Dr. P. Mohan Chandar
B.B.A, M.B.A., Ph D
Founder
Dr. Mohan finished his MBA in 1989 and has a Ph.D. in Primary Education.
Dr. Mohan always wanted teaching and technology to go hand-in-hand, which made him introduce cutting-edge technologies in his school, like ultra-short-throw projectors, visualizers, and interactive panel boards inside every classroom.
His vision has always been to strive for excellence, and the rest will follow. Excellent board result was never the focus but was merely the outcome of the broad spectrum of strategies and best practices implemented in the school.
The journey has been long and fulfilling, starting with just two students in 1987 to over 4500 students today. These 34 years of our school have touched the lives of children from all walks of life. And now, we move ahead and are spreading our wings into the international curriculum to pave way for our learners to carve a niche at global levels.
All this has become possible because of a simple philosophy that Mr. Mohan exercises in his life – “Happiness is a boomerang. Give it in ample to people around you, and it comes back in abundance”. He owes his success to his family (immediate and extended), the faculties of the school who created miracles every day in every way.
Dr. Mohan is also involved in initiatives and businesses in Construction, Agriculture, and Restaurant domain. He and his team have created a “Young Entrepreneur Program” where young students participate and learn about entrepreneurship. Here, Dr. Mohan shares his experiences as an entrepreneur to help students develop their entrepreneurship skills.
Mrs. Uma Chandar completed her B.E. in 1997. She started her career as a software engineer but turned to teaching out of passion. She believes that to be a good teacher one requires an inquiring mind and a supportive team. At the age of 30, as a mother of two, Uma decided to become a teacher, though she believes as a parent she was already a teacher, and regularly quotes Claudio Jones’s book titled “Parents are teachers too!”. And, now for the past 15 years, she has not only become a successful teacher but has helped other teachers realize their dream.
She has always believed a systematic and scientific approach to teaching and learning process is the key to a successful teacher and student engagement. The paradigm has to be shifted from teacher-centric to learner-centric. Keeping this in mind Uma designed a curriculum that prepares the learner for the 21st Century, which meant the learning has to be active, differentiated, and collaborative.
For her, the objective has always been to create a positive learning environment that allows all learners with varied dispositions to thrive. She and her team regularly attempt to understand, analyze and devise strategies to make learners engaged in tasks assigned. She believes that today’s classrooms are bustling with students sharing and participating actively, thus are already building on their knowledge and skills and at the same time making merry. This as per her is just the way it should be.
Mrs. Uma Mohan Chandar
Secretary
Dr. Geetha
Academic Director
Mrs. Geetha started her career with National Model School, as a Nursery teacher in the year 1996 with Under Graduation in Biochemistry and Education and Post Graduation in Public Administration. She started teaching Primary students in 1999. She was escalated to the position of Coordinator followed by Chief Coordinator for KG and Primary in 2001.
Upon the founding of National Model Senior Secondary School, she accepted the role of principal and under her leadership, the school has increased the student strength from 100 to 1400 and staff strength from 15 to 100. She also empowered herself with an M.Ed and M.Phil in Education in 2012.
With the rich experience that she has gained in the past 25 years and with a Doctoral degree in Education, she takes up as the Academic Director at The Origami Concept School to delve into the International Curriculum to raise lifelong learners in an inspiring child-friendly ambiance.