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Ankita Diwekar Kabra

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Residence
  
Surat, Gujarat, India

Citizenship
  
Indian


Spouse(s)
  
Vardan Kabra

Name
  
Ankita Kabra

Ankita Diwekar Kabra smiling together with his husband Vardan Kabra wearing eyeglasses and white long sleeves.


Born
  
7 April 1980 (age 43) (
1980-04-07
)
Mumbai, India

Occupation
  
Deputy Head of School & Principal, Fountainhead School

Alma mater
  
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

Similar
  
Achyuta Samanta, Mithu Alur, Krishen Khanna

Ankita Diwekar Kabra (born 7 April 1980) is a passionate educationist, social entrepreneur and has been associated with Fountainhead School, since its inception in 2005. Born and raised in Mumbai she belongs to a family of highly educated people. Her father Mr. V. P. Diwekar is an engineer by profession and runs an engineering company which manufactures machineries for Cosmetic and Coating Industries. Her mother Rekha Diwekar, now retired, was a chemistry professor at Sathaye College and her sister Rujuta Diwekar is a Mumbai-based famous celebrity dietician. Married to Vardan Kabra, she is now settled in Surat. Adding to her credibility she has been praised by author Rashmi Bansal in her book, ’Stay Hungry stay Foolish’, for her contribution in supporting her husband in accomplishing their dream project.

Contents

Managing Children during Lockdown


Education and Career

Ankita Diwekar Kabra with a serious face and wearing a green blouse while Vardan Kabra wearing eyeglasses and blue long sleeves.

Ankita grew up in the suburbs of Mumbai and completed her schooling from Cosmopolitan Education Society’s Sheth C D Barfiwala High School. She holds qualifications as a Computer Science Engineer from the University of Mumbai. She began her career with i-Flex Solutions (now known as Oracle Financial Services) for a year before doing her Post-Graduation Diploma in Management from IIM Ahmedabad. She also worked with Procter & Gamble for 8 months after IIM Ahmedabad, before co-founding Fountainhead Preschool with Vardan. She has done a year’s training in the Steiner Method of Education and a post graduate diploma in “School leadership and Management”. Currently, she is the Primary School Principal and Deputy Head of School at Fountainhead School where she oversees the curriculum design and implementation of the IB – PYP program. The school is considered one of the premier schools in Surat and is the 1st in Surat that offers the International Baccalaureate Program. Moreover, she is accountable for the administrative responsibilities including admissions, teacher training and resource management. Ankita is also involved with the operations at Fountainhead Preschool. Her school started on 2008

References

Ankita Diwekar Kabra Wikipedia