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Brief Introduction of the 

Laureates of 

Fellow of City Montessori School —FCMS Award 

CITY MONTESSORI SCHOOL 

FCMS AWARD - 2011 

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City Montessori School (CMS), Lucknow, India is the world’s largest school - 

a Guinness World Record Holder and Recipient of UNESCO Prize for Peace Education 

www.cmseducation.org

Dr Jagdish Gandhi and Dr (Mrs) Bharti Gandhi 

CMS Founders 

About CMS and its Founders 

City Montessori School, Lucknow, India popularly known as CMS is 

recognized as the world’s largest school in a single city by the Guinness Book 

of World Record with now more than 40,000 students on rolls in one city of 

Lucknow (India). City Montessori School, Lucknow, India has been 

involved in teaching peace education to students since the last almost five 

decades. For this City Montessori School (CMS) was awarded the UNESCO 

prize for peace education for the year 2002. 

The City Montessori School (CMS) Lucknow, India, was founded in 1959 by 

a young visionary couple, Dr Jagdish Gandhi, a socially motivated 

Gandhian, along with his wife Dr (Mrs) Bharti Gandhi, M.Ed., Child 

Psychologist. Rich in enthusiasm, the devoted pair launched their first 

campus on borrowed capital of three hundred rupees, housed it in rented 

premises and began with only five students on roll. The young couple had to 

face a myriad of initial difficulties in making their vision a reality. Over the 

years, however, they have successfully overcome these difficulties with 

unflinching devotion to their original mission. 

The husband and wife team were greatly inspired by the teachings of 

Mahatma Gandhi. They wanted the school to be an instrument for 

inculcating values of universal brotherhood and the cultivation of virtues. 

The stirring call of Mahatma Gandhi and his disciple Vinoba Bhave 'Jai Jagat' 

(Glory be to the World), became the school motto. The school has since been 

true to its mission and even today, Jai Jagat, is not only the CMS greeting and 

slogan, it is also its guiding vision — to inspire children and youth to think in 

terms of welfare of all the peoples of the world.



About FCMS 

The designation Fellow of the CMS (FCMS) is a 

recognition of the recipient as a role model for all 

on account of his/her high achievements in the 

service of society. 

Ever since its inception in 1959, CMS has been 

striving for world unity and world peace. CMS 

education aims at raising a new generation of 

human beings who consider themselves world 

citizens and are committed to serving humanity. 

The success of Schools efforts are reflected in the 

recognition of CMS by the Guinness Book of 

World Records as World's largest city school and 

in the choice of UNESCO for the UNESCO Prize 

for Peace Education 2002. Fellows can use this 

designation (FCMS) with pride; however, they 

should also be aware that the award carries the 

responsibility of upholding the dignity of the 

CMS by maintaining the high standards of 

professional conduct and living upto the high 

ideals that CMS stands for. 

Responsibilities of Fellowship 

Fellowship in the City Montessori School implies 

a personal commitment to the philosophy and 

ideals of the CMS, a responsibility for continuous 

professional development, service to society and 

adhering to the CMS philosophy. Participation in 

CMS activities can provide Fellows with an 

opportunity to interact with CMS students and 

becoming a light of the world by providing 

inspiration and guidance to the children. 

Laureates of FCMS Award 2011 

Mr Pramod Joshi 

General Manager 

SMS-Siemag Mevac-Gurgaon 

CMS Rajendra Nagar Campus (1978) 

Dr Rajiv Kumar Singh 

Deputy Superintendent of Police 

Ghaziabad, U.P. 

CMS Chowk Campus (1993) 

Mr Nitin Srivastava 

Senior Practice Manager, Wipro 

New Jersey, USA 

CMS Station Road Campus (1992) 

Dr Vandana Vinayak 

Senior Scientific Officer 

FSL, Haryana, Police Department 

CMS Anand Nagar Campus (1983) 

Shaheed Major Kapil Vinayak 

(26.10.1974 to 20.07.2005) 

CMS Anand Nagar Campus (1983) 

Mr Prakhar Mehrotra 

Ph.D. Student, Aeronautics at the California 

Institute of Technology (Caltech) USA 

CMS Chowk Campus (2001) 

Mr Ushhan D. Gundevia 

Analyst Developer, 

Goldman Sachs Group, NY, USA 

CMS Chowk (1998) 

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Fellow of City Montessori School (FCMS) Award 




General Manager, SMS-Siemag Mevac-Gurgaon 


General Manager, SMS-Siemag Mevac-Gurgaon 

Ex-Student of CMS Rajendra Nagar Campus - 1978 

Mr Pramod Joshi got admitted to Class V in CMS Rajendra Nagar branch where he studied 

upto Class IX. After then, he was selected for Residential Public School Scholarship. He did 

his high school with 74.2% and intermediate with 66% from Colvin Taluqdar's Inter College 

where he got admitted through Residential Public School Scholarship. He was awarded with 

Bilhara Gold Medal for securing highest marks in Mathematics in ICSE examinations. 

He completed his B.E. in Metallurgy from IIT Roorkee after that he got selected for SAIL's 

Bhilai Steel Plant as Management Trainee. He worked there in different capacities for 15 

almost years before joining Ispat group for their Nigeria operations, Later he joined JSW Steel 

and currently he is working as General Manager in a Multi-National firm 'SMS-Siemag 

Mevac' based at Gurgaon. 

He is happily married to Meeta who is P.G. in Zoology, and blessed with son, Devansh who is 

studying in Class XI in Gurgaon. 

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Deputy Superintendent of Police 

Ghaziabad, U.P. 


Deputy Superintendent of Police, Ghaziabad, U.P. 

Ex-Student of CMS Chowk Campus - 1993 

Dr Rajiv Kumar Singh, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Ghaziabad, U.P. was born on 2 

February 1975. He passed his ISC exam in 1993 from CMS, Chowk Campus. 

He completed his MBBS in the year 2000 from G.S.V.M. Medical College Kanpur and 

completed internship in 2001. 

He joined P.P.S. 2003 Batch (UP PCS) in the year 2006. He completed his training at Dr 

Bhimrao Ambedkar U.P. Police Academy, Moradabad, later he got posted at Lucknow as 

trainee Dy. S.P. in 2007, he was posted as Dy. S.P. Human Rights at Lucknow in 2008, later he 

was posted as Dy. S.P. Ghaziabad in the year 2010. He has worked as C.O. Traffic, C.O. Border 

and now as C.O. City in Ghaziabad, UP. 

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Senior Practice Manager, Wipro, New Jersey, USA 


Senior Practice Manager, Wipro, New Jersey, USA 

Ex-Student of CMS Station Road Campus - 1992 

Mr Nitin Srivastava completed his ISC (Std XII) from City Montessori School, Station Road 

branch in 1992. Through his schooling in CMS he was the recipient of few 

scholarships/awards including the coveted NTSE scholarship. He joined GB Pant 

Engineering College for his Engineering Degree in Electronics & Communications. After his 

graduation in 1996 he has been working in the field of IT for the past 15 years. He is employed 

with Wipro Technologies for the last 11+ Years. He has truly global work experience having 

worked in different geographies like India, Europe and the US. 

For the past 10 years Nitin is based in New York City in the US. He currently works as the 

Senior Practice Manager with Wipro. His job is in the field of Business Development with 

Wipro's clients in Financial Services industry mostly the Wall Street firms. 

Nitin's parents Shri P N Srivastava and Smt Savitri Srivastava have significant contribution in 

Nitin's success. They always inspired and supported him to excel in the field of education and 

be a good human being. They are based in Lucknow in Rajajipuram. Nitin is married to Kaajal 

who works with a media company in New York City and they have a 3 years old son, Aryan. 

Apart from his busy professional life Nitin actively enjoys Bowling, Snowboarding, 

Kayaking, Camping, Chess etc and touring different places of interest. He likes to socialize a 

lot and is associated with few of the social organizations in New York / New Jersey region 

and is also the President of his condo (housing) association. 

In future Nitin looks forward to any opportunity to serve the people of Lucknow in his best 

capacity. 

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Senior Scientific Officer 

FSL, Haryana, Police Department 


Senior Scientific Officer, FSL, Haryana, Police Department 

Ex-Student of CMS Anand Nagar Campus - 1983 

Dr Vandana Vinayak, Senior Scientific Officer, Forensic Science Laboratory, Haryana, Police 

Department, born on 15' March 1976 at Kanpur studied early years of her education at City 

Montessori School, Anand Nagar Branch, Lucknow along with her brother Shaheed Major 

Kapil Vinayak. Father being in Army family shifted to Jalandhar in 1984. Vandana had been a 

merit scholar throughout her academic career whether it was CMS where her Mother always 

used to wear red gown as Mother Queen or St. Joseph's Convent School. She did her M.Sc 

Biochemistry from Punjab Agricultural University Ludhiana and Ph. D Biochemistry from 

Kurukshetra University in 2008 and got Young Scientist Award and in the year 2009 

consecutively, she got Noel Deer Gold Medal from His Excellency Ex President of India Dr 

A.P.J Abdul Kalam, Class- I Commendation Certificate from Director General of Police 

Haryana for her outstanding work at Forensic Science Lab, Haryana with a cash reward of 

Rs10,000. 

Professionally she had reported the most controversial and sensitive case of National 

Importance ”Shopian Rape and Murder Case” which rocked the J & K Assembly. Not only 

this she is the 1st young Forensic Scientist in the history of FSL, Haryana to bring a research 

project to help solve cases of death due to drowning and has some 28 research papers in 

reputed journals. But Vandana has a hidden desire of wearing Olives like her brother 

Shaheed Major Kapil Vinayak who always use to say ”Fauj hai Mauj nahi hai”. 

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(26.10.1974 to 20.07.2005) 


(26.10.1974 to 20.07.2005) 

Ex-Student of CMS Aanand Nagar Campus - 1983 

Shaheed Major Kapil Vinayak born on 26th October 1974 at AFMC, Pune was alumini of 

City Montessori School, Anand Nagar Branch, Lucknow during early years of his education. 

Due to his father's transfer in Jalandhar, family shifted and he studied thereafter in St. 

Joseph's Convent School. At very young age Kapil had passion to wear olives and in 1997 he 

was commissioned in INDIAN ARMY as 2nd Lft. Soon after he was posted at Siachen 

Glaciers and then in 1999 at Kargil where he among with his fellowmen accomplished 

OPERATION VIJAY. But in year 2005 during his posting at Srinagar a IED blast by Hijbul 

Mujha uddin militant group took place outside BURNHALL SCHOOL where Major Vinayak 

had to pass. The blast took his life but saved the lives of thousands of children, who had just 

stepped inside 5 minutes ago. 

Major Kapil Vinayak was the 10th Martyr Officer hailing from Jalandhar who sacrificed his 

life for the nation. He was only 30 years and was Adjutant of the whole ASC battalion at 

Tatoogrounds, Srinagar due to his daring capabilities and unmatchable intellect. 

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Ph.D. Student 

Aeronautics at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) USA 


Ph.D. Student 

Aeronautics at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) USA 


Mr Prakhar Mehrotra is a second year Ph.D. student in Aeronautics at the California Institute 

of Technology (Caltech), USA. His thesis is focused on understanding combustion and 

mixing in high-speed (supersonic) flows. 

He completed his B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from NIT Trichy where he was the 

recipient of Academic Proficiency award for three consecutive years (2005, 2006, 2007). He 

was also awarded the prestigious "Rajiv Gandhi Science Talent Research Fellow-2005 

(Engineering Sciences)" by JNCASR and DST, Govt of India, for his research in IIT Kanpur on 

"Vortex-shedding from bluff body". In 2006, he received SURGE fellowship from IIT Kanpur 

to pursue summer research in the department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Kanpur. He 

completed his Masters in Aeronautics (2007-08) from Caltech. He was selected for "Thales 

Academia Fellowship" by French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs to pursue a 

specialty Masters in Fluid Mechanics at École Polytechnique, Paris. 

During his Masters in France, he won several awards including best mission design in 

International Space Station Design Challenge held in University of Stuttgart, Germany under 

the flagship of European Space Agency and second prize in "Student Aerospace Challenge" 

organized by Dassault Aviation and EADS. For his Masters project in Caltech, he worked on 

aerodynamic design of Venus Lander Project for NASA-JPL. Apart from his research, he is 

currently leading a student-study program for "Human Mission to an Asteroid" in 

conjunction with NASA-JPL and Keck Institute of Space Studies, Caltech. In his spare time, he 

loves to play cricket, follow financial markets and volunteer at NGOs. 

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Analyst Developer, Goldman Sachs Group 

New York, USA 


Analyst Developer, Goldman Sachs Group, NY, USA 


Mr Ushhan D. Gundevia, Analyst Developer, Goldman Sachs Group, NY, USA is a passout 

from Chowk Campus of City Montessori School, 1998 Batch. He is presently working in the 

Prime Brokerage (PB) Client Desktop team, which is responsible for all external client facing 

applications within PB. Their web portal gets over 2M hits/month, responsible for over 60% 

of all GS portal hits. He is Team Lead and Technical Architect for MultiPrime – a real time 

portfolio allocation and management tool providing clients to manage their whole portfolio 

across various Prime Brokers and Funds. Heading the GUI development team of three 

developers and acting as a joint technical architect for the whole project. 

He has worked as Software Consultant at Banking Business Unit, Infosys Technologies Ltd., 

India. He did Masters Research from Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA. He completed his 

Summer Intern from MIT Media Labs Asia, IIT Mumbai, India. 

He has awarded with honors like Member of Beta Pi Honor Society (nation’s top 5% 

engineers), Vice Chancellor’s Gold Medal Winner – awarded to the best student among all the 

faculties of the university, CSJM University, Won three gold medals and part of team that 

took top honors at the International Robotics Olympiad in 1997. 

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HONOURS & AWARDS 

to City Montessori School (CMS), Lucknow, India 

Bandaranaike Global Excellence 

Award 2007 

Colombo (Sri Lanka) 

Chandra Athulathmudali 

Director General (Emeritus) 

World Council for Total Quality & Excellence in Education 

City of georgetown, KY 

KEY TO THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, USA

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