Jadavpur University is a public state university located in Jadavpur, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It was established in 1905 as Bengal Technical Institute and was converted into Jadavpur University in 1955.
Sonia Gandhi is an Indian politician. She is the longest serving president of the Indian National Congress, a social democratic political party, which has governed India for most of its post-independence history. She took over as the party leader in 1998, seven years after the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, her husband and a former Prime Minister of India, and remained in office until 2017 after serving for twenty-two years. She returned to the post in 2019 and remained the President for another three years.
The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are Centrally Funded Business Schools for management offering undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral and executive programmes along with some additional courses in the field of business administration. The establishment of IIMs was initiated by Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of India, based on the recommendation of the Planning Commission of India.
Lucknow is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is also the second largest urban agglomeration in Uttar Pradesh. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and division. Having a population of 2.8 million as per 2011 census, it is the eleventh most populous city and the twelfth-most populous urban agglomeration of India. Lucknow has always been a multicultural city that flourished as a North Indian cultural and artistic hub, and the seat of power of Nawabs in the 18th and 19th centuries. It continues to be an important centre of governance, administration, education, commerce, aerospace, finance, pharmaceuticals, technology, design, culture, tourism, music, and poetry.
Begum Hazrat Mahal, also known as the Begum of Awadh, was the second wife of Nawab of Awadh Wajid Ali Shah, and the regent of Awadh in 1857–1858. She is known for the leading role she had in the rebellion against the British East India Company during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
Lage Raho Munna Bhai is a 2006 Indian Hindi-language satirical comedy drama film written, edited and directed by Rajkumar Hirani, who co-wrote the screenplay with Abhijat Joshi and produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. It is the follow-up to the 2003 film Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. with Sanjay Dutt and Arshad Warsi reprising their roles as Munna Bhai, a Mumbai underworld don, and his sidekick, Circuit, respectively. Vidya Balan portrays the female lead, replacing Gracy Singh from the original, while several other actors from the first film, notably Jimmy Sheirgill and Boman Irani, appear in new roles. In Lage Raho Munna Bhai, the eponymous lead character starts to see the spirit of Mahatma Gandhi. Through his interactions with Gandhi, he begins to practice what he refers to as Gandhigiri to help ordinary people solve their problems.
Dr. Jagdish Gandhi is a former Indian politician and Educationist who founded the City Montessori School with his wife Bharti Gandhi. He had served as a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from the Sikandra Rao constituency from 1969 to 1974 independently.
City Montessori School (CMS) is a co-educational English medium private school that offers education from Pre-school up to K-12 level in Lucknow, India. The school was founded in 1959 by Dr. Bharti Gandhi and Dr. Jagdish Gandhi. It is mentioned as the world's largest school by the Guinness Book of World Records which reported 55,547 students as of 2019.
City Montessori School, Gomti Nagar Branch, Lucknow is a private school that offers education up to the level of under-graduation, in Lucknow, India. CMS GN is a co-educational, English Medium institution affiliated to ICSE Board, New Delhi. The streams offered are Science and Commerce. The school has been ranked 6th in the "most respected secondary schools" in India list compiled by IMRB in 2007.
City Montessori School, Kanpur Road Branch is a private school that offers education up to the intermediate level, in Lucknow, India. It is a co-educational, English Medium institution affiliated to ICSE Board, New Delhi. The streams offered are Science, Commerce and Arts. The school has been ranked 6th in the "most respected secondary schools" in India list compiled by IMRB in 2007.School has strength of 8397students with Pre-Primary as 1120, Primary as 3398, Junior as 1941 and Senior 1938.
City Montessori School, RDSO Branch is a private school in Lucknow, India. It offers education up to the level of Class XII. It is a co-educational, English Medium institution affiliated to Indian Certificate of Secondary Education Board, New Delhi. The school has been ranked 6th in the "most respected secondary schools" in India list compiled by IMRB in 2007
International Indian School Riyadh, formerly the Embassy of India School, Riyadh is a K–12 English-medium community-based foreign school in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, run by the Indian embassy. Established in 1982 with assistance from then Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi, it was the first community-based institute in which was established to primarily serve the Indian diaspora in the country. It offers curriculum prescribed by the Central Board of Secondary Education and is approved by the Ministry of Education, Government of Saudi Arabia.
The state of Uttar Pradesh had a small tradition of learning, although it had remained mostly confined to the elite class and the religious establishment.
The legality of homeschooling in India and a plethora of alternative education schools spread over different states has been debated by educators, lawmakers, and parents since the passing of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act (RTE) which makes formal education a fundamental right of every child between the ages of 6 and 14 and specifies minimum norms for schools. While the legality of homeschooling still remains a grey area, there have been petitions by parents and alternate schools in the past for granting relief. As per the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to which India is a signatory, quote: "Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children."
Gopaldas Ambaidas Desai (1887–1951) also called Darbar Gopaldas Desai was a prince who ascended the throne of the State of Dhasa in Saurashtra and a noted Gandhian political and social activist. He is remembered as the first prince in India who gave up his principality to become a freedom fighter against the British Raj.
The Hok Kolorob Movement or the 2014 Jadavpur University student protest, was a four-month long series of protests by the students of Jadavpur University in Kolkata, India that began on 3 September 2014. The term "Hok Kolorob" was originally the title of a song by Bangladeshi singer Arnob and began to be used as a hashtag on Facebook.
City Montessori School, Rajajipuram Branch, Lucknow is a private school that offers education up to the level of under-graduation, in Lucknow, India. CMS Rajajipuram Campus 1 is a co-educational, English Medium institution affiliated to ICSE Board, New Delhi. The chain of schools was established by Dr. Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Mrs. Bharti Gandhi. The school houses many contemporary facilities, including a fully functional physics, chemistry, biology, computer and biotechnology laboratory. For extra-curricular activities, City Montessori School provides facilities like swimming pool, basketball court, auditorium and tennis court for students.
