ICSE
10-18Y
CAIE
14-18Y
IBDP
16-18Y
Dr. Pragnya Ram has been associated with the Aditya Birla Group for a long time. As the Group executive president, Corporate Communications, Dr. Ram has been actively involved with the group’s community initiatives. She has a strong academic background, with a Ph.D. from Bombay University and Masters degrees in History and Sociology. She was awarded the Sir Phirozeshah M. Mehta Scholarship during her Masters programme. She also holds a postgraduate Diploma in Journalism from the Bombay College of Journalism and is a recipient of the Patanjali Sethi best writer award. Dr. Ram began her career teaching at the Elphinstone College, Mumbai, and Stella Maris, Chennai. She has also taught at management institutes like S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research and Chetna College of Management, Mumbai.
Dr. Ram is a member of the Board of Studies in Human Development at the Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey (SNDT) Women’s University, Mumbai. She is a member of the Committee on Corporate citizenship, All India Management Association, Delhi, and a member of the Community Development Committee, Confederation of Indian Industry, New Delhi.
Mr. Santanu Das did his schooling from St. Joseph’s Academy, Dehradun and has a Master’s in Physics and Business Administration and a Diploma in German. He’s attended Leadership/Management courses at the IIM-Kozhikode, Principals’ Training Centre-London, University of California-Berkeley, Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. He’s been the President of the Karnataka ICSE Schools’ Association, the Vice President of the Indian Association of Adolescent Health – Karnataka, a member of the CII National Council of Education and has worked closely with the Association of Indian Universities (AIU).
He’s trekked the Indian and Nepal Himalayas, the Rockies, the Andes, the Alps and climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro. He’s travelled to the Northernmost tip of Arctic Europe during the Polar Night, hiked Glaciers in Patagonia and Iceland and has been part of a 4X4 self-drive across the Okavango Delta and the Namib Desert. He loves travelling and has gained from his visits to, and interaction with, many schools in Asia, Europe, North and South America, New Zealand, the Middle East and Africa..
Mrs. Vani Pratap is the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Business Administrator of Sarala Birla Academy (SBA). She is a member of the Senior Management Team at SBA, since inception and was a member of the core committee, that established the school. She heads the finance, administration and business operations of the school. She has over 25 years of experience in the Corporate Finance and Investment Banking sectors.
Mrs. Vani started her career with the Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI), Mumbai, where she worked for 10 years in the project finance and merchant banking areas. She then moved to Ernst & Young, a multinational accounting and auditing firm where she was Vice-President, Corporate Advisory Services, and handled several assignments in public sector disinvestments, corporate restructuring, private equity and mergers and acquisitions.
Mrs. Vani has a brilliant academic record and was a University Topper in her BCom degree. She is a Chartered Accountant and a rank holder in the CA final examination. She was awarded four gold medals by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India for her exemplary performance in the Chartered Accountancy course. She was also honored with a special prize for being the best lady candidate in the country.
After her move to the education industry, she has taken keen interest to equip herself with the dynamics of the education space and has become a keen learner herself. She was awarded a Certificate of Business Leadership in International Schools by PTC, USA, making her a forerunning finance professional in the education sector. She has kept her quest for knowledge acquisition going and has completed a course in Theory of Knowledge (TOK) from the Oxford University, London and the ILMP Senior Leader Programme from Fieldwork Education, UK. She teaches TOK to the students of IB Diploma Programme.
She has co-authored a book on ‘Long Term Debt Financing’ and visits institutes and colleges of higher education, to speak to students on topics of professional interests.
Mr. Sudip Mukherjee has been an integral part of the Academy for nearly two decades, playing a pivotal role in shaping the institution’s growth, development and success through his dedicated contributions. With a strong background in teaching multiple curricula across CBSE, CISCE, CAIE, and IB boards, Mr. Mukherjee possesses a rich legacy of administrative and leadership expertise, garnered over an illustrious career spanning more than two and a half decades, having held diverse positions and roles. Throughout his distinguished career, he has made profound difference in the lives of countless students, children, and also the educators through his interactive workshops and training sessions.
Mr. Mukherjee’s academic credentials include a Master’s degree in Geography with specilisation in Advanced Geomorphology, Bachelor of Education Degree, and Certificate in Disaster Management. Additionally, he has completed esteemed programs from the University of Cambridge and University of Nottingham. These qualifications have equipped him with a unique blend of scientific expertise, educational acumen, leadership and crisis management skills. Mr. Mukherjee has had the distinction of actively participating in prestigious programs organised by renowned institutions, including the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing- Dehradun (IIRS, a constituent unit of ISRO), The Teacher Foundation (TTF), the Australian Boarding Schools Association (ABSA) and select institutions across Australasia.
Throughout his academic journey, Mr. Mukherjee has demonstrated exceptional scholastic, co-curricular and extracurricular prowess, earning him several prestigious awards and citations from The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), The Indian Centre for Wildlife and Environment Studies in South Asia Region (ICWESSAR), The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)- Bonn, Germany and PASCO Scientific – California, USA.
Mr. Mukherjee’s groundbreaking work on “Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)” for the “ESD Expert Network” was formally copyrighted by GIZ in 2014. His work serves as a key resource toolkit for member countries on “ESD– Germany, India, Mexico, South Africa” to assist trainers for ESD and provide resources for their teaching-learning practices.
Mr. Mukherjee has undergone rigorous trainings at the prestigious Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (HMI, Darjeeling) and has successfully conceptualised, designed and led numerous teams on adventure sports and experiential learning programs, both domestically and abroad. Drawing from his experience as an accomplished NCC Under Officer and SGFI level athlete, Mr. Mukherjee passionately mentors students, empowering them to become confident, self-driven, and disciplined individuals.
Mr. Mukherjee envisions education as a transformative, joy-filled experience attuned to the complexities of the 21st century. He inspires and guides young minds to blossom into empathetic, globally conscious leaders, founded on the principles of ethics, humanity, and fellowship.
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