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Envisioned by Lt. Gen. Arjun Ray, MD-CEO, Indus Trust. He sees educators as the designers for a better world. He commissions ITARI to create these designers.
Rarely do we think what is the concept of an organisation. At Indus Training And Research Institute, that’s where we begin. Thinking conceptually is our way of life.
We ask what is the concept of ITARI; of a mentor; of an educator in these times; and of education in 4th IR. So, what is the concept of a teacher preparation and research organization like ITARI?
ITARI = preparing ethical, innovation-oriented educators
The concept of ‘preparation’ is inspiring educators to upskill towards taking charge of their own learning for life. The concept of ‘ethical, innovation-oriented educators’ is to activate an exponential mindset in educators so that they are ever-ready to innovate themselves to serve the cause of teaching the child.
The purpose of education is to prepare the children for the future. With the future becoming more volatile with climate change, geopolitics, and disruptive technologies, the concept of ITARI becomes more relevant. ITARI prepares ethical educators who mentor the children to lead innovation. They are aware that the role of a teacher is to teach the child and not the subject alone.
A soldier-scholar of the Indian Army, Lt. General Arjun Ray, PVSM, VSM (Retd.), has wide-ranging experience in matters of defense and conflict management. As an ardent believer in leading purposeful life, he has a deep-rooted passion for social transformation. As the CEO-MD of the Indus Trust he provides vision and strategic direction to all Indus International Schools and Institutions. He is responsible for long-term perspective planning; leadership training; teacher development programmes; and in aligning parents, children, and the community, towards implementing the Trust's social responsibilities.A soldier-scholar of the Indian Army, Lt. General Arjun Ray, PVSM, VSM (Retd.), has wide-ranging experience in matters of defense and conflict management. As an ardent believer in leading purposeful life, he has a deep-rooted passion for social transformation. As the CEO-MD of the Indus Trust he provides vision and strategic direction to all Indus International Schools and Institutions. He is responsible for long-term perspective planning; leadership training; teacher development programmes; and in aligning parents, children, and the community, towards implementing the Trust's social responsibilities.
Mrs. Sarojini Rao, has been the Principal of Indus International School, Bangalore since July 2005. Due to her dynamic and charismatic presence, the Indus International Schools and Indus Training and Research Institute have benefited exponentially. She is the Managing Trustee of Indus International Community School, Bangalore, one of India’s best international schools that offer quality education to the underprivileged. Mrs. Rao has been instrumental in planning the curriculum and inter-curricular strategy, defining academic and non-academic objectives for the school, and training teachers.
Dr. Mala Palani has worked in both K-12 and teacher education. Her rich experience in both the areas inform her research and teaching at ITARI. As the director, she inspires bold ideas and supports their implementation. As a teacher educator, she uses data-led dialogic reflection and case studies to impact deep thinking in her classes. At ITARI she brings her experience and deep passion to build an ecosystem where teachers – learners - teacher educators - universities - society and industry can work together towards education for a wisdom-based society.
Indus Training And Research Institute (ITARI) has entered into multiple international collaborations including exchange of distinguished faculty, research collaboration, development of academic materials, and co-offering of programmes.
University of Bath, UK, is ranked among the top five universities in the UK. UoB offers the prestigious MA in Education programme at ITARI study centre, Bangalore. The programme is a dual certification course with the possibility of earning the IB Educator and Advanced IB Educator Certificates from International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO).
ITARI offers its Post Graduate Diploma in International Education in association with BCU and adheres to the UK teaching standards to ensure the relevance of the programme in the VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity of general conditions and situations) world. Faculty from the BCU visit ITARI every year to exchange teaching practices and ideas and conduct sessions with our trainees.
ITARI is one of the largest Cambridge study centers in the country that offers the Cambridge Certificate and Diploma in Teaching and Learning. (CICTL & CIDTL). The Cambridge Professional Development Programmes are great opportunities for serving teachers to improve their reflective practice. With meetings only on specified weekends, the Cambridge Professional Development Qualifications are easily accessible to teachers.
