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THE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT MAGAZINE

Volume X XII No.11

BOARD OF ADVISORS T he annual EducationWorld India School Rankings (EWISR),
N.R. Narayana Murthy, H.V. Gowthama, Shukla
Bose, Dr. Glenn Christo, Dr. R. Natarajan introduced in 2007 and continued ever since without a break even
(Bangalore); Adi Godrej, Dr. Augustine Pinto, in the pandemic year, has evolved into the world’s largest and most
Krishan Khanna, Guilherme Vaz, Ketan Gala, sophisticated schools ranking survey. Sophisticated because unlike
Kirit Mehta, Balkishan Sharma (Mumbai); Dr.
Ramdas Pai (Manipal); Dr. Geeta Kingdon other surveys that rank education institutions in India and abroad, the EWISR
(Lucknow); Rajiv Desai, Dr. Parth Shah, Jeroninio evaluates the country’s 2,500-3,000 most reputed primary-secondaries under
Almeida, Premchand Palety (Delhi); Dr. Kannan
Gireesh (Chennai); Robindra Subba (Kurseong); more than a dozen parameters of K-12 education excellence, not merely on
Sanjeev Bolia (Kolkata); Dr. Achyuta Samanta academics. That’s because ab initio since this unprecedented education-
(Bhubaneswar); Shyama akore (London)
focused news magazine was tentatively launched exactly 22 years ago, we
EDITOR have held firm the belief that education at all levels should be an enjoyable,
Dilip akore holistic experience for students, rather than the vale of tears which children’s
MANAGING EDITOR education experience has been transformed into by post-independence India’s
Summiya Yasmeen academics and exam outcomes obsessed public.
CHIEF SUB EDITOR Fortunately, since then there has been a substantial even if inadequate,
Sundar Anand change in the public mindset in favour of balanced, holistic education to re-
Paromita Sengupta, Reshma Ravishanker, Gopi alise the full potential of children. Proof of this changed mindset is the growth
Chand N, (Bangalore), Autar Nehru (Delhi) of the annual EWISR into the world’s largest school ranking survey which
9868256512, Baishali Mukherjee (Kolkata)
9836491981, Shivani Chaturvedi (Chennai) arouses great enthusiasm, not only in India, but in neighbouring countries
9500506102, Dipta Joshi (Mumbai) 9920243111 where the best schools are ranked by specially constituted juries. Moreover,
CHIEF EXECUTIVE the geographical spread and number of schools ranked in EWISR has ex-
Bhavin Shah +91 9867382867 tended to 351 cities and almost 3,000 primary-secondaries countrywide with
MARKETING schools assessed under 14 parameters and ranked nationally, in their host
West: Tejas Pattni (General Manager) 9022487997 states and cities.
E-mail: marketing@educationworld.in And since the annual EWISR is essentially a perceptions-based nationwide
South India: S. Vijaya Lakshmi 98456 80696
Poonam Shah 9731966373 survey of knowledgeable sample respondents comprising educationists, prin-
North: Hannan Ahmed 9810302768 cipals, teachers, parents and senior students, it’s a massive exercise requir-
GRAPHICS ing 120 field personnel of our partner organisation, Centre for Forecasting &
Suresh K. Research Pvt. Ltd (C fore, estb.2000) — a nationally reputed market research
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080 43711141 But despite the substantial resources invested by your editors in the annual
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EDITORIAL years, apart from being ruinously expensive. In the prevailing circumstances,
C3-36, 3rd Floor, Devatha Plaza the EWISR institutional evaluation methodology is the best option available.
131 Residency Road, Bangalore 560 025. Please note we don’t claim that the EWISR league tables are holy writ. At
Tel: 080 22480880; Fax: 2227 5962; best they enable parents to short-list the most convenient and aptitudinally
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suitable primary-secondaries for their children and select the final one after
Printed and published by Dilip akore on behalf
of DT Media & Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. careful study of short-listed schools.
Printed at Rajhans Enterprises, 134, 4th Main, In- Against this backdrop, we present the comprehensive and as yet unmatched
dustrial Town, Rajajinagar, Bangalore-44. Published EWISR 2021-22 as the bumper cover story of our 22nd anniversary issue.
at C3-36, 3rd Floor, Devatha Plaza, 131 Residency Also check out the special anniversary essays written by brilliant public
Road. Bangalore 560 025.
Editor Dilip akore. intellectuals.
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