Birla int’l school now in Lucknow
LUCKNOW: Yash Birla, the founder/chairman of Birla Edutech Limited (BEL), announced the opening of Birla Open Minds International School in Lucknow on Monday. He said the school was an initiative of BEL that will focus on providing world-class education to nurture India’s tomorrow.
“The Yash Birla Group Company has embarked on a journey to revolutionise education in India. It promises to build a uniting culture, provide rich education, develop support (for) educational solutions and develop a strong sense of community, nurturing sensitivity towards society, economy and environment,” he said at a press meet.
His son, Nirvaan Birla, said the Birla family had a legacy of nation-building and understood the importance of a high quality education system. He said, “We will try to address the stress and anxiety factor of students.” Birla Open Minds International School is situated on Faizabad Road here. Admission is open for students from nursery to class 5.
Nirvaan Birla said while technology will be put to use for effective teaching and learning exercises, teachers will continue to stay on centre stage. The parents will have easy access to monitoring the progress of their students with the help of technology, he said. In conversation with Gaurav Prakash, co chairman, UP chapter, PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Yash Birla and his son Nirvaan Birla shared their journey about building their company from strength to strength. Masoodul Haq, the chairman of Lucknow School, said they wished to open more such schools all over UP. Principal Diya Badgel spoke about how the school aimed to revolutionise education in Lucknow. She said Lucknow was a progressive city and hence they came to the state capital to impart education to students of the new generation.