ownership of our lives and legacies, facing challenges with imagination and
integrity, and pursuing excellence with passion, purpose and persistence. ” — Pooja Jhaver

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