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on bridging learning gaps through
an intelligent mix of offline and on-
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line learning,” says a roj in i R a o, an
economics and education alumna of
Pune and Annamalai universities and
principal of IIS-B since 2005.
For IIS-B’s continuous top table
presidency, Rao credits L t. G e n
( R e td. ) A rj u n R a y , CEO of the Indus
Trust, for shaping IIS-B, into India’s
role model international day-cum-
boarding school. A highly decorated
general of the Indian Army, Ray has
also masterminded establishment of
two other Indus Schools in Pune and
Hyderabad (all ranked in the national
Top 10), and the Indus Early Years
Schools in Bengaluru, Hyderabad,
and Pune. Little wonder that IIS-B has
been ranked #1 under the parameter Greenwood High, Bengaluru’s Niru Agarwal: #3 promotion
of leadership and management for
five years continuously (2013-17) and the highest of any school countrywide rently, JPIS has an enrolment of 2,280
again in 2020-21 and 2021-22. — by top-ranked universities around students mentored by 270 teachers.
IIS-B’s dominant position aside, the world. We also had 11 Ivy League Beyond top table, there has been a
there’s a minor reshuffle of the seating university admissions, the highest minor reshuffling of seating arrange-
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at top table. While a th w a y s W orl d number of any school countrywide. ment. e n e s i G l ob a l S c h ool , N oi -
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S c h ool , A ra v a l i, G u ru g ra m has re- Moreover, our Mind Matters student da has lost ground and is ranked #6
tained its #2 rank, it is co-ranked with well-being programme ensured that (3); I n du s I n te rn a tion a l S c h ool ,
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T h e I n te rn a tion a l S c h ool , B a n g a - all co-curricular activities and events P u n e is co-ranked #7 (8) with a l a j i
l ore (#3 in 2020-21). G re e n w ood continued online without disruption M e m ori l O m e g a I n te rn a tion a l
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H i h I n te rn a tion a l , B e n g a l u ru during the pandemic. Now we have S c h ool , C h e n n a i (7); A g a K h a n
has been promoted to #3 (4) while reopened to a full house of boarders A c a de m y , H y de ra b a d is #8 (9),

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S ton e h i l I n te rn a tion a l , B e n g a l - and day scholars,” says Periwal. Cur- and S h a ra n y a N a ra y a n i I n te r -
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u ru at #4 and a y s h re e P e ri a l I n -
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te rn a tion a l S c h ool , J a i u r ( J P I S ) JPIS, Jaipur’s Jayshree Periwal: scholarships record
co-ranked #5, have retained their last
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year’s rankings. Moreover, n du s I n -
te rn a tion a l S c h ool , H y de ra b a d
has been promoted to #5 (6).
Although pleased about the con-
sistent presence of JPIS, Jaipur at top
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table, J a y s h re e P e ri a l , founder-
chairperson of this Cambridge In-
ternational and IB-affiliated school
(estb.2011), believes that JPIS de-
serves higher rank. “We have done a
lot more than schools ranked above us
during the pandemic lockdown. Our
teachers made extraordinary efforts
to maintain effective learning conti-
nuity, transforming teaching-learning
through digitisation. Proof of their ef-
fectiveness is that in 2021, our class XII
graduates were awarded scholarships
valued at $5.4 million (Rs.40 crore) —

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