BOARD OF GOVERNORS

Lt Gen SPS Dhillon retired as the Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Information Systems and Training). As the senior advisor to the Chief of Army Staff, besides other responsibilities, he was responsible for the conceptualization, development, and implementation of Information Systems in the Army.

He was in charge of education and training in the Indian Army including pre-commission training of Indian Army officers, education and training of Indian officers abroad, and training of defense personnel from foreign countries in India. He was also responsible for the training of more than 8,500 Indian troops operating under the aegis of the United Nations in various parts of the world.

While in service, Lt Gen SPS Dhillon was part of several governing bodies. Amongst others, he was a Chairman of Army Technology Board and Army Management Board; and was a member of the Board for Management the Centre for United Nations Peacekeeping. He has also been a member of the Board of Governors of one of the most prestigious schools in India – The Scindia School, Gwalior. Lt Gen SPS Dhillon has been a national-level sportsman and has excelled in Athletics, Football, Basketball, and Hockey. He was a member of a team of observers who went to Beijing in 2008 to witness the conduct of the Olympics. He was also the Joint Director General in the Organizing Committee of Commonwealth Games that were conducted in New Delhi, in the year 2010. The General was awarded the Vishisht Seva Medal in 2007, the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal in 2008, and the Param Vishisht Seva Medal in 2010 for his distinguished service of a most exceptional order.

Lt Gen SPS Dhillon
Chairperson-Advisory Board

Maharani Mandakini Kumari belongs to Santrampur in eastern Gujarat. She is a keen homemaker, having restored the Shri Joraver Vilas in Santrampur which is now run as a boutique homestay.
She is working on restoring other heritage palaces belonging to the family, as well as heritage buildings and temples in and around Santrampur. Mandakini Kumari is also the director of Gangaur Ghoomar Dance Academy, which was started by her mother in law, Late Rajmata Goverdhan Kumari.
The academy holds workshops to keep alive the royal Ghoomar dance form of Rajasthan. Mandakini Kumari also heads various social and charitable trusts in Santrampur. She was the parent representative of the Mayo College Girls’ School Committee for 5 years.

HH Maharani Mandakini
Kumari of Santrampur -

Professor Kishu Daswani has been teaching law at the Government Law College, Mumbai for over 25 years. He is the Faculty Advisor and responsible for the publication of The Law Review, Government Law College, the premier academic journal of the college. He is the founder member of the Securities Law course at the College and has been appointed by the Governing Council of the College to work on the Social empowerment of the underprivileged in the college. He is a teacher at the Masters in Public Policy Program, Human Rights and Business Law at St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai. In the past, he has taught at the University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, and has conducted lectures at the Maharashtra Judicial Academy, Uttan, and Mumbai, and Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia. He also teaches International and Humanitarian Law at the Rotary Peace Centre at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. He has been invited to several panels to speak on International Relations and Human Rights. He has received accreditation as a trained Mediator from the High Court of Bombay and is a Member of the LAW COMMITTEE of the Indian Merchants Chamber. He is a Global Peace Index Ambassador and a Rotary International Peace Fellow. He is the Vice President of the Liberals India for Good Governance. He is also a Resource person for the Harvard College in Asia Program and has conducted several workshops with national and International participants on Peace and Conflict Resolution.

Professor Kishu L. Daswani
(B.Sc. L.L.M.)

Previously Maharaj Kumari Nivritti Kumari Singh Deo, hails from the Royal family of Patna Bolangir (Odisha). She is the only child of her parents, His Highness Maharaja Saheb Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo and Her Highness Maharani Sahiba Sangeeta Kumari Devi.
Schooling: The Convent of Jesus & Mary School, New Delhi (up till Year 9)The British School, New Delhi (GCSE- ‘O’ Levels & GCE- ‘A’ Levels) (Year 10 to 13).
College: Studied Hospitality, Finance & Revenue Management from the Glion Institute of Higher Education (G.I.H.E), Switzerland.
Work experience: While in Switzerland, Maharaj Kunwarani Sahiba was part of the Supplemental Instruction (SI) Leaders team which is formed for seniors to tutor their juniors in particular subjects.She interned with the Taj Hotels, Resorts and Palaces at the Crowne Plaza London St. James and 51 Buckingham Gate in London as a Front Office Management Trainee from June till December 2007. Maharaj Kunwarani Sahiba was also part of the Student Government in her senior year at G.I.H.E and held the post of Secretary.

She worked with the Taj Hotels, Resorts and Palaces as a Sales Representative from June 2010 till May 2011 and was based out of Taj Mahal Hotel, New Delhi.At the same time, she was actively involved in politics and campaigned tirelessly, to support her parents in Bolangir, during the Municipal, Panchayat, Assembly as well as the General Elections.
Family Background : Maharaja Saheb is presently a Member of the Odisha Legislative Assembly (5th Term) from Patnagarh constituency in Bolangir district and is the Leader of the B.J.P Legislative Party in the Odisha Assembly.
He has previously held the post of Cabinet Minister of Industry & Public Enterprise (2000 – 2004) and Cabinet Minister for Urban Development & Public Enterprise (2004 – 2009) in the B.J.D & B.J.P. coalition government in Odisha. He has also held the post of State President of the B.J.P in Odisha. Kunwarani Sahiba’s mother, Maharani Sahiba has been a 3 term Member of Parliament from Bolangir district in the 12th, 13th & 14th Lok Sabha from the B. J. P. In January 2014, she married Maharaj Kumar Saheb Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar of Udaipur and later that year, the couple was blessed with a daughter, Bhanwar Baisa Mohlakshika Kumari Mewar of Udaipur. Currently, Kunwarani Sahiba is a Home Maker and is enjoying bringing up their daughter.

The House of Mewar has always been striving towards maintaining the age old customs, traditions and rituals. Being the daughter in law, the responsibily is immense, to ensure that these values are passed on to the next generation. Coming from the East to the West of the country, she is interested and keen to know about the new and different customs, traditions, rituals and the various colours that are associated with each festival in Mewar. Additionaly, she is keen on the history, especially in the history of the State that she comes from- Patna Bolangir (Odisha) and the State that she is married into- Mewar (Rajasthan), she enjoys travelling, reading books and keeping abreast of current affairs.

Maharaj Kunwarani Sahiba Nivritti Kumari Ji

Er. Pradeep Singh Gour is a Techno Educationist. It is needless to mention & introduce such a visionary and the man who has been able to redefine school education not only in Kota but in the entire country. He is the recipient of the National Award in 2013 by Hon’ble President of India and the CBSE Mentor Award by the Hon’ble HRD Minister of Government of India in 2012 and is also a proud recipient of the Rotary International Vocational Service Leadership Award by the President RI USA. It is needless to mention here that being an outstanding scholar right from his childhood, he has been outperforming in all spheres of life. After completing his B.Tech from NIT Surathkal and MBA from the most prestigious and renowned Management Institute IIT Ahmedabad, he served in various middle management and senior management position in National and Multinational companies. His last assignment was as Vice President of Good Year Ltd. He has a vision and mission before he has entered the field of education and I think he had been doing much more than what is expected from the system. He has a vast experience of 26 years in the field of education. He held/holds various posts and is a Life Member of various national & International organizations. Some of them are-

• Founder President Kota Sahodaya CBSE Schools Complex since 2008 date
• City Coordinator for CBSE exams (JEE, NEET, UGC, NET, CTET, etc.)
• Member of SPIC Macay & Institution of Engineers
• Member of School Education Committee of Govt. of Rajasthan
• Member Philately Club & Numismatic Society.
• Life Member The SSI Association.
• Member Academic Senate IIIT, Kota.
• Fellow Member Institute of Engineers.

Er. Pradeep Singh Gour
Lawrence and Mayo Public School,Kota - Director