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Mrs. Manjula Ponda:
The flow of Education.... |
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Mrs. Manjula Ponda is an eminent name in the field of Education
in the city of Bhopal. When India was going through the phase of
dependence, illiteracy & women exploitation, at that time in the
small, sleepy town of Bajana in Rakot District of Gujarat, on
3rd March a girl was born who, in future, came to be known as
Manjula. From her childhood, she was very intelligent, skillful
& eloquent in speech. Her father Himmatlal Akhani was a
progressive gentleman and owned a private flying company. After
completing her post-graduation in Arts from Nagpur, she got
married to Mr. Kapil Ponda of Bhopal. The family today includes
her son Sumeet, daughter-in-law Sejal and two grandsons Harshil
& Yashraj. She later did her B. Ed. from Jabalpur University. |
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She started as a trainer for Hindustan Lever Limited in the
cookery division. With the sole aim of helping the masses, she
decided to spread the light of Education and took to teaching at
St. Joseph's Convent, Akola and thereafter at St. Joseph's
Convent, Bhopal. She also had a reassuring stint of
teacher-cum-administrator at Shishu Vihar School, Bhopal. |
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In the year 1977, Mrs. Ponda decided to take a bigger step and
started RED ROSE SCHOOL with a total strength of 35 students in
a small apartment that served as their residence till six in the
morning and after one in the afternoon. From day one, the
philosophy of the School has been in believing that a child is
the most prized possession of any human being and when the same
is entrusted to any School, the School is accountable and
answerable. |
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With her hard work and strong determination in spreading the
light of Education, confidence of the parents in the name grew
and today the School has turned out to be a blooming flower with
four branches of RED ROSE SCHOOL at different locations at
Berasia Road (where it was originally started), Karond (1999),
Trilanga (2001) and Bhopal's first and only International School
which is also a premium CBSE School with all modern facilities
for education at Lambakheda in Bhopal. RED ROSE SCHOOL is due to
complete its 35th session. |
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Mrs. Ponda's untiring efforts and an unquenched thirst for
imparting quality education can easily be seen from her daily
routine where in the early morning, she can be seen attending
the morning assembly at one of the four branches and thereafter,
taking keen interest in trying to find out ways to improve the
techniques and methodology of education. She is also in the
process of writing a book on the formative stages of a child and
the role of a teacher during this period. |
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She has received numerous awards and scrolls of honour by noted
organizations for her contribution to education. A few of them
include the Shiksha Navratna Samman by School Today magazine,
Ahindibhashi-Hindi Sewa Samman, Social Service award by the TB
Association of M. P., etc.. |
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Mrs. Ponda is also an active member of the Lions Club where in
she has scaled numerous heights, the Rashtrabhasha Prachaar
Samiti, Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan, the Indian Red Cross Society,
Shree Gujarati Samaaj, etc.. |
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