H.P. BUDHIA Founder Chairman Having sown the seeds of the Patton conglomerate, Mr. Budhia is well versed with the regular hard work, single minded commitment to excellence that makes an organisation tick. Beyond his professional expertise, lie his human values – he is a great humanitarian dedicated to the welfare of society. He founded the S.K.D. Budhia Girls High School and B.L. Budhia Memorial Girls High School in Rajasthan. Swarnim International School is the latest offering from the Chairman of the Heritage Business School of Kolkata.

PROBIR ROY Mr. Probir Roy is former Sheriff of Kolkata. Born in the Roy family of Behala, there are eight roads named after his ancestors in the area. He is former President of Calcutta Club. Fellow of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers and Indian Chemical Society, he did his engineering from London University and MBA from Leeds. He served on the Board of several Public and Private sector industries for the last 35 years and is involved in managing education for the last 18 years.

SANJAY BUDHIA Principal Advisor Sanjay Budhia is the Managing Director of Patton Group and Honorary Consul for the Government of Malaysia. He is a member of Samsad of Visva-Bharati University and serves on the Advisory Board of Calcutta Business School.Chairman of CII's National Committee on International Trade Policy & Exports, National Council Member of AIMA,Chairman of the World Presidents' Organization Kolkata Chapter, Mr Budhia is also a Patron of the Dover Lane Music Conference.

PRADIP AGARWAL Patron Mr. Agarwal is an honors graduate in Commerce from Calcutta University, CA inter and a certificate holder in Accelerated Development Program of Wharton, Pennsylvania University and is currently the CEO of the Heritage Group of Institutions, Kolkata run by Kalyan Bharti Trust. He is also a Life Member of Calcutta Management Association, The Indian Science Congress Association, Operational Research Society of India. He is also associated with various educational committees of Chamber of Commerce like CII , BCCI etc.

SWATI SARAWAGI Resident Director Swati Sarawagi has been involved in the field of education for over 11 years as a teacher in both Singapore and India. A member of the Dr. Ambedkar Memorial School, an NGO, she continually contributes to the field of education. An M.A. in Psychology and Bachelors and Masters in Education Australia and is an alumnus of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She is the Territory Head, Kolkata of the Early Childhood Association (India) and the Association for Early Childhood Educators (Singapore). She is on the Executive Committee of Icanflyy, an institute for Special Needs. She is a member of the Managing Committee of The Heritage School, Kolkata. She is on the Board of Swapnopuran, an NGO involved in the education of the marginalised children in Sunderbans area.

RUMJHUMI BISWAS Principal An economics, education and sociology postgraduate, Rumjhumi Biswas, brings with her 25 years of experience in teaching children and mentoring teachers. Ms. Biswas has led Swarnim International School to be accredited with the International School Award 2018-21 by the British Council in the 2 nd year of its inception and also for the period 2022-25. She has been a Cambridge English Language Speaking Examiner for 20 years and has completed the professional development program on Multiple Intelligences from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Ms. Biswas is a 4 time Centa Teaching Professionals Olympiad winner and has also won the prestigious Reliance Foundation Teacher Award. She has been awarded the Certificate of Teaching Excellence by University of Buckingham, UK. As a passionate teacher and a lifelong learner she aspires to translate her varied experience to make a difference in the world of children's education with a paradigm shift from teaching to learning. Ms. Biswas firmly believes that children learn best when they are happy; and they are happy when the environment is learner centric.

MINU BUDHIA Minu Budhia is the founder director, Psychotherapist - Counselor at Caring Minds-A Psychological & Cognitive Wellness Centre. A Cognitive Behavioural Therapist (London), she has pursued studies on Child Brain Development from Philadelphia. A Member of the British Psychological Society ; American Psychological Association; IASE (International Association of Special Education); and CHADD (Children & Adults with Hyperactivity/ Attention Deficit Disorder), she will be the principal advisor for the special needs children in the school.

Rajeev Agarwal Rajeev Agarwal is an ICCC Certified Career Coach, pursued his Mechanical Engineering from Manipal Institute of Technology and also MBA from MDI, Gurgaon. With a long experience in the business of plywood manufacturing for the past 23 years. Mr. Rajeev is well aware of the need and importance of Financial Integrity and would like to educate the young generation on the same.

AMITABH MOHAN A leading Psychologist, popular Trainer, HRD Consultant and Managing Director of HLS India with more than 25 years of experience is the Principal Advisor to the School. Being associated with more than 600 institutions, he inspires, informs, trains and counsels people and is committed to plan and implement fool-proof administrative and pedagogical systems to make 'The Swarnim International School' a model institution in the country.

DR. DEBIPRASAD DUARI DR. DEBIPRASAD DUARI is the former Director, Research & Academic of M. P. Birla Institute of Fundamental Research M. P. Birla Planetarium, Kolkata and Honorary Faculty, Physics Department, Presidency College.

He did his B.Sc. & M.Sc. in Physics from Jadavpur University and Ph.D from Inter University Centre for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Pune. He was a Post Doctoral Fellow of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. He was associated with a number of distinguished academic institutions including Institute for Advanced Studies, Iran, University of Cambridge, U. K., and Manchester Institute of Science & Technology, U. K. He is a fellow of Royal Astronomical Society and a member of International Astronomical Union.

He is on the Board of prominent schools of Kolkata like Modern High School, Contai Public School, MCKV Howrah; and a Member of the Planning and Programming Committee of BITM, NCSM GOI amongst many others reputed organisations.

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