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Mrs. Ira Khanna, Principal of DAV Public School, Kailash Hills, is an alumnus of Lady Irwin School, Miranda House and Central Institute of Education, New Delhi. She possesses a Master’s degree in English Literature and has been teaching since 1978.
In her student days, she won many awards for singing, dramatics, debating, declamation, recitation and story telling.
She joined the DAV organization in 1980 as a teacher of English at Hansraj Model School Punjabi Bagh and has been a part of DAV Kailash Hills family since 1994. She won the 'Outstanding Teacher' award year after year for cent-percent quality result of her students in the CBSE class XII Exams. Her leadership and organizational abilities reshaped the co-curricular programme of the school.
She has won awards and accolades from various organizations for her contribution to environmental and social issues, promotion of literacy, value based education, health and women and child issues. The Delhi Nideshalaya Pariwar Kalyan Kendra recognized her efforts in carrying out pulse polio campaign. The Rotary Club bestowed the Outstanding Vocational Award for Excellence in the field of Education upon her in 2007. Avantika, an NGO honoured her with a State level Award in 2007 and a National level Award in 2008.
She writes meaningful articles for school children in the “Teachers' Speak” and 'Principal's Pen' columns of NIE. She is widely traveled all over the world and has visited schools in Korea, Japan, Singapore, Australia, Europe and the US. She has made a comparative study on educational policies practiced in various countries and has promoted the Indian methodology of teaching abroad.
Being a staunch aryasamajist, she believes that it is only moral education based on Vedic values which can give “roots” and a world class academic curriculum which can give “wings” to the children of our country. |
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