ITARI EBrochure 2016

ITARI Management & Faculty
“Greater energy and passion is more extraordinary than greater genius ”
Lt. General (Retd.) Arjun Ray
PVSM, VSM CEO,
Indus Trust
Lt. Gen. Arjun Ray has been honoured with the highest award in the Armed Forces for
distinguished service – the Param Vishishta Seva Medal. As the CEO of the Indus Trust,
he is responsible for strategic direction, policy formulation, leadership development, future
school projects, quality excellence, budgeting, teacher selection, succession planning,
and faculty training. As Chief Mentor to the faculty, he conducts mentoring programmes
regularly for all teachers. Through example, guidance and vision, he inculcates within the
Indus community, an ethos of discipline and passion for excellence.
Lt. General Arjun Ray is a graduate from the prestigious Staff College at Camberlay, UK,
and served as the country’s Deputy Military Advisor in London. In his last assignment, he
commanded the newly raised 14 Corps in Ladakh. His success in forestalling insurgency
in the region by winning over alienated communities into the nation’s mainstream has been
nationally and internationally acclaimed. As part of Operation Sadbhavana (Goodwill),
he set up 13 Sadbhavana schools, 11 Women’s Empowerment Centres, and 60 Adult
Education Centres for non-literate women along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir.
He provided free education and pastoral care in Bangalore colleges to 125 Ladakhi girls.
In his second calling – international school education – he has set up three International
Baccalaureate Schools, the Leadership School, the Indus Training and Research institute,
and the world’s first Equal Opportunity School for children living below the poverty line.
The latter is in sync with his belief that schools must have a social objective; they cannot
just be centres of academic excellence. IB World has acclaimed the General as one of the
six IB World School Leaders on rethinking education, especially by making high quality
education affordable to the poor. Education World has also named him as one of the 50
game-changers in education in India.
Ms. Sarojini Rao
Advisor ITARI, Principal Indus International School, Bangalore
Mrs. Sarojini Rao, has been the Principal of Indus International School, Bangalore since July
2005. She stood first at University in Economics, has a triple master’s degrees in Education,
Economics and Management, and is trained in all the three IB programs (PYP, MYP and
DP). Mrs. Rao is also a graduate of the Principal’s Training Center for International School
Leadership, USA. She is the Managing Trustee of Indus International Community School,
Bangalore.
Mrs. Sarojini Rao has been instrumental in planning the curriculum and inter-curriculum
strategy, defining academic and non-academic objectives for the school, and training
teachers. She has played a pivotal role in formulating the Leadership Curriculum, Instructional
supervision and Evaluation model for the school. Mrs. Rao has also specialized in Balanced
Scorecard, which has been implemented in the school.
Under her leadership, the students are indeed set to take on the challenges ahead as
leaders of the future. Her emphasis on whole education (and not at the cost of academic
excellence) has been the highlight of her drive, resulting in Indus being ranked the top
International School for four successive years. A structured leadership curriculum that
involves every child has instilled not only confidence in the students but has also enabled
them to set realistic goals and devise plans to achieve them. She is a role model for the core
values of the school, namely love, empathy, discipline and respect. Small wonder then that
her students are sensitized to the needs of the less privileged. An excellent administrator,
Mrs. Rao believes in Team Work. With her advice and ideas, she has built a strong team and
together they work to maintain the high standards that she has set for the school.
Dr. Sridarshan Koundinya
Director ITARI,
Indus Trust
Dr. Sridarshan Koundinya returns to academia now after gaining two decades of crossfunctional
experience spanning several areas such as Public Policy, Strategic Business
Management and Research, Risk Management, Quality Assurance, Regulatory Compliance
and Corporate Governance. He joined ITARI on 1st June 2016. He has completed projects
in different sectors (public, private, academic, startups, NGO), in different industries (Energy,
Telecom, Education, Information Technology, Banking, Public Services) in different countries
(USA, UK, India, South Korea, Bahrain, Poland, Austria, France, Indonesia and China) and
at different organizations including GE, TCS, TTSL & CPUC. Throughout his professional
career, he has been speaking at academic and professional conferences and has published
21 articles, research papers and technical reports.
Dr. Sridarshan Koundinya began his career as an Engineer (B.E. from NITK, Surathkal),
MBA (from NMIMS) and went on to earn a Ph.D. in Public Policy & Management from the
Ohio State University at Columbus, Ohio, USA and a Masters in Information Management
from the University of California at UC Berkeley, USA. After teaching courses in Business
Economics and Public Policy at reputed American Universities and after having published
papers in peer-reviewed journals, he felt the need to enrich his teaching and research
through practical work experience. Dr. Sridarshan leads ITARI to ensure alignment with
ITARI’s Vision and Mission and to ensure progressive improvement in quality standards at
ITARI. He is a Faculty in ITARI educational programmes with teaching and research interests
in Educational Philosophy and Psychology and Spirituality in Education, Management and
Leadership.
Dr. Moses Satralkar
Deputy Director, ITARI,
Indus Trust
Dr. Moses is responsible for business development, international collaborations, college
campus recruitment, research and education administration. He is a member of the CEO
staff involved in developing strategic policies and plans for ITARI and Indus Trust. At ITARI,
he is incharge of administration of all academic programmes, liaising with foreign Universities
and recruitment of meritorious Postgraduate trainee teachers excelling in academics and
whole education into the Indus International Schools. Prior to this appointment, he has
held a number of senior leadership positions at Indus. He worked as Head of Business
Development at ITARI and Curriculum Coordinator for Indus Trust. He was in the core
team that set up the Indus Training and Research Institute in 2008, and has overseen
its growth to a premier institute, qualifying teachers for International Baccalaureate (IB)
and Cambridge (IGCSE) Schools. He is involved in developing curriculum for all academic
courses, marketing, admissions, planning budgets and quality evaluation.
Dr. Moses developed the Post Graduate Diploma in International Education and facilitated its
accreditation as India’s first overseas-accredited full-time professional teacher certification
programme with Keele University, UK and thereafter its association with Birmingham City
University, UK. He is a faculty for the Post Graduate Diploma in International Education
(PGDIE/PGCE, UK); Post Graduate Certificate in International Education (PGCIE); and
Cambridge International Diploma (Cambridge, U.K.). He has conducted academic
workshops for IB and Community Schools. He has keen interest in Cognitive Neuroscience
and Educational Leadership. He joined Indus International School, Bangalore as a Science
Teacher in Aug 2007, and since then has been a part of the Indus family. He strongly believes
in the Indus School vision of creating leaders of tomorrow. He is qualified with a Ph.D.
from the University of Pune, and has authored 12 scientific research papers published in
peer reviewed Journals. Dr. Moses is closely associated with the Global Challenges Forum
(Geneva, Switzerland) and is a member of the Transformative Education Forum (USA).