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Mumbai Schools Survey 2022

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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:

  1. Cathedral and John Connon School
  2. Garodia International Centre for Learning Mumbai
  3. Jankidevi Public School, Mumbai
  4. Mumbai Public School Hariyali Village CBSE School, Vikhroli
  5. Narayana eTechno School, Thane
  6. N.L. Dalmia High School
  7. St. Anne’s High School, Fort, Mumbai
  8. St. Xavier’s High School, Fort, Mumbai
  9. SVKM’s CNM School & N.D. Parekh Pre-primary School
  10. The Somaiya School
  11. Trinity International School
  12. Vagad Pace Global School
  13. VIBGYOR High, Airoli
  14. VIBGYOR High, Kharghar
  15. VIBGYOR High, Malad East
  16. 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:

  1. Aditya Birla World Academy
  2. Bai Avabai Petit Girls’ High School Bandra West, Mumbai
  3. Billabong High International School, Juhu
  4. Bombay Cambridge International School, Andheri East
  5. Bombay International School
  6. Bombay Scottish School, Mahim
  7. Bombay Scottish School, Powai
  8. DAV Public School, Thane
  9. Don Bosco High School, Matunga
  10. D Y Patil International School, Worli
  11. Gopi Birla Memorial School
  12. Lodha World School, LSG
  13. Oberoi International School
  14. R N Podar School
  15. 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:

  1. Campion School
  2. Dhirubhai Ambani International School
  3. HVB GLOBAL ACADEMY
  4. Jamnabai Narsee School, Mumbai
  5. JBCN International School, Borivali
  6. Mahatma School of Academics and Sports
  7. Maneckji Cooper Education Trust School
  8. OES International School Vashi
  9. Pawar Public School, Bhandup
  10. Podar Jumbo Kids
  11. St.Stanislaus High School, Bandra (W)
  12. 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:

  1. Ascend International School
  2. Beacon High
  3. Bombay Cambridge International School,Andheri (West)
  4. Children’s Academy, Ashok Nagar
  5. Children’s Academy Malad
  6. D.G. Khetan International School, Malad
  7. Diamond Jubilee High School, ICSE, Mumbai
  8. Dr Pillai Global Academy, Borivali
  9. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan International School
  10. JBCN International School, Chembur
  11. JBCN International School, Parel
  12. Kashmirilal Mehra Uttari Bharat Sabha English Primary School, Bhandup West
  13. Meridian School
  14. 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:

  1. OES International School, Andheri
  2. Orchids The International School, Borivali
  3. Orchids The International School, Dombivali
  4. Orchids The International School, Seawoods
  5. Orchids The International School, Thane
  6. Pawar Public School, Dombivali
  7. Pinnacle High International School
  8. Podar International School, Ambernath
  9. Podar International School, Powai
  10. Podar International School (Cambridge International), Kalyan
  11. Podar International School – Mira Road
  12. Podar International School Nerul
  13. Rbk Global School Bhayander
  14. Rustomjee Cambridge International School
  15. Shishuvan English Medium School
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Mumbai arms supplier arrested from Ghatkopar depot

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Mumbai: Police has claimed to have arrested an arms supplier from Ghatkopar Bus Depot who had come here to supply arms to Mumbai. The Mumbai Police Ghatkopar Anti-Gang Squad received information about this. The police laid a trap and took the accused into custody and recovered two country-made pistols and four live cartridges from his possession. During the investigation, the police asked him his name and he revealed his name as Ajay Kailash, a resident of Ujjain. The police have registered a case in this matter and started the investigation. Pantnagar Police has started the investigation in this matter to find out from where the accused had brought the arms to supply arms. This action was taken by DCP Rakesh Ola on the instructions of Mumbai Police Commissioner Deven Bharti.

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Thane: Man Stabbed To Death In Dombivali Hotel After Minor Altercation

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Thane: A man was stabbed to death in Dombivali in Thane district during an altercation after he accidentally brushed against another person, a police official said on Monday.

The incident took place in a hotel in the early hours of Sunday in MIDC Phase 1 area, the Manpada police station official said.

“Akash Bhanu Singh (38) and his friends were having dinner at the hotel when he accidentally brushed against the accused, who picked up a fight. He along with some others stabbed Singh to death. Two of Singh’s friends, who tried to save him, also sustained injuries and have been hospitalised,” the official said.

Four persons were booked under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections for murder and other offences, though no arrest has been made, he said.

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‘Don’t You Know Marathi?’: Vadapav Vendor & Two Others Assaulted By Four Men Over Language Dispute In Kalyan

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Mumbai: In a troubling incident on Sunday night in Kalyan East near Chakkinaaka and Santoshnagar, a vadapav vendor and two of his companions were brutally assaulted by four men. The attack occurred after the assailants asked the vendor, “Do you know how to speak Marathi?” and began the assault when he did not respond affirmatively.

The vendor, identified as Vishnu Thapa, and his co-workers told police at the Colsewadi station that they work at a small eatery named Riddhi Bhojanalay. Around 8 pm two unknown men arrived at the shop, ate food and left. They returned shortly after and confronted Thapa with the question “Marathi ye­t nahi ka?” (“Don’t you know Marathi?”). Without waiting for a response they started beating him. He suffered serious injury to his nose in the first attack.

After the two men left, Thapa and his colleagues resumed work. Minutes later the men returned, this time bringing two others. The group of four again raised the language question and launched a fresh attack. Co-worker Madan Thapa was hit with a stone slab. Another colleague, Ali Khan, had his mobile phone smashed to the floor amid the chaos. The assailants also vandalised the shop, throwing food, utensils and trays outside.

The three victims were taken to hospital for treatment. A First Information Report has been registered at the Colsewadi police station and investigations are underway, with Police Constable Jadhav assigned to the case. Locals say the area has long been troubled by harassment of street vendors and extortion attempts; some offenders had been removed by police about 18 months ago.

The incident has raised serious concerns among workers and local vendors who feel vulnerable in the wake of such attacks. For many migrants eating and operating in the city, language and region should not become triggers for violence. City police have been urged to increase patrols in the zone and ensure protection for small street-vendors, especially during late evening hours.

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