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Institution Profile

N.L. Dalmia High School, Thane

Promoted in 1991 by businessman and philanthropist, Niranjanlal Dalmia, NLDHS
is ranked among top dozen co-ed day schools of Maharashtra in the EducationWorld
India School Rankings 2020-21

DIPTA JOSHI
OCATED IN MUMBAI’S
satellite city of Thane, over
the past three decades,
LN.L. Dalmia High School
(NLDHS, estb.1991) has acquired a
good reputation for providing ho-
listic values-based English-medium
education in a conducive teaching-
learning environment. Affiliated with
the Delhi-based Council of the In-
dian School Certificate Examinations
(CISCE), this co-ed day school offers
K-12 education to 3,000 students
mentored by 152 teachers. In the
latest EducationWorld India School
Rankings 2020-21, NLDHS is ranked
#12 in Maharashtra (pop.112 million)
and #2 in Thane district. Moreover,
the school was also awarded a special
prize for social impact by an EW
Grand Jury.
Promoted by the
N.L. Dalmia Educa-
tional Society (NL-
DES, estb.1982), NLDHS main block: heavy infrastructure investment. Inset: Seema Saini
NLDHS is the out-
come of founder- bai University and Xavier University, in enabling infrastructure. Its 55
chairman Niran- USA. Former head of the economics fully-wired classrooms apart, the
janlal Dalmia’s N.L. Dalmia department, APS-Eicher Good Earth school offers students access to three
vision to provide Foundation, Alwar and former HRD science and two computer labs, a
education to serve the public. An director of N.L. Dalmia Educational fully-equipped conference room, a
alumnus of Hindu College, Delhi, Society, Saini was appointed princi- human resource development centre
freedom fighter, and businessman- pal of NLDHS in 2009 and CEO of to provide continuous training and
philanthropist, Dalmia (1915-2005) NLDES in 2016. development programmes for teach-
articulated the school’s mission as Spread over 1.21 acres, the ers and admin staff and a multi-
providing quality English-medium school’s capital-intensive infrastruc- activity hall for co-curricular music,
education enabled by world-class ture has been consistently upgraded yoga, dance and art education. The
infrastructure to nurture the innate to international standards. All 55 school also boasts four seminar halls
potential of children and develop classrooms in its six-storey main with an aggregate seating capacity of
global citizens with Indian values. block are equipped with interac- 688 and an auditorium with equiva-
Since then, the society has added two tive smart boards integrating latest lent capacity. Moreover, the library
more institutions — the N.L. Dalmia digital technologies to improve the houses 14,600 print volumes and 72
Institute of Management Studies and learning experience of students. The computer terminals for online read-
Research (estb.1995) and the N.L. classrooms are also STEAM (sci- ing and connectivity.
Dalmia College of Arts, Commerce ence, technology, engineering, arts This enabling learning environ-
and Science (2018). Together they and maths) ready. Moreover, teacher ment for students and faculty and
educate 4,500 children and youth. training and professional develop- ready acceptance of teaching-learn-
“The motto of our school — ‘In ment is an important priority of the ing innovations such as flipped class-
Pursuit of Excellence’ — encapsu- NLDHS management. rooms, group discussions, Socratic
lates our founder’s belief that high An outstanding feature of the questioning, role play, peer learning,
quality education awakens the in- compact NLDHS campus is the dramatics, declamation, cross-
nate potential of all children,” says heavy investment the school’s over learning and research-based
Seema Saini, an alumna of Mum- promoters/management has made projects, has paid off. In 2020, of

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