DP Students Plant a New Seed: Tree Growing
Congratulations to our 38 IB Diploma students of 2016!
Well done on your exceptional performance in the DP examinations, and your 100% university placements. We wish you all the best and hope that you take The Academies' mission for leadership, service and stewardship into your future.
Meet the Faculty
Leadership Team |
|
Head of Academy | Dr Jonathan Long |
Deputy Head of the Academy, Pastoral Care | Jeffrey Anthony Doerfler |
PA to Head of Academy | Vaishali Purohit |
Principal, Senior School | Koel Ray |
Principal, Junior School | Sreelatha Kumar |
Dean of Academics | Neeraja Nibhanupudi |
Dean of Students | Suresh Madhavan |
Head of Finance | Mukul Vashishatha |
Dean of Experiential Learning |
Vlad Gogelescu |
|
|
Admissions |
|
Dean of Admissions | Arjun Puri |
Manager, Admissions | Pramoditha Jamalpur |
Admissions cum Events Officer | Zareen Hashmi |
Senior School Faculty |
|
Principal, Senior School | Koel Ray |
PA to Senior School Principal | Deepa Hitange |
Assistant to Dean of Students-cum-Student Life Coordinator | Nilesh Talaulicar |
Coordinators/Counsellors/SEN/Fellows | |
Academic Development Coordinator | Joanne Gogelescu |
Diploma Programme Coordinator | Sudipta Roy |
Associate Diploma Programme Coordinator | Dr Sujana Veeramachaneni |
Theory of Knowledge Coordinator | Sudeep Ghosh |
Creativity, Activity, Service Coordinator | Venkat Reddy |
Middle Years Programme (MYP) Coordinator | Meenakshi Joshi |
Head of Middle Years | Rajesh Kayiprath |
MYP Personal Project Coordinator | Chandrabhan Yadav |
TPP - Coordinator, Internship & Leadership | Pratibha Thimmaraya |
University Counsellor | Pragati Pandey |
Inclusive Education Coordinator (SEN) | Namrata Bhushan |
Extended Essay Coordinator | Vlad Gogelescu |
Creativity, Activity, Service Coordinator (CAS) | Venkat Reddy |
Science | |
Biology & Environmental Systems and Societies | Vinay Singh |
Environmental Systems & Societies / Integrated Sciences | Pratibha Thimmaraya |
Chemistry | Dr. SureshKumar Manthiriyappan |
Chemistry | Megha Saban |
Physics | Sudipta Kumar Roy |
Physics | Suhel Vakkal |
Physics | Sathish Gadarla |
Senior Lab Technician | Giribabu Kuna |
Lab Technician | Sudhakar Konapala |
Lab Technician | Smriti Mandal |
English | |
HOD, English | Gopika Jadeja |
English / ToK | Sudeep Ghosh |
English / ToK | Chandreyee Das Gupta |
English / MUN Coordinator | Saloni Chesney |
Mathematics | |
HOD, Mathematics | Tarun Seth |
Dean of Studies, Mathematics & ToK | Neeraja Nibhanupudi |
Mathematics Teacher Coach | Vani Vishwanath |
Mathematics | Subhashini Chandra |
Mathematics and MYP Personal Project Coordinator | Chandrabhan Yadav |
Mathematics | Santhosh Reddy |
Mathematics | Krishnendu Saha |
Mathematics | Usha Shivakumar |
Expressive Arts | |
HOD, Arts | Nandakumar P. K. |
Visual Arts | Meenakshi Joshi |
Visual Arts | Visweswara Rao Brahmanapalli |
Music | Chin-Yen Huang |
Theatre - Arts | Dr Chandrasekhar Indla |
Theatre - Arts | Subesh Poddar |
Languages | |
HOD, Hindi / Senior Tutor | Dr Karuna Arya |
Hindi / CAS Coordinator | Venkat Reddy |
Hindi | Dr Sunita Ghosh |
Hindi | Radhika Tiwari |
Hindi | Neetu Reddy |
Hindi | Dr Chandrakant Shinde |
Hindi | Sushmita Banerjee |
Telugu | Sai Krishna Ranga |
HOD, Foreign Languages | Manisha Deshbandhu |
French | Mopuru Raghu Rami Reddy |
Dari / Persian | Ahmed Ferozi |
Humanities (I&S) | |
HOD, Economics / ToK | Gaura Joshi |
Economics & MYP Coordinator | Rajesh Kayiprath |
Economics and Business Studies | Rahul Menon R |
MYP – I and S / History | Ritu Seth |
Global Politics / Extended Essay Coordinator | Vlad Gogelescu |
Geography | Joanne Gogelescu |
History/ToK | Koel Ray |
Individual & Societies | Aarushi Dutt |
Individuals & Societies / History | Sarmishtha Adhya |
Humanities | Afeera Maryam |
Economics/Humanities |
Suresh Madhavan |
ITGS & Design | |
Acting HOD | Koel Ray |
Design & Computer Science | Mehabunnisa |
ICT / ITGS | Surya Prakash Vemparala |
Design & Data Management | Veni Veeramachaneni |
Physical Education | |
HOD, Physical Education | Srungarapati Ravi Kumar |
Physical Education | Ramesh Kumar Kaliraman |
Swimming Assistant | Seena Remadevi |
Library |
|
Head Librarian | Madhu Bhargava |
Librarian, Senior School | Shakeel Ahmed Khan |
Librarian, Junior School | Veena Bhat |
Learning Enrichment Team |
|
HOD Learning Enrichment / English as an Additional Language (EAL) / Special Educational Needs (SEN), Gifted & Talented (G&T) | Susan Long |
SEN |
Namrata Bhushan |
EAL/SEN |
Morag Kallepu |
EAL |
Rema Vishwanath |
EAL |
Elizabeth Holden Eckel |
EAL |
Aarushi Dutt |
Learning Enrichment |
Faridah Lakhani |
Academic Support |
Amanda Khongwir |
Junior School Faculty |
|
Principal, Junior School | Sreelatha Kumar |
PA to Junior School Principal | Shabana Awadiya |
Primary Years Programme (PYP) Coordinator | Abhimanyu Das Gupta |
Teachers | |
Day Care | Shwetha Emandi |
Grade 1A Home Room | Rhitesha Paul |
Grade 1A Co-Teacher | Neetu Chennuri |
Grade 1K Home Room | Madhulita Patnaik |
Grade 1K Co-Teacher | Simran Sinha |
Grade 2A Home Room | Mitu Sharma |
Grade 2A Co-Teacher | Laila Narsingani |
Grade 2K Home Room | Chetna Sharma |
Grade 2K Co-Teacher | Swati Kansal |
Grade 3A Home Room | Anjum Budhwani |
Grade 3K Home Room | Disha Kerkar |
Grade 4A Home Room | Lavanya Pavan Vadavalli |
Grade 4K Home Room | Vidhya Pallath |
Grade 5A Home Room | Sanjana Amarnani |
Grade 5K Home Room | Sheila D'Souza |
Hindi | Sushmita Banerjee |
Hindi | Meena Uniyal |
Telugu | Kasthuri Varanasi |
Telugu | Deepika Aluvala |
Visual Art | Florence James |
Music | December Lynn |
Physical Education | Vajravani Polavarapu |
Ali Nilgiriwala - racing champion and journalist in the making
At the FIRST Lego League robotics challenge held in Bangalore in February 2017, the Aga Khan Academy’s team Queso won the Best Project award. Ali, the assistant coach for team Queso, was moved by his team’s hard work and determination. Ali was also the assistant coach for team Maverick as well, and both his teams scored very well. “We were happy that we got a mentor like Ali,” says Alyque Farishta, captain of team Queso. “He is fun, intelligent and also extremely supportive.”
Ali wants to go on to race professionally, but his ambitions don’t end at the chequered flag. His greater ambition is to own a GT3 racing team. “Team management or ownership is the path to stay involved in the industry long term,” he says.