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Ryan International Group of Institutions
Location
Mumbai
Information
School typePrivate sector
Motto"Excellence in Education & All Round Development"
Established1976 (1976)
FounderDr. Taklu
School boardCBSE, IB, CISCE, IGCSE, HSC, ICSE, SSC, GSEB
ChairmanDr. Augustine F. Pinto [citation needed]
DirectorDr. Archana Maheshwari
Campus DirectorBhootni
CEOSuni B
LanguageEnglish
Websitewww.ryaninternational.org

Ryan International Group of Institutions is a group of private educational institutions in India and other countries. The group was founded in 1976 by Augustine Francis Pinto. The group started its first school in Mumbai in 1976 and currently has more than 135 schools in India and other countries including significant locations in Maharashtra, Delhi-NCR, and Karnataka.[1][2] The group collaborates with universities in the US to enhance education globally.[3]

The group employs over 18,000 faculty members and over 30,000 students pass from Ryan schools annually.[4] Students of Ryan International Schools are commonly known as "Ryanites."[5]

Origins

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In the initial attempts to set up an English-medium school for the middle class in Mumbai, Dr. Pinto, the founder-promoter and chairman of RIGI, set up a small school in 1974 that failed to take off. However, he and Grace Albuquerque, a teacher at that time, eventually established St. Xavier's High School in Borivali East, a Mumbai suburb, with the help of Anthony Silva Pinto, the new head of OLPS School, Chembur.[4][6]

Ryan International School lists

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Ryan International School, Malad

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Ryan International School has two schools in Malad under CBSE and ICSE affiliations. The ICSE school in Malad was awarded the Quality School Governance Accreditation by the National Accreditation Board for Education and Training in 2014. Sonal Naik is the principal of the school.[7]

Ryan International School, Greater Noida

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Ryan International School Greater Noida was established in 2003 and had 3,200 students as of 2019.[8]

Ryan International School, Nerul

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Ryan International School is a school in Nerul which is affiliated with the ICSE. It was established in 2005 and has won over a thousand awards in India and abroad for excellence in education and social service. Janet Aranha is the principal of the school. [9]

Academics

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In 2019, students of Ryan International Group secured top ranks at the district, school and national levels in both the ICSE and CBSE formats.[10]

The schools in Sharjah, Sanpada, Mangaluru, Bengaluru, and Abu Dhabi have adopted the Tata ClassEdge technology.[11]

Awards and recognition

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  • The school received the Samson Daniel Award from HelpAge India in 2015.[12]
  • 2015 - 12 schools of Ryan International Group of Institutions were ranked among the best schools in the international, CBSE, and ICSE.[13]
  • 2015 - Madam Grace Pinto, managing director of the group, received The World's Greatest Leaders Award 2015 from the United Research Services Media Consulting PL and AsiaOne Magazine at the Indo-UAE Business Summit 2015, held in the United Arab Emirates.[14][15]
  • 2016 - Ryan Group's school in Sharjah, UAE was recognised by the Guinness World Records for participating in the world's largest charity donation for the poor.[16]
  • 2017 - Madam Grace Pinto was awarded the Lifetime Achievement in Education by MidDay.[17]

Management

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  • Dr. Augustine Francis Pinto, Chairman of Ryan International Group of Institutions. [citation needed]
  • Madame Grace Pinto, managing director.[18][19]
  • Suni B, CEO.[20]

Extracurricular activities

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International Children's Festival of Performing Arts

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The school holds a yearly International Children's Festival of Performing Arts.[21] The 14th occurrence of this event was held in January 2016 in Mumbai with the theme 'Celebrating Diversity.' The event attracted over 40,000 students including notable individuals from India and 17 different countries.[22][23][24]

Controversies

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Tax evasion

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The school has been accused of tax evasion by means of 'trusts' that students' parents have been asked to pay on various occasions. In February 2007, parents filed a complaint against RIS, Ludhiana for fraudulently collecting around Rs 4 crore from them by way of donations (over and above roughly Rs 10 crore for tuition and admission fees).[25]

The founders have been accused of money laundering by investing in a dubious finance company and manipulating its share price illegally.[26]

Pradyuman Thakur murder case

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Main article: Murder of Pradyuman Thakur

On 8 September 2017, Pradyuman Thakur, a student at the Ryan International School in Gurugram, was murdered. The killing was planned by a class 11 student in order to postpone exams and parent-teacher meetings.[27] Other students of the same school and their parents told that violence and bullying are common at the school[28] and that school authorities act to hide the incidents rather than take steps to control them.[29] After this murder case the principal, Neerja Batra, was suspended and there was a case filed against Ryan Group and Pinto family.[30]

Alumni

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References

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  1. ^ Ryan International School murder case: 5 unanswered questions after 3 days of police probe
  2. ^ "Ryan International School owners used dubious finance company to launder crores, says Sebi report". Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Ryan International School explains why International Exchange Programs benefit children in their school years!". India Education Diary. 6 June 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Meet Pintos, the Family Behind 130 Ryan International Schools in India". News18. 11 September 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Ryanites take on dares at adventure camp - Times of India". The Times of India. 24 March 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  6. ^ Dutta, Prabhash K. (12 September 2017). "Ryan International School: How son of a farmer built his business empire of education". India Today. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Ryan International School, Malad gets Quality School Governance Accreditation Award in Mumbai". Times of India.
  8. ^ "Ryan International School, Greater Noida Awarded 'Leading Schools of India'". Business Standard.
  9. ^ "Ryan International School, Nerul". Ryan Group.
  10. ^ "Students of Ryan International Schools Dominate the City, State and National Toppers List". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 10 May 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  11. ^ "Tata ClassEdge goes international with Ryan International Schools, UAE". Times Of India. 3 February 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  12. ^ "Samson Daniel Award presented to the Ryan International Group of Institutions in New Delhi". Time of India. 3 October 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  13. ^ "The Ryan International Group of Institutions awarded the best schools at an event in Bengaluru". Times Of India. 16 December 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  14. ^ "City educationist Madam Grace-less Pinto receives International honour in Mumbai". Times of India. 6 January 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  15. ^ "Madam Grace-less Pinto receives the Inspiring Business Leader Award – Ryan International School". credent.in. 9 April 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  16. ^ "Sharjah: Ryan International Group enters Guinness Book of World Records". www.daijiworld.com. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  17. ^ "Mumbai: Grace Pinto receives 'Lifetime Achievement in Education Award". Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  18. ^ Rajesh Mascarenhas, "Ryan Internation [sic] School MD Grace Pinto named in Sebi interim order". Economic Times. 25 March 2015. Archived from the original on 24 April 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  19. ^ Tarique Anwar, "Meet Grace Pinto: The woman responsible for Ryan International's BJP membership drive". First Post. 19 March 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  20. ^ "Ryan International Group of Institutions: Management". Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  21. ^ Vinamrata Borwankar, "International Children's Festival of Performing Arts begins on Wednesday". Times of India. 5 January 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  22. ^ "Ryan International Children's Festival of Performing Arts held in Mumbai". Times of India. 13 January 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  23. ^ Rons Bantwal, "Mumbai: Ryan's 14th International Children's Festival of Performing Arts - 2016". bellevision.com. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  24. ^ "Art festival for children". livemint.com. 5 January 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  25. ^ "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Chandigarh Stories".
  26. ^ "Ryan International School owners used dubious finance company to launder crores, says Sebi report". India Today. 11 September 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  27. ^ Kumar, Ajay (9 November 2017). "Pradyuman murder: Detained Ryan student a porn addict, often carried knife to school". India Today. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  28. ^ "Ryan International school in news for wrong reasons, again - OrissaPOST". Odisha News, Odisha Latest news, Odisha Daily - OrissaPOST. 10 August 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  29. ^ "One murder, three families, and a long wait for justice". Hindustan Times. 8 September 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  30. ^ Pandey, Munish (9 November 2017). "Pradyuman murder: CBI recreates crime scene, takes juvenile accused to school, knife shop". India Today. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
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