It’s a hatrick for the Apeejay Education Society as Mr. Narinder Nath Nayyar, principal of Apeejay School, Navi Mumbai, (currently principal, Apeejay School, Noida) has received the prestigious National Award by the President of India on Teachers’ Day at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.

The National Awards to Teachers are awarded on 5th September every year to public recognise meritorious teachers working in primary, middle and secondary schools. In total, there are 374 awards out of which 23 awards are reserved for Sanskrit, Persian and Arabic teachers.

This is the third consecutive year when Apeejay principals have received the prestigious National Award for Teachers. Earlier, the Principal, Apeejay School, Pitampura, New Delhi and the Principal, Apeejay School, Noida have been received this recognition in 2007 and 2006 respectively.

Each of the above principals, at the time of receiving award, had been working with Apeejay continuously for 15 years. The awards are a testimony to the quality work being done in the schools under the supervision and guidance of the Apeejay Education Society, lead by Founder President Dr. Stya Paul and Vice President Mrs. Sushma Berlia.

Mrs. Sushma Berlia, Vice President, Apeejay Education Society, said,” We feel immensely proud to have received this prestigious award for the third consecutive year. Apeejay has continuously strived for excellence in everything we do. In keeping with that spirit, we encourage our students and faculty to be nothing but the best.”

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The Apeejay Education Society (AES), was set up in December 1967 at Jalandhar. AES is a constituent unit of the industrial house Apeejay Stya. The major objective of AES is to provide educational facilities to students and to prepare them for the challenge of life. At its inception, it had decided to set up educational institutions - schools for imparting primary and secondary education, colleges for imparting higher education in graduate and post graduate levels, technical institutes for providing technology based courses and professional institutes for offering courses on communication, computer sciences and management. AES runs 12 schools and 12 institutions of higher learning across the country.

The Apeejay Educational Society is in the process of being recognized as a deemed university.