Principal's Message

Welcome to the Sarala Birla Academy website!

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..