Manju Bharat Ram
Award Name : Padma Shri
Year of Award : 2013
Award for : Social Work
Location : New Delhi, NCT, India
Manju
Bharat Ram was an Indian educationist, who was the Founder, Chairperson of the
Managing Committee & Member of the Board of Trustees, The Shri Ram Schools,
New Delhi; ranked as India's No. 1 day school by Education World’s Schools
survey in 2008, 2009 and 2011. He was born on 29 December 1945 in New Delhi. Actively involved in a host of
philanthropic activities in the fields of education, she had, through The Shri
Ram Schools, laid great emphasis on inclusiveness by keeping 10 per cent of seats
for children with special needs. She had also ensured that there were
specialised teachers employed to help these children overcome their handicaps
and that later on the children were subsequently main streamed in regular
classes. The School collaborates with many international corresponding schools
from Singapore; the United States; the U.K; China; Germany and France to learn
the best practices followed internationally. She was awarded the Padma Shri by
Government of India in 2013.