A post graduate in Economics from Punjab University, Chandigarh, Mr. Pathak has been a member of Indian Administrative Services (IAS). He served in the state of Uttar Pradesh after having spent 6 years in the Indian Army and seen action in East Bengal, now known as Bangladesh. During his tenure with the IAS, Mr. Pathak chaired various ventures ranging from power distribution, dairies and milk products, urban housing, rural development, industrial development, social forestry, anti-poverty programmes, rural education to electronics, hotels and hospitality. Passionate about education, Mr. Pathak has promoted new ventures, schools thus addressing schooling and employment and livelihood related issues bringing about paradigm shift in these areas.


FOUNDER & MENTOR

• Mr. Pathak is the founder and mentor of Principal’s Forum, a web collaboration for working Principals. He is also the Founder & Chairman of SelaQui International School and SelaQui Academy of Higher Education a new initiative in the field of Higher Education that includes, Engineering, Management, Law and Educational research and training .
• He is also the Founder of Town Schools Education Initiatives. Town Schools has been authorized by the Government of India as a VTP, Vocational Training Provider in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Uttrakhand. Its first VTP in UP started to function from December 2008 .
• He founded and mentored TeacherSity, a complete school services institution with focus on

IMPROVING STUDENT LEARNING
TeacherSity is also India’s first private sector initiative in providing in-service professionals development opportunity to teachers teaching in CBSE and ICSE schools. 3,500 teachers from across the country were trained in a five day residential format during the year 2009. More than 100 Principals from leading CBSE schools, Kendriya Vidyalayas, Sainik Schools, Army Schools and others participated in school leadership training. • Above all he is, Founder and Chairman of the DPSG Society MEMBER Mr. Pathak is also a Member of the Board of: • La Martiniere Colleges, Lucknow • Colvin College, Lucknow.

Mr. Anshul Pathak is the Vice Chairman & Treasurer of the Delhi Public School Ghaziabad Society (DPSGS) that currently manages 15 schools in the district of Ghaziabad, Gurgaon, DehraDun & Damoh.
Prior moving back to India in 2007, Mr. Pathak worked as a Treasurer with Citigroup mostly in New York & Singapore for more than 11 years. He has also held various Treasury and Finance positions and worked in the financial sectors of other countries such as Australia, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, Canada & the United States.
He is on the Board of Trustees of The Gurukul Trust, which operates the SelaQui International School in Dehradun, INDIA, one of the top performing ‘fully residential schools’ in the country. He is also the co-founder of TeacherSITY, an institution working in the area of improving the Quality of Teacher Education & Teacher Training in India. He is also the co-founder and Managing Director of Town Schools Education Initiatives (TSEI), an organization focussed in the area of School Services and Training & Skill Development. Over the last 5 years, TSEI has trained and placed more than 25,000 rural youth pan India.
He has Bachelors in Engineering from Manipal University and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC), USA.
He is a member of the FICCI National Skills Committee and a member of ASSOCHAM Expert Committee on Education. He is a member of the Skills and Education committee of CII Northern Region.

Mrs. Niharika Pathak is a graduate from Punjab University has been a keen social entrepreneur. She is a member of the governing body of DPS Ghaziabad society and has been active in the field of education. She has also been closely involved in the setting up of DPS Disha, a school for the socially and economically disadvantaged children living in slums. She is also a trustee on the board of The Gurukul Trust and was actively involved in designing the pastoral program at the school. She was invited by International Baccalaureate Organization, Geneva to attend their annual conference.

Amardeep Singh is a graduate from School of Planning and Architecture at Delhi and has 24 years of experience as a consulting Architect. His work has been documented by the media, both print and electronic and has been celebrated for its unique yet unobtrusive character wherein the Architecture sits in harmony with its context.

He is registered with the Council of Architecture, a member of the Indian Institute of Architects, the Indian Institute of Interior Designers and the DPSG Society, a founder member of the Laxmibai Schools Society and a member of Business Networks International where he is the Chapter Director.

Mr Rakesh Kumar Agarwal, completed his is B.Com (Hons.) from the University of Delhi-1995 after having finished his schooling at The Scindia School, Gwalior.

He cleared the ICWA Inter-1997 with a laudable 6th rank All India and has also cleared the C.S Inter- 1997. He is a Fellow Member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India-2003, he was the Associate Member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India-1997.

Mr. Rupinder Singh Suri, an alumnus of St Stephens College, Delhi University , Mr. Rupinder Sigh Suri became the Senior Advocate designated by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in 2009. He has held various key positions in the legal arena such as-

• President, Supreme Court Advocate-On-Record Association (2004-2006)
• Hon. Secretary, Supreme Court Bar Association [1997-98]
• Vice President, Supreme Court Bar Association [1999-2000].
• Presently he is the Secretary General, INSOL India and is an active member of International Bar Association.

Cdr. Ajit Wasu , holds a masters degree in mathematics and is presently running an export house by the name M/s. M.M Exports (India) at Faridabad. After serving the Indian Navy for twenty years, he joined the Shipping Corporation of India.

After retirement from SCI he joined his family business of textile and garment export. He is the Chairman of Environment Panel, Faridabad Industries Association. He is also the President of Haryana Environmental Management Society, which has membership of all industries in Haryana and is engaged in handling, treatment and disposal of hazardous waste of industries in Haryana.

Major General Basant Singh is a veteran of the Indian Army. He is an alumnus of National Defense College, New Delhi; War College, MHOW and Defense Services Staff College, Wellington. He has held many coveted and senior positions in the Indian Army.

He was awarded Ati Vishest Sewa Medal for recognition of his services to the Indian Army and the Country, in particular as Divisional Commander, Chief of Staff and Deputy Quarter Master General. He was also awarded Yudh Sewa Medal for recognition of his bravery while commanding a unit, as part of Indian Peace Keeping Force, in Sri Lanka. He is presently the Vice Chairman and CEO Campus of SelaQui International School and SelaQui Institute of Technology and Management, Dehra Dun and member of the Governing Body of the two institutions.

AJIT YADAV, an accomplished corporate professional and holds nearly thirty years of rich and diverse experience having held senior positions in reputed corporates . Ajit currently works as President & Group General Counsel of Vedanta Resources. In his glorious career he has done significant work in critical areas of corporate law in domestic and international businesses; he has played key role in the running of large and reputed businesses as part of the Management Teams of above corporates. Mr. Ajit Yadav has worked with Govt of India in the coveted IAS ( Allied) Services for a short period. Ajit is an active member of trade and industry forums like CII, FICCI and Assocham and is a frequent speaker in several forums and electronic media on issues of relevance to the corporate world.

Degrees and Advanced Training:

• Bachelors Degrees – Agra University, Agra.
• Masters Degree in Drawing & Painting - Agra University, Agra.
• B.Ed. From M.D. University, Rohtak and
• Educational leadership Programme - CEMD, Delhi

He had Joined Delhi Public School Ghaziabad on 1st July, 1989 as a teacher and taught for 19 yrs in the same school. During this period he worked at different positions as H.O.D. and Head of Examination Dept.
From 2000 to 2008 he has worked as Headmaster Activities at DPS Ghaziabad. Along with this additional responsibility he continued teaching the senior classes. In the year 2008 Mr. Sharma was inducted in the DPSG Society as Chief Administrative Officer and with this responsibility his job profile got completely changed. He have been working very closely with all the Principals of the society’s schools and extending my full support in all administrative functions for running their schools smoothly. Mr. Sharma decades long association with the school and society and was elevated to the position of Joint Secretary of the DPSG Society. From 2014 onwards He has been working as C.A.O.& Joint Secretary of the Society.

An accomplished educationist with a career spanning twenty four years, Mrs. Jyoti Gupta, Principal – Delhi Public School Ghaziabad, brims with creative vivacity and a tireless zeal.

Joining Delhi Public School Ghaziabad, in July 2011, Mrs. Gupta took the reins in her hands to propel the school towards greater heights and traverse unchartered territories. Many new activities and programmes have been introduced in literary, cultural, co-scholastic spheres. Under her able leadership the school has been as the ranked No. 1 school in Ghaziabad for four consecutive years.

Mrs. Gupta is of the firm belief that globalization demands an expansion of one’s boundaries to assimilate the best that the world offers. To address the same, she actively promotes international exchange programmes. She was recently invited by the Australian High commission to join a team of leading academicians who visited Australia to gain insight into the Australian education system.

Mrs. Gupta was also invited to visit top Canadian Universities to observe the academic environment and cultural ethos of the top educational institutions, explore admission opportunities for children under her tutelage and secure berths for them. The school was able to procure 4 dedicated scholarships. Simon Fraser University and University of Alberta have pledged to give 100% scholarships to our students.

Recently, Mrs. Gupta was granted a scholarship by the British Council to do a research project at Melsham Oak Community School, in UK as part of the UKIERI schools linking programme.

Mrs. Gupta has been conferred upon with the Dr Radhakrishnan National Award for Teachers and the Delhi State Teachers Award for the meritorious service to the cause of education.

Mrs. Gupta is the proud recipient of National Award to Teachers, 2012 by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.

Education as envisioned by Ms. Gupta is the right blend of academic acumen and creative effervescence. Her passion for excellence and her all encompassing vision has imbued the students and teachers alike to reach for the skies.