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Been the Senior Director for the International Students Affairs Cell have visited more than 50+ countries and experienced their culture and educational needs of aspiring students from Africa, Asia, Gulf, European & Middle East countries. He is giving training to the International Representatives by travelling offshore about the various programs offered by Paul University and jointly developing the logistics and support systems for smooth transition of foreign students to India. In recent times he has been instrumental in developing affordable medical services to International Students through Parul Sevashram Hospital– one of the multispecialty hospitals in the city an attachment to Parul Institute of Medical Sciences for the development of Medical Tourism. Under his supervision & Guidance the University has been awarded twice for Outstanding University in West Zone for Highest Nationalities in Campus at the 15th World Education Summit & Internationalization of campus under top 30 Universities. He has published more than 5 Research papers in Student Satisfaction and have attended more than 2 International Conferences and has presented papers as a Research Scholar in Management.

The School Principal renowned educationist who is very actively involved in the development of educational best practices in the country. An alumni of the prestigious Convent of Jesus and Mary, Dehradun she has taught at premium educational in Panjim and Gujarat. A University of Cambridge CELTA qualified professional, she works with the belief that quality education can easily be made accessible and affordable for all. She is an acclaimed Resource Person for training teachers. She is the Chapter Head for English Language Teachers Association of India Delhi West. She is keenly involved with the development of curriculum and assessments at CBSE and other premier developmental agencies. The recipients of many awards by leading educational organisations her latest accomplishments are leading in the field of content development for teaching and especially with relation to the National Education Policy 2020. A recipient of ‘Catalyst Award’ for Excellence in Education in the year 2015, UEM ‘Inspiring Best Teacher Award’ in the year 2016 by university of Engineering and Management and Webcon, Government of West Bengal at IIT, Delhi. She has the distinction of having been honoured with the prestigious ‘Teachers Excellence Award’ in the year 2016 by the Progressive Teacher Magazine, the foremost educational magazine in India. ‘The Excellence Award’ by Dwarka City, New Delhi for her work in community development in the year 2017, The ‘Exceptional Women of Excellence’ Award by Women Economic Forum 2018 at Dwarka, New Delhi, The ‘Excellence in Educational Leadership’ Award by Dwarka City at New Delhi in November, 2018, The ‘Excellence in Experiential Learning Programs’ Award by Eldrok India at New Delhi in January, 2019, The “Indian School Awards 2019” by BML Munjal University, Gurgaon in September 2019, The prestigious School Leadership Award in the 8th Zamit International Awards in October, 2019, The Best School of India (Jury`s Choice Award) by Education Today in December 2019, The “Brainfeed School Excellence Awards” by Brainfeed Magazine in 6 February 2020, “50 Fabulous Innovative Leaders” by World Innovation Congress & Awards 2020′ in 17 February 2020 and leading the school to receive the award for “Number 1 Rank in India’s Top CBSE School” for Co-Curricular Education, “Hall of Fame Award as India’s Top 50 Prestigious Jury Awards” by Education Today on 23 January 2021 at Bengaluru recently.

Dr Reeta Saxena, founder principal of Scholar Mission School Kanpur is Ph.D from IIT Kanpur in Organizational Behavior, having rich experience of 34 years in education field with 16 yrs experience as Principal in CBSE schools. She is Resource Person of career counseling in CBSE and was City Coordinator from 2006 to 2012 in Kota and Kanpur respectively. She is the recipient of RAJIV GANDHI EDUCATION EXCELLENCE AWRD,100 Highly Effective Principals of 2016,Progressive Principals of India 2017, Best principal award by Rotary Club in 2020 and ATI VISHISTHA PRACHARYA AWARD by UP Govt. in 2021 and many more to her credit. She writes articles regularly in educational magazines and news papers.

Prof Sasmita Rani Samanta, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, KIIT, is an academician with a high degree of incisiveness and passion for research and schooling which is intermingling with innovative pragmatically approach. She is the Chairperson of KIIT Technology Incubation Centre and she is also the Director of the Centre of Excellence on Occupational Health and Safety established at KIIT in association with BG BAU, Germany. She is the University Rank Holder in Master of Commerce and has done her PhD in Management. She has the Fellowship from States Department, USA as one among the 10 Academic Administrators of South East Asia in 2016. Since 2012 she has been associated with Indian Science Congress as an Executive/Council Member and since 2016 she has been a member of India Social Science Congress. Prof Samanta has been honoured with numerous awards and recognitions including the Rajeev Smruti Award 2010, Manager of the Year 2013 by Oxford Summit of Leaders, CMAI Association of India- Best Director of the Year Award 2014, the Academic Leadership Award 2015, the Bharat Gaurav Award 2014 by International Friendship Society, Social Innovation Award 2018 among most 50 social innovators of India, 2018; Women Leadership Award, 2018; Chinta O Chetana, National Award – 2018 by Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India; and the ‘Female Educationist of the Year’, awarded at the function 7th Asia Education Summit, 2019 by APS Media Group, among others.

Dr Indu Rao is Professor and Director, Academic Staff College at VIT University Vellore. She has a unique combination of an international, multidisciplinary, industry and academic experience of 28 years, is credited with design and execution of innovative technology enabled systems in higher education, teaching, research, administration, faculty development and industry-institute collaborations. Dr Rao holds two PhD degrees, one from Faculty of Behavioral, Management and Social Sciences-University of Twente, Netherlands, and another from Faculty of Management Studies, MLSU, India, Post Doctoral Fellow of IIM-A and ABD (Management and International Business) from College of Business, FlU, USA; MBA, New Delhi and B.E. (Electrical), MNIT, Jaipur. She worked with multinational firms Crompton Greaves Ltd, Mumbai and General Electric before joining academics. She has published books, international journal articles and case studies (research is cited in Business Standard, Business World, the Statesman, ToI, Indian Express and Economic Times). For her pioneering research work in the organization of informal firms of Indian Diamond Industry, Dr Rao has received awards from Surat Diamond Association, GJEPC, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India; Department of Labor and Employment, Government of Gujarat; South Gujarat and Saurashtra Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Atmiya Group of Institutions, Rajkot and Sarvajanik Education Society. She conceptualized and executed the first Hackathon using technology to solve social and rural problems at GTU in 2015 which is being replicated every year at the National level by PMO. In 2017, she received the award for the Visionary Pioneer by Women’ Entrepreneurship Day (WED) Foundation, USA for contribution to entrepreneurship eco-system through research; VIWA Distinguished Woman in Management award in Chennai, Udgam Special Achievement Award in Gandhinagar for an outstanding contribution to academics in 2018; the Bharat Excellence Award, the Best Researcher in Social Science Award, the Leading Educationist of India Award, Best National Educator and Author Award in 2019, Outstanding Senior Faculty and Life-Time Achievement Award in 2020, Top Universities Director Leadership Award and Iconic Leadership in Higher Education, 2021.Recently, she has designed technology based interfacec at VIT to train and develop faculty and successfully crossed faculty 25000 registrations during pandemic.

Have 28 years of Experience in Consulting, Marketing & Sales in International Education industry & Telecom, with 22 years in International Education Consulting & Student Recruitment. On Governing & Academic Council of GIBS (Management Institution in Bangalore) and “Mentor” (like on Advisory Board ) of Universal Mentors Association, an Education company. Done Consulting Assignments for Amity International Division, British Education Centre etc. Presently working as Regional Director India Subcontinent for UTS College (earlier known as UTS Insearch). I head the UTS College South Asia office which takes care of India, Nepal, Bangladesh Sri Lanka, Bhutan & Mauritius. UTS College is Pathway provider to University of Technology Sydney (UTS). We have Team of 9 members. Main responsibilities are : – To develop and implement the Strategic Plan for the South Asia, Budgets etc. – Growth and diversification in Student Recruitment – Explore new TNE (Transnational Education) opportunities & look for new markets. – Responsible for the Leadership and day-to-day management of the team of Insearch India LLP. – Working with all Departmental heads in Sydney towards Market & Business Development. Worked as Director of Career Plus Services, an Education Consulting Company focusing on Institutional Partnerships for Foreign Universities & Study Abroad Recruitment. The Recruitment Division gave options to Students to choose from 300 Universities/Colleges/Institutes in UK, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, USA, Australia, Singapore, Europe etc. We had a Consulting Division which offered solutions to Foreign Institutions to enhance Branding, Marketing and solutions for Collaborations / Tie Ups in India and open India Recruitment Offices. Managed University of Leeds South Asia Office as Management Consultant from 2009-2012. Worked as Director of University of Leeds (UK) South Asia Office from 1999 to 2009 (based in New Delhi). Major focus was Partnerships and Student Recruitment, had 450 students in 2009. Had Team of 12 members and recruited directly through British Council offices & later also through Partners/ Agent Network. Besides India, handled Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal & Bhutan. Built Leeds brand in India through massive Advertisement & PR campaigns. Signed Collaborations with IIMA, IIMC, BIT (Ranchi), NIFT, Madras University, IILM. By academic background an MBA from University of Leeds, UK and Engineer from Delhi Institute of Technology DIT (now known as Netaji Subhash University Technology (NSUT), Dwarka, earlier known as NSIT). Earlier worked with Tata Telecom & Alcatel Telecom in Sales & Marketing roles in Mumbai, Baroda, Bangalore, Delhi.

Prof R S Bawa, Pro-Chancellor, Chandigarh University, is a noted educationist with well-recognised achievements. He has been associated with some of the best institutes across the country. Prof Bawa has a PhD in Statistics. He was appointed as Pro-Chancellor of Chandigarh University, Mohali and under his leadership, Chandigarh University received A+ grade NAAC. He was also President of the Indian Economic Association and was associated with Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana for 6 years. Prof Bawa is known for his academic acumen and has held several important positions in the Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU), Amritsar including Associate Professor and then Professor for 23 years until 2010. He also worked as Registrar of GNDU for 13 years.