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Pictorial Essay

Bindu Oberoi, trustee and board chair of Oberoi International Shishir Jaipuria, chairman of Seth Anandram Jaipuria Group of
School (OIS), Mumbai was conferred the Education Leader of the Schools, comprising 12 K-12 schools, five preschools and two busi-
Year Award 2025-26. “OIS’ greatest success is the smiling faces that ness management institutes, was conferred the Education Leader of
enter and leave the school premises every day and will eventually step the Year Award 2025-26. A well respected leader of industry and busi-
out into the real world with confidence, right skills and knowledge, and ness, he believes “education must go beyond rote learning to spark
compassion in their hearts,” says Oberoi. curiosity, creativity, critical thinking, and compassion”.

Niru Agarwal, managing trustee, Greenwood High International
School, Bengaluru was conferred the Visionary Education Leader K. Sunil Kumar, founder-director of Unicent schools, Hyderabad,
Award 2025-26. Greenwood High hosts over 8,000 students in its two was conferred the Visionary Education Leader of the Year Award
K-12 campuses — the flagship campus at Sarjapur offering ICSE, 2025-26. “At Unicent we strive to be an educational institute of excel-
Cambridge Inter-national (grades IX & X) and IB syllabus (grades XI lence which nurtures passionate, confident and happy individuals,
& XII) and the CISCE-affiliated Bannerghatta campus — and seven enabling them to explore their innate abilities and become lifelong
preschools. learners,” says Sunil Kumar.

Siddharth Singh, director of Emerald Heights International
School, Indore, received the Rising Education Star Award 2025-26.
He is the driving force behind Emerald Heights developing into an
internationally benchmarked centre of academic excellence and
holistic education.

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