Maharashtra
Mumbai Schools Survey 2022

The Free Press Journal’s Mumbai School Survey awards event at St Regis Hotel on December 12, 2022, was one glittering event attended by the intelligentsia of the school academic space. Principals, directors, teachers, and coordinators whose schools shone were awarded trophies to mark their dominance in various parameters, previously laid out by the Survey.
The Chief Guest for this gala function was Deepak Kesarkar, Cabinet Minister (Education Ministry), the Guest of Honour was Mr Keki Mistry, Vice-Chairman, and CEO of Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC), and L’invite d’honneur was Mr. Niranjan Hiranandani, Co-founder and Managing Director of the Hiranandani Group. Below are the awardees and their beaming faces only go to prove how dazzling this celebration was.
The Cabinet minister for Ministry for Education (and other portfolios) was the Chief Guest at the Mumbai Schools Awards 2022. Excited to be part of this elite group, the minister made several important announcements exclusive to the academicians and the newspaper. Among other announcements, the minister declared that skill education will now be imparted from Standard 6 onwards. Mr. Kesarkar handed over the awards to the schools mentioned below:
- Cathedral and John Connon School
- Garodia International Centre for Learning Mumbai
- Jankidevi Public School, Mumbai
- Mumbai Public School Hariyali Village CBSE School, Vikhroli
- Narayana eTechno School, Thane
- N.L. Dalmia High School
- St. Anne’s High School, Fort, Mumbai
- St. Xavier’s High School, Fort, Mumbai
- SVKM’s CNM School & N.D. Parekh Pre-primary School
- The Somaiya School
- Trinity International School
- Vagad Pace Global School
- VIBGYOR High, Airoli
- VIBGYOR High, Kharghar
- VIBGYOR High, Malad East
- Villa Theresa High School
Keki Mistry, the CEO and Vice Chairman of the Housing Development Finance Corporation was the Chief Guest and a happy one too. He declared that The National Education Policy (NEP) would be a game changer in reforming our education sector. “The policy encourages holistic development at all levels including pre-schools, schools, and higher education,” he affirmed before he gave away the below list of awards. Farzana Contractor, Editor and Publisher of UpperCrust, India’s popular food, wine and travel magazine and Dogs & More gave away the awards along with Mr Mistry:
- Aditya Birla World Academy
- Bai Avabai Petit Girls’ High School Bandra West, Mumbai
- Billabong High International School, Juhu
- Bombay Cambridge International School, Andheri East
- Bombay International School
- Bombay Scottish School, Mahim
- Bombay Scottish School, Powai
- DAV Public School, Thane
- Don Bosco High School, Matunga
- D Y Patil International School, Worli
- Gopi Birla Memorial School
- Lodha World School, LSG
- Oberoi International School
- R N Podar School
- Utpal Shanghvi Global School & PPS International Junior College
The L’invite d’honneur for that evening was Mr. Niranjan Hiranandani, Co-founder and Managing Director of the Hiranandani Group. Mr Hiranandani who is closely associated with the Education space was highly pleased with the way technology is shaping students’ lives. He also mentioned that receiving the Free Press Journal’s Whatsapp edition was possibly the most convenient way of keeping abreast with news happenings first thing in the morning. Mr Hinandani was delighted to give away awards to the schools listed below:
- Campion School
- Dhirubhai Ambani International School
- HVB GLOBAL ACADEMY
- Jamnabai Narsee School, Mumbai
- JBCN International School, Borivali
- Mahatma School of Academics and Sports
- Maneckji Cooper Education Trust School
- OES International School Vashi
- Pawar Public School, Bhandup
- Podar Jumbo Kids
- St.Stanislaus High School, Bandra (W)
- Smt. Sulochanadevi Singhania School ,Thane
Presenters Wang Yanhua, Deputy Consul General, China Consulate Mumbai, Joanna Irzyk, Wife of Polish Consul General in Mumbai and Ramesh Narayan, Director, Strategy of AFAA also gave awards to schools:
- Ascend International School
- Beacon High
- Bombay Cambridge International School,Andheri (West)
- Children’s Academy, Ashok Nagar
- Children’s Academy Malad
- D.G. Khetan International School, Malad
- Diamond Jubilee High School, ICSE, Mumbai
- Dr Pillai Global Academy, Borivali
- Dr. S. Radhakrishnan International School
- JBCN International School, Chembur
- JBCN International School, Parel
- Kashmirilal Mehra Uttari Bharat Sabha English Primary School, Bhandup West
- Meridian School
- Nahar International School, Mumbai
Another set of presenters Ryan Pereira, Regional Head, United States – India Educational Foundation (USIEF), Yogesh Dhingra, Founder and Director of CourseLeap Education and Consultant to various international schools and Deepali Naair, CMO, IBM gave away the awards to the schools mentioned below:
- OES International School, Andheri
- Orchids The International School, Borivali
- Orchids The International School, Dombivali
- Orchids The International School, Seawoods
- Orchids The International School, Thane
- Pawar Public School, Dombivali
- Pinnacle High International School
- Podar International School, Ambernath
- Podar International School, Powai
- Podar International School (Cambridge International), Kalyan
- Podar International School – Mira Road
- Podar International School Nerul
- Rbk Global School Bhayander
- Rustomjee Cambridge International School
- Shishuvan English Medium School
Maharashtra
Maharashtra Marathi Hindi Controversy: Strict action will be taken against those who take law into their hands: Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis

Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has made it clear on the Hindi-Marathi language dispute that linguistic discrimination and violence cannot be tolerated. If anyone instigates violence in the name of Marathi language or takes the law into his own hands, strict action will be taken against him because it is the government’s responsibility to maintain law and order. He said that in the Mira Road Hindi Marathi violence case, the police have registered a case and taken action.
A committee has been formed in the matter of Marathi and Hindi language. Whatever is better for the students on its recommendation, the government will implement it. No decision has been taken under anyone’s pressure. He said that the recommendation for Hindi language was made during the Maha Vikas Aghadi rule itself, but now these same people are opposing it. The public knows everything.
He said that in this election, BJP has got 51 percent Marathi votes. Violence and discrimination in the name of language cannot be tolerated. Marathi is a source of pride for us, but we do not oppose Hindi. What will happen if a Marathi businessman in another state is asked to speak his language? In Assam, he was asked to speak Assamese. He said that strict action will be taken against those who break the law.
Maharashtra
Case registered for burning copy of Hindi Marathi dispute order

Mumbai: Mumbai Police has registered a case against 200 to 300 activists including Deepak Pawar, Santosh Shinde, Santosh Kharat, Shashi Pawar, Yoginder Salulkar, Santosh Veer for protesting without permission, violating prohibitory orders and Police Act in the case of burning copy of order making Hindi language compulsory. The accused have been booked under Section 189(2), 190,223, Maharashtra Police Act at Azad Maidan Police Station. The case has been registered on the complaint of complainant Santosh Suraj Dhundiram Khot, 32 years.
According to the details, on June 29, between 2 and 3:30 pm, a copy of the government order against making Hindi i.e. third language compulsory in primary education was burnt without permission on BMC Road adjacent to Marathi Patkar Singh and the government order was violated. The accused had not taken any permission for this demonstration and had violated the prohibitory orders, following which a case has been registered against them, confirmed Mumbai Police. The case has been registered after recording the statement of the complainant.
Maharashtra
Opposition protests against the government for declaring Wari as urban Naxal

Mumbai: On the fourth day in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, the opposition created a ruckus over declaring Wari as urban Naxal and has made serious allegations against the government of insulting Wari. On the fourth day of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, the opposition has made several serious allegations against the ministers of the government while protesting on the steps of the Vidhan Bhavan. The ministers included in the cabinet of the state government are misusing their powers and occupying government lands in the state.
Just as the ruling front is trying to defame the holy pilgrimage of Hinduism, Wari, by calling Vitthurai and Warkars urban Naxalites and urban Maoists, in the same way it is insulting Wari Palkhi. This is reprehensible. Members of the Maha Vikas Aghadi staged a strong protest on the steps of the Vidhan Bhavan against the ruling front and accused the government of insulting Wari. In this demonstration, the members also raised slogans cursing the government and said that due to the scamster government, farmers are dying of hunger and the ministers are calling the laborers urban Naxalites. Shiv Sena leader of opposition Ambadas Danve, Vijay Varditwar, Sachin Ahir, Jitendra Ahawat etc. participated in this protest.
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