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Fountainhead Schools Chain Across India

Via: Education in India: A couple of entrepreneurs set out to build a school chain venture in India

A few days ago I received a mail from Vardan Kabra and Arvind Kumar, both of whom have just graduated from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. They have started Fountainhead Schools, an entrepreneurial venture that will set up and run a school with the eventual goal of building a chain of schools across the country. They are in the process of finalising their business plan, raising finances for their venture and identifying the location of their first school.

According to Vardan and Arvind,

There is an enormous demand-supply gap for schools that can provide high quality education vis-a-vis the unimaginative and poor-quality education offered by the majority of existing Indian schools. The Fountainhead vision is to open a chain of innovative high quality schools throughout India that will bridge this gap.
Fountainhead schools is the dream of two final year students of IIM, Ahmedabad. The genesis of this dream is a strong entrepreneurial urge coupled with the desire to make a significant contribution to the schooling sectors in India.

The concept of Fountainhead is built around the five pillars of

* Child-centric innovations

* Pedagogical innovations

* Methods to maximize parental involvement

* Teacher-centric management innovations, and

* Infrastructural enhancers of the learning process

* This unique concept with the professional managerial capabilities of the team will be the key differentiators of the school.

It is heartening to hear of Vardan and Arvind's decision to get into the area of education, which badly needs a fresh infusion of ideas and managerial talent.
For more details about their venture, please contact
Vardan : vardan.kabra @ fountainheadschools.org
and
Arvind: arvind.kumar @ fountainheadschools.org