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Institution Profile

Indus Valley World School, Kolkata

During the past 13 years since it admitted its first batch of 150 students, IVWS has
steadily improved its reputation and is currently ranked #14 in Kolkata in the co-ed day
schools category in the EW India School Rankings 2020-21

BAISHALI MUKHERJEE

ITED ON A 1.4-ACRE cam-
pus in Kolkata (pop.14 mil-
lion), Indus Valley World
SSchool (IVWS, estb.2008)
is a CBSE-affiliated co-ed day school
highly reputed in the City of Joy for
providing high quality K-12 educa-
tion to its 1,930 students including
805 girl children, mentored by 140
teachers. During the past 13 years
since it admitted its first batch of 150
students, it has steadily improved its
reputation for delivery of progres-
sive holistic education. In the latest
EducationWorld India School Rank-
ings 2020-21, IVWS is ranked #117
nationally and #14 in Kolkata in the Bird’s eye view of IVWS: steadily improving reputation
co-ed day schools category.
IVWS was promoted in 2008 by prior to being appointed director of
Sailesh Khaitan, chairman and man- IVWS in January 2019.
aging director of the Khaitan chemi- Constructed by reputed Kolkata-
cals and fertilizers group of compa- based firm Kothari & Associates, the
nies which had earlier promoted the IVWS management has provided
Bhagwati Devi Memorial Interna- students with a 14-acre campus
tional School (estb.1966) ranked #15 hosting 609 plants within vertical
in Kolkata among co-ed day schools gardens, 60 varieties of trees and 341
to provide globally benchmarked potted plants. With a built-up area of
primary-secondary education. In Amita Prasad 5,662 sq. ft, its two academic wings
2019-20, IVWS was ranked for the house 109 fully-wired classrooms
first time by 12,213 EducationWorld fitted with Smart boards, air-condi-
sample respondents and awarded an tance to technology-aided learning tioned physics, chemistry, biology,
India ranking of #250. to enable our students to meet the computer, geography, home sci-
Since then, this school has risen challenges of the 21st century. We ence, psychology, and mathematics
steadily in the public esteem. Manag- ensure they grow up in a culturally laboratories. Moreover, the school’s
ing trustee Shankar Lal Gupta at- diverse environment that fosters four libraries house 22,000 learning
tributes this to the school’s emphasis mutual respect and broadens their resources including books, journals,
on “sound values-based education on horizons to become global citizens,” CDs, DVDs and 88 magazine sub-
the foundations of humanitarianism says Amita Prasad, director of scriptions.
and integrity and our focus on mak- IVWS. An alumna of Lady Brabourne “Moreover, IVWS’ 140 teachers
ing students future-ready for careers College, Kolkata and Jadavpur Uni- are highly-qualified and well-trained
of the 21st century”. versity, Prasad started her career in to deliver a mix of traditional and
“In IVWS, we nurture lifelong 1985 with the highly reputed Modern experiential pedagogies to boost
learners in a joyful environment that High School for Girls, Kolkata, and children’s learning outcomes,”
encourages students to develop their acquired rich teaching and admin ex- says Prasad. In 2020, 61 of the 109
personalities and multiple intelli- perience in Loreto House, Middleton students who wrote the CBSE class
gences. We also accord high impor- and The Heritage School, Kolkata, X exam, and 20 of the 96 who wrote

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