Guneet Ohri
Name : Guneet Ohri
Designation : Founder Principal of Suncity School-37D
Qualification: B.Ed, M.A
Designation: Principal
Institute Name / College / Institute Address: Suncity School-37D, Sector-37D, Near BPTP Apartments Gurgaon, Harayana.
About Guneet Ohri
Born in Dehradun UK, to very progressive parents who had the firm belief that ‘Good education lays the foundation stone for holistic development’, she acquired her education from Convent of Jesus and Mary and went on to graduate with istory honours from Panjab University Chandigarh. She completed her PG from there itself and went back to acquire her B.Ed. from Garhwal University where she passed with high merit and a scholarship for pursuing further studies. However, she soon got married and moved cities and began her career in education With over 30 years of experience in academics and administrative assignments in schools of high repute across Delhi-NCR she is now the Principal at The Suncity School-37D Gurugram Her qualities and path breaking initiatives towards the cause of education, has earned her a reputation of a dynamic, energetic as well as an innovative educationist with visionary leadership. With her teaching life exuding immense hard work and meticulous planning, she was always at the forefront when it came to learning and executing anything that would benefit the young learners. Her love for children and teaching was a perennial source of encouragement that kept her going with unparalleled excitement. Her entire educational journey has been undertaken keeping in mind the quote- “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” By Albert Einstein From the very outset of her career she has been an ardent environmentalist and has long standing associations with TERI, The Delhi Jal Board, WWF-India, Development Alternatives and other such organisations. She has also always been involved in social causes and has worked in association with Old age homes. She began her career in the field of education as a teacher of Social Studies at St. Stephan’s, Chandigarh in 1986. She moved to Delhi in the year 1987 and joined New Era Public School as a Geography teacher. She joined the Delhi Public School, Vasant Kunj in 1989 as a teacher of Geography.In the year 2006, after moving to Gurgaon, she joined Delhi Public School, Sector 45 and was assigned the responsibility as the Head of the Department – Social Sciences. As a recognition of her exemplary work in her role as a Head of the department, she was then promoted to the position of a Headmistress where she devoted her entire energy and focus to the newly assigned administrative role along with her prime passion of teaching. She not only demonstrated an exceptional balance between her two roles but also excelled in this domain, making her very own. Besides, supervising all daily operations of the school including establishing policies, student enrolments, staff hiring, training and supervision, meeting with parents, and advertising the school’s services to constantly increase or maintain enrolment levels, she also oversaw the emotional, social, educational and physical well-being of the students. She interacted with children and dealt with discipline issues. A keen environmentalist, she also initiated many conservation drives in school and can be given the credit of initiating the first in house MUN. Ms. Guneet Ohri attended community events - representing school during education meetings, seminars and workshops too. In June of 2013, she joined Shri Ram Global School, Gurugram, as the founder Principal, where her role was not only that of a Principal of the school but it was also to set up a K-12 school from the ground. It was a CBSE School where she was involved in Planning strategies -Phases of construction, Budgeting (operational and capital), Developing academic policies (developing curriculum, assessments, teacher training modules), Human resources (both academic and non-academic) which includes- giving out advertisements, formats for LOI, appointment letters, terms and conditions of employment, appraisals etc . She was also involved in conducting Audits in the Shriram Schools pan India(SRET). In July of 2013, Ms. Ohri joined The Ridge Valley School, Gurugram - a school set up in collaboration with the DLF Foundation and by the Universal Learn oady the education division of India Today promoters of Vasant Valley School New Delhi. An outstanding contribution of Ms. Ohri at The Ridge Valley School was affiliation of the school with CBSE, making the school an Inclusive school to support and empower the differently abled student of our society. She also started the ‘Guest Speaker Programme’ wherein every month, eminent speakers visited the school to share a piece of their mind with the future of the country and this led to additional exposure for the students. In December 2017, Ms.Guneet Ohri was appointed as the Founder Principal of The Suncity School, Sector 37 D, a branch of The Suncity School, Sector 54. At Suncity she is credited with getting K-12 affiliation with the school with CBSE and is responsible for putting the school firmly on the map of one of the only progressive schools in New Gurgaon. With a progressive mind-set and the need to ensure that real learning takes place, she has created a beautiful balance the head and the heart among the educators and students. A keen environmentalist, she has launched the ‘UPAHHAR’ project under which children actively participate in contributing towards the cause of the underprivileged. Pastoral care forms the base of her interaction with the students and the spirit of giving shines out from the entire Suncity family.