Memorable vignettes 2012 - 2013

Message from the Inventure
Team
Encapsulating one year of learning at Inventure Academy in a PowerPoint presentation
is a mind-boggling challenge. There is so much that happens in the life of an
Inventurer, that it is difficult to capture all of it in just a “few slides”. Academics, life
skills, field / outbound trips, guest lectures, internships, music, sports, dance and
drama are all distinct shades in the spectrum of education at Inventure Academy.
These are underpinned by our Core Purpose and Core Values.
We hope Vignettes 2012-13, highlights a few memorable Inventure Academy
milestones for you. We have provided relevant links to our Blog, YouTube, and photo
albums. Happy holidays, and we look forward to welcoming you for the new academic
year ahead. We are working judiciously, as we will continue to do so over the
“holidays” to consolidate our strengths, and address any development areas. Thank
you for being an integral part of our learning community, and for partnering with us in
the education of your child.

Index
• Education at Inventure
• Milestones at Inventure
• Beyond Academics & Wider World
• Faculty Development & Incentives
• Other Key Achievements

Education at Inventure
Academy

Education World & C-Fore
Survey - Ranked 5th In
Bangalore / Karnataka, 17th All
India
Inventure Academy ranked Top 10 in India on several parameters:
• 4th Sports education
• 5th Teacher Welfare & Development
• 5th Infrastructure Provision
• 6th Co curricular activities
• 6th Individual attention to students
• 8th Leadership/Management Quality
• 8th Life Skills education & Conflict management
• 9th Academic reputation
• 10th Parental involvement
• 10th Special needs education
.....all this within seven years of inception
Source - Education World & C-Fore Survey of Schools 2012

Performance at the Board
Exams – CISCE & CIE
• IGCSE - 70% of the students scored distinctions.
• One in three students secured a combination of all A’s and A*s.
• Two Inventurers got all A*, two years in a row. Read more…

Performance at the Board
Exams – CISCE & CIE
• ICSE – 50% of the batch achieved
distinction!
• ISC – 100% of the class achieved
distinction!
• Shalaka Kurup (one of the first
Inventurers), topped all India in the AS
Level Psychology exam. She also got all A’s
in all A level exams. Read more…

ASSET performance
compared to Top 10 Schools
all India
Inventure Academy has ranked amongst the top 10 schools all India
each year.

ASSET Exams - Inventure’s
performance compared to Top
10 Schools all India
Inventure’s performance compared to the averages of the top 10 schools last year:
(about 1000 schools participated)
– English:
Grade 3- 101.71%, Grade 4 – 101.10%, Grade 8- 100.60% and Grade 9 -
102.78%
– Mathematics:
Grade 3 – 105.24%
– Science:
Grade 3 – 100%, Grade 6 – 101.01%, Grade 9 – 110.04%, and Grade 10 –
110.55%
*100% indicates the base for Top 10 Schools All India

ASSET Top 1% Performers in
English - Nationwide
Grade 3 Manas Bhati, NehaTalla, Sachin S Singh, Shreya SVenkat
Grade 4
Rushil K Mathur, Sahil Kuchlous, Siya K Dwivedi, JoelTony, Kaveri
Parekh, MaanasiV Nair, Ankit Bhasin, DivyaVishwanath, Vaishnavi
Vasishta
Grade 5 Pranav Mishra, Aditya S Kolisetti, YashV Podar, Aditya Anil
Grade 6 Khushi Soni, RiyaVenkateshwaran, SrushtiVyas
Grade 7
IshiTripathi, RishubV Podar, Angad S Bhalla, Sahithi R Pingali,Tarang R
Shah, Druti P Naik, Riddhi Bhatt
Grade 8 Sanchit Saiganesh
Grade 9 Aditya Parekh, Ananya Ramgopal, Anishwar Sen, Namrata Ramesh
Grade 10 Parthiv R Shah, Sruthi Ravichandran,Tejas Rao

Math - Nationwide
Grade 3 Kian Jagtiani, Pranav Puranam, NysaYadav, Arnov DVellakkat, Sachin
S Singh, Shreya SVenkat, Somil BVinod
Grade 4 Sahil Kuchlous, Hasi I Kolongahapitiya, MaanasiV Nair,Ankit Bhasin
Grade 5 Robin Roy,Aashna A Parekh,YashV Podar
Grade 7 Ishi Tripathi,Tarang R Shah
Grade 9 Nihaal P George,VirajYadav

Science – Nationwide
Grade 3 Ananya Chaudhary, Sachin S Singh
Grade 4 Sahil Kuchlous, JoelTony, Sannah S Mudbidri
Grade 5 Pranav Mishra,Aditya Anil, PaulT Francis
Grade 7 Dhruv Bhatia
Grade 8 Harish S Parchuri, Pranav Guntunur
Grade 9 Nihaal P George, Nithin Surya Devara

ASSET: Analysis of Inventure
Academy students skill-wise
vis-a-vis National Averages

Duke TIP Talent Search –
offered by Duke University &
EI
• Of the 42000 students across India who took the ASSET for grade 7, only
3000 students achieved more than 95 percentile
• Significantly 45% of all grade 7 Inventurers were in the top 5 percentile of the
country, therefore qualifying for the Duke TIP talent search
• Refer to the following slide for names of Inventurers who have qualified to
attend the Duke TIP summer studies program, making them part of a very
distinguished group of students (397 all India)

Students selected for
Duke TIP
Maya Patra
Vishwanatha
Mallampooty
Tarang Shah
IshiTripathiMukund JayaramPrajwal Deval
Rishub PoddarSahithi Pingali

National Cyber Olympiad
Top 100 at State Level:
Grade 3 Sakshi Singhal, Manas Bhati, ShreyaVenkat
Grade 4 Sahil Kuchlous
Grade 5
Robin Roy, Pranav Mishra, Yash Poddar, Paul Francis, Aditya
Anil
Grade 7 Rishub Poddar, Tarang Shah, Sahiti Pingali, Rohit Rayappareddy
Grade 8 Shashwat Agarwal, Pranav Guntunur, Brandon George
Grade 9 VirajYadav

National Cyber Olympiad
Top 100 at International Level:
Grade 3 Sakshi Singhal, Manas Bhati, ShreyaVenkat
Grade 4 Sahil Kuchlous
Grade 7 Tarang Shah, Sahiti Pingali, Rohit Rayappareddy
Grade 9 VirajYadav

National Science Olympiad
Grade 3 Manas Bhati
Grade 4 MaanasiVinay Nair
Grade 5 Yash Poddar, Paul Francis
Grade 6 Mukul Khandval
Grade 7 Rishub Poddar, Dhruv Bhatia, Tarang Shah
Grade 9 Sridhar Prabhu

International Math Olympiad
Grade 3 Pranav Puranam, Manas Bhati,AkshamToshniwal, Kian Jagtiani,
Grade 4 Sahil Kuchlous, ManasiVinay Nair,Ankit Bisain
Grade 5 Yash Poddar, Shakunthala Sadhu, Paul Francis
Grade 7
Rishub Podddar, Dhruv Bhatia,Tarang Shah, Mukund Jayaram, Ishi
Tripathi
Grade 9 VirajYadav, Nihal George

International Math Olympiad
Top 100 at International Level:
Grade 3 AkshamToshniwal
Grade 4 Ankit Bisain
To view further details about the Olympiads click: http://www.sofworld.org/

International English Olympiad
Grade 3
ShreyaVenkat,VaishnaviVasishta, Sammyo Roychowdhury,Aditi
Narayan Khandavilli
Grade 4
Sahil Kuchlous, Ankit Bhasin, DivyaVishwanath, Nikhil Niranjan,
JoelTony, Kaveri Parekh,Tanvi Gorthi, Aditi Raju
Grade 5 Paul Francis
Grade 6
Ritu Alapat,AayushVarghese, Khushi Soni, Sachin Kumar, Rahul
Menon
Grade 7 Sahithi Pingali, Jayanth Arvindh
Grade 8 Dinindu Kolongahapitiya, Pranav Guntunur, Megha G Srinivas
Grade 9 Nitin Suryadevara, KeyaVishwanathan,Arincheyan G

Stand out Achievements in the
International Olympiads
Congrats to an Inventurer who ranked number 1 internationally in the Math Olympiad.
Congrats also to our faculty who have supported this student with an accelerated
Math learning programme over the years. (Name of student withheld on parent’s request.)
Tarang Shah ranked number 3 worldwide.
Big congrats toTarang, the Shahs and the faculty!
Tarang’s smile on learning about the results definitely
depicts a “Sony” moment!
Check out his award winning entry for the Inventure
/ NuVu design competition

Inventuring
“Inventuring”: Our first week approach to classes, sets the tone and ground
expectations about what learning is: a hands on, experiential activity based process.
The idea is to get students to THINK – to brainstorm, utilize creativity, and work
successfully and harmoniously in groups, to bond with each other, the faculty and
nature, in the process. Read more…
Watch video, Photo Gallery

Theme based approach to
learning at Primary School
• Science, EVS, Social Studies, Art, Math, English,
Dance, Music, Drama, and Physical Education are all
interwoven to make the Theme relevant and
holistic based on the CIE and CISCE guidelines.
• Students move from theme to theme understanding
and experiencing concepts through activities that
nurture their Multiple intelligences in consonance
with Bloom’s Taxonomy. Watch Howard Gardner’s
visit to Inventure Academy
• Themes covered this year include “Unity in
Diversity” and “How Things Work”.
Bloom’s Taxonomy

Celebration of Learning
• Inventurers showcased and celebrated their learning through the term via term end
presentations
• Every student participated
• Students explored sounds and created their own band through home-grown
instruments
• Depicted the Solar System through a play
• Other experiments showcased the Functionality of the Human Body and the
Rotation of the Earth around the Sun

Reading and Writing
Programme
Roald Dahl Week Celebrations:
To celebrate the life and work of Roald Dahl, the students
at Inventure lost themselves in Roald Dahl’s strange new
world. The children took part in a range of activities ...
Read more…
Click here for Photo Gallery

Young Writers @Inventure
Academy
Building on the start we made last year, Inventurers explored different genres to
develop their creativity in order to evolve into more mature writers. Our faculty have
adopted the Writing workshop methodology of Dr. Lucy Calkins, Founder Director,
Reading and Writing Project, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York.
Click to watch the following videos: Video 1, Video II, Video III
Some of the books written
by the students have been
converted into Flipbooks.
Take a look!

Science Exhibition
• Students presented the working models of their projects based on their classroom
learning
• Students showcased their projects as concrete examples of conceptual learning
• It was a culmination of skills and understanding gained by students during the year
• Students were able to research topics, plan and synthesize their ideas into concrete
models and were able to share their knowledge with others

Social Studies Exhibition
• High on spirit and hope that nature and its journey would one day conquer
sciences, the Social Studies Department launched Mission Antarctica (Geography)
and the Inventure Coliseum (History)!
• Students created a 3 D model of Antarctica, the frozen landscape with all the
geographical features and the infamous Vostok Lake
• Grade 6 worked on the Inventure Coliseum, which was a daunting task and became
the sole focus of the 6th graders. Click here for Photo Gallery

Mathematics Exhibition
• A huge model of Pascal’s Triangle welcomed the
audience who were then taken through “mind
goggling” optical Illusions into the beautiful world of
shapes
• More than 10 theorems were proved with the help of
practical models
• Napier’s bones showed an alternate way of calculation
of products and quotients of numbers based on Arab
Theorems and Lattice Multiplication
• Interesting games and puzzles lent a dimension of fun,
while two robots created by the students of Grade 8
did the calculation of Area of Cylinder & Sphere

DEAR Week
DEAR Week: Drop Everything and Read was
celebrated by the Department of English of Inventure
Academy. Everyday for a week, teachers and students
stopped what they were doing and read for twenty
minutes. Read more…

Library Week
Library Week - Aimed at promoting the school library which was recently
expanded and re-organised. Some of the activities were, ‘Tell-a-Story’, My Picture Story,
Make a Bookmark, Write a Story, etc. Read more…

Some Additional Learning
Activities…
• Annual French food festival aimed at discovering
French food. Read more..
• Field Trip- Places of Worship: The objective was
to help students appreciate and be sensitive to a
multitude of faiths. Read more..
• Times NIE News Makers’ Meet 2012-13:
Student journalists attended a mock press
conference to get a better understanding on issues
faced by our city. Read more…

Student Development
Workshops
These are workshops led by the Psychology Department to enhance study
skills across middle and senior school. Some of the workshops held were:
• Study skills across grades 5 -12
• “Making Choices” – a workshop by Dr. Lakshmi Sankaran, on risky
behaviours
• “Self Esteemed Building” – a workshop for grades 9 & 10

Awards Day: A Celebration of
Excellence across a range of
areas of Learning
The toppers of the Board exams were felicitated
and awarded Gold medals.
Awardees:
IGCSE 2011 – Mihir Bhaskar
A Levels 2011 – Abhilash Govindan Nair
ICSE 2012 – Dipali J Bajaj
ISC 2012 – Aashna Rao
As for the Excellence Awards, a total of
2450 Awards were conferred on the
basis of achievements across 16 categories
making it truly inclusive.
Read more…
Mihir Bhaskar Abhilash Govindan Nair
Dipali J Bajaj Aashna Rao

Investiture Ceremony
• The Investiture ceremony was an opportunity for the newly elected Student
Council to pledge their solidarity, loyalty and devotion to Inventure Academy.
• The Chief Guest on the occasion was Justice Santosh Hegde.
Read more…

Inventure Academy Model
United Nations (INMUN)
INMUN 2012 simulated proceedings of the Security
Council and SPECPOL on the following topics:
• Human Trafficking
• A Nuclear-Free Middle East
• The Arab Spring
• Standards for Intervention
Inventure student delegates did an exemplary job and
they were awarded in the following categories:
• Best Delegate award- Namrata Ramesh, Anish Dutta,
Tanish Kharab
• Hon. Delegate-Tanuj Lalwani, Siddharth Saxena, Ahikka
Harlalka
• Best Position Paper- Namrata Ramesh, Tanuj Lalwani Click here for Photo Gallery

Independence Day
Independence day was resplendent with colour, festivity, celebration and national
pride. There was an overwhelming feeling of unity that became stronger with each
performance of the day. Ashwin Mahesh, our chief guest, was recently recognized by
Wired magazine as one of the 50 people who will change the world.
Read more..

Graduation Day
of the Class of 2013
• Inventure Academy celebrated the Graduation Day of its third Graduating Class.
• It also marked a time of celebration for the 40 10th Graders moving up to the
11th Grade and the final two years of their high school studies. Read more…
Click here for Photo gallery

Inter House Sports 2012-13
• Annual Sports Day was held over two days. The chief guests who graced the events
over the two days were, Mr. Zeeshan Ali (current Inventure Academy and Indian
Davis cup coach!), Mr. Suraj Narredu (ace horse racing jockey!)
• Inter house events have also been held for swimming, tennis, table tennis,
basketball, and soccer Read more…
• Photo Gallery: Kindergarten 2012, Primary School 2012, Senior School 2012 (Part
I), Senior School 2012 (Part II)

Inventure Sports Fest 2013
Inventure Academy inaugurated its first Inter-School Sports Fest amidst much
excitement and fanfare. The chief guests who graced the events over the four days
included all time Indian greats: Ms. Ashwini Nachappa, Ms. Reeth Abraham and Mr.
Zeeshan Ali. Inventure won the overall championship. Read more…

Tournament of Minds
• Tournament of Minds (TOM) - our cultural tournament was conducted over the
course of the academic year
• Inventureres representing their respective houses competed with each other in
areas like music, dance, theatre, debate, quiz, art, and public speaking
• This year’s champions were the Inventors. Good reversal of fortunes from Sports
Day!
• The tournament provides an opportunity for our students to showcase their talents
and skills and make valuable contributions to their houses

Student Leadership Camp
• The Student Leadership Camp was conducted by INME & the Inventure Student
Council Advisory Team
• Leadership games and activities were conducted to build on students’ inter and
intra-personal, communication, decision making, planning and execution skills
Student Quotes:
Tejas Rao (10 IG) Venturers Captain – “The Camp increased my confidence as a
leader and brought me closer to the other student council members.”
Nakul Jajoo (11 AS) Sports Captain – “I felt that this camp helped me think wisely
about the decisions I would make as a leader.”
Duruvan Saravanan (11 AS) School Captain – “The Leadership programme helped
me realize the importance of planning and strategizing before a task. The workshop was
critical in helping me understand the essence of leadership.”

Young Entrepreneurs
Challenge (YEC)
• Groups of senior school students submitted business proposals to maximize
revenue and facilitate wider world learning
• Our young entrepreneurs ran various stalls (food, games, green team products,
etc.) on Sports Day, putting theory into practice
• Total sales during the YEC was close to Rs 1.1 lakhs with a profit of Rs. 82k. The
Grade 12 Food Stall earned the maximum sales
• The proceeds were earmarked towards our Community Outreach programme

Community Outreach
Inventure Academy community:
• Supported Parikrma Humanity Foundation.
• Implemented programmes to improve
learning outcomes at government schools.
• Developed interpersonal skills of Inventure
students.
• Parent volunteers (Preeti Chauhan, Shashi
Sadhu & Vineeta Benedict ) were proactively
involved in teaching English.
• Formally adopted three schools:
• GKHPS Handenahalli
• GKHPS Thigala Choudadena Halli (TC Halli)
• GULPS Dommasandra …. and worked with
four other schools, as well.
Read more…
Click here to watch a parent video
report on volunteering at the Habba

Environment Programme at
Inventure Academy
Inventure Academy in collaboration with ECOSLATE & Peer Water Exchange (Vallari
& Rajesh Shah, Inventure Parents) worked on creating awareness on environment
related challenges and solutions. Areas included waste segregation and disposal,
recycling of paper, organic gardening, water management, etc. Read more…

‘Save the Tiger’ Campaign
• As the part of the environment sensitization
programme at school, the Grade 4 students
decided to adopt a Tiger at Bannerghatta.
• Students printed and marketed a calendar with
their sketches aimed at raising more awareness
about the campaign and funds. A thousand
copies have been sold by our students. (you
may well own one!). Have raised Rs. 1.7 lakh,
enough to adopt a tiger for two years
(matched by a contribution from Inventure).
• Pledged to adopt one tiger (named “Inventure
Parker”) every year at the Bannerghatta
National Park. Read more…
• Click here to read the Article covered in Deccan
Chronicle

Sampling of the Field Trips-KG
and Primary School
• Gerry Martin’s Farm
• The Hippo Campus
• Bannerghatta National Park
• Places of Worship (Gurudwara, Someshwara
Temple, Church and Mosque) Read more…
• Christ University (to see the paper recycling plant
SUPW Project)
• Vishweshwaraiah Museum

Sampling of Field Trips-Middle
and Senior School
• Nehru Planetarium
• Butterfly Park
• Indian Institute of Horticultural Research
• Freedom Park (Waste Management Exhibition)
• Bangalore Palace
• Watched Life of Pi & The Hobbit. Followed it up with enrichment activities that
helped see how a novel is transposed into another medium. Genres of writing were
explored. Discussion on setting & mood were discussed.

PODS & Study / Life Skills
Programmes
At Inventure Academy, 360˚ learning is what
we are all about. PODs are special interest
groups that meet once a week bringing
together students of similar interests.
• PODs offered included : Art Pod, Music
Pod, Media Pod, Environment Pod, MUN
Pod, Dance Pod, Needlecraft Pod,
Robotics and Events Pod. Read more..
• Age - appropriate In - house life and study
skill programmes
Read more…

Inter - School Events - Model
United Nations (MUN) &
Debates
• International Harvard MUN, Hyderabad - 11
students participated. Team did exceedingly well
(given there were 100’s of competitors). Finished
fourth in two committees: Manasi Rao (Grade 10)
and Tejas Rao (Grade 10) Read more…
• National Law School Debate - Rhea Nath
(Grade 11) Shraddha Nair (Grade 11) and
Sudarshan Madhavan (Grade 12) were declared as
the top speakers
• TISB MUN - Manasi Rao (Grade 10) won the Best
Delegate Award

Inter school events –
“Out of the Box”
• Mallya Aditi International School hosted an
inter-school fest “Out of the Box”.
• Inventure Academy bagged the 1st & 2nd prize
in Twitterature and the 2nd prize in the Ad
design contest:
– 1st Prize : Rhea Nath 11 AS (Twitterature)
– 2nd prize : Radhika Malaviya 11 AS
(Twitterature)
– 2nd prize: Nitya Basarur 11 ISC, Shraddha
Nair11 AS, Sanjali Menon 11 ISC (Ad
design)
Read more…

Ayush Sharma of
grade 2 won a
trophy for his art
work, which was
hosted by 3 Peel ,
an NGO, at UB
City
Inter - School Events
ART: 3 Peel Competition
Supriya Barua and Disha Bhadury of grade 8,
Thavinya Udagedara of grade 7 and Shreya
Mittal of grade 2, were adjudged “Talented
Artists” in the competition.

Inter-School Events
• First Lego League (FLL) Challenge - based on a real-world scientific topic.
Inventurers were led by Ajay Bakre (Inventure parent). We stood 7th among the 16
participating schools
• Volksfiesta -Interschool Competition at Deen’s Academy:
– Robotics Competition won 2nd place
– Inventure Academy got the ‘Best Participation School Award’
– Swimming competition won 1 Gold Medal, 10 Silver Medals & 5 Bronze
Medals
• Gen X – Inter School Football Tournament 2012- Inventure Academy won
the U-15 football match & were runners-up in the U-17 football match; Player of
the Tournament -Tejveer Rekhi; Top Goal Scorer of the Tournament(U-17)-Nirvair
Nair; Best Goal Keeper of the Tournament-Dhruv Suvarna Read more..

Inter School / Club
Competitions
• The 46th International Children’s Games, South Korea: Tejveer Singh Rekhi
& Nihaal Peter George represented India at the 46th International Children’s
Games (Children’s Olympics) in Daegu, South Korea Read more..
• HeadStart Friendship Games: Inventure Academy won the U-15 Girls football
match & were runners-up in the U-12 Boys football match Read more..
• JASE Cup: Interschool Sports Fest held in Jain International School: Inventure won
numerous medals across Athletics, Basketball, Swimming, Soccer, etc. Read more..
• Equality Cup 2012 – Parikrma National Champions League: Nirvair Nair
(Inventure Academy) was awarded Player of the Tournament. Inventure made it to
the semi-finals Read more..

Sports Achievements
• Sailing Champ: Vir Menon (Grade 9), was
awarded with India Positive Awards by CNN-IBN
for becoming the youngest Indian sailor to have
qualified into Gold Fleet of Laser 4.7 Worlds. He
also won gold at one of the most prestigious
international meets Read more..
• Tennis Champ: Adil Kalyanpur (Grade 7), India’s
number 1 U-12 tennis player. Won 5 All India
national ranking singles titles, 1 doubles title and 4
runner up trophies…an impressive count in all! Read
more..

Sports Achievements
● Karate Champ : Samara Varghese (Grade 1), came
3rd in the District Level Karate Championship, conducted
by Shitoku-Kai Karate Do India. Read More..
● Golf Champ: Ahaan Bharadwaj (Grade 10),
and Tia Motamary Chowdhary, Grade 4 C won the
Indian Golf Union South Zone Order of Merit
2011. Read more…
● Nikhil Niranjan (BuddingTennis
Champ): Won 2nd position in the U- 10
category and was a Quarter finalist in the
U12 category at the 29th Annual Junior
Triangular TennisTournament held in Chennai.
Read more…

All India Inter School Sports
Champs (TAISI)
Sixteen schools across India participated in the meet. Inventure Academy won
the Champions Trophy; the events included Track & Field, Soccer, Basketball,
Tennis and Swimming. Read more..

Career Guidance & College
Placements
Ramesh Hariharan, Vice Principal & College Counselor provided hands on, one on one
counseling to our students
• Pathfinder (Workwise) career guidance evaluation was administered to all 10th and
11th grade students
• College placement counseling – Univariety, Singapore conducted regular workshops
and one on one sessions in person and online
• Regular visits were made by institutes of higher learning to Inventure, e.g. Trinity
College, Dublin, University of Waterloo, Denison University, Sarah Lawrence,
National University of Singapore, Singapore Management University to name a few
• Two week internships for grade 11 students were conducted

Placements – some of the
educational institutions Inventurers have
been offered admission at

Inventure / INME Outbound
Trips
The trips form an integral part of the total Inventure learning experience. They are
aimed at developing life skills and providing more exposure to all that India has to
offer. Inventure faculty utilizes feedback on every participant and grade to further
enrich learning.
Read students’ experiences: Grade 7 outbound trip to Uroli: The hilly hamlet of Uttaranchal, My
Experience on the Outbound trip by Kaveri Parekh, 4 days away from home, ‘My Outbound trip to Coorg’ by
Joel Tony, Fourth graders Aditi and Aryan share their Outbound trip experiences to Coorg
Select comments from INME Chief reports on : Part 1, Part 2
Photo Gallery: Grade 11, Grade 10, Grade 9, Grade 8, Grade 7, Grade 6, Grade 5, Grade 4

Some of our Guest Lectures
• Dr. Shekhar Sheshadri, a leading psychiatrist from
NIMHANS, held two life skill workshops for our senior
students and parents. Read more…
• Astad Deboo & his troop performed at Inventure Academy.
Click here to watch the performance
• Samarth Nagarkar’s session on classical
Indian Music. Provided insights into Hindustani
classical music. Read more..

Some of our Guest Lectures
• Interactive session with Justice Santosh
Hegde: a former Justice of the Supreme Court Of
India, Justice Hegde graced the Investiture
Ceremony of Inventure Academy as the Chief
Guest. Read more..
Click to view Justice Santosh Hegde@Inventure
Academy
• Robotics Pod: Mr. Aravind, an engineering student
and an intern at Yahoo India, came to share his
skills in robotics design with students of the
Robotics Pod. Read more..
• Ashwin Mahesh:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqbgeUjw5tM

Some of our Guest Lectures –
Inventure Parents
• Seemantini Godbole: Electricity
• Anna Giske Madan: conducted Life Skills Classes for Primary School
• Sandhya Oza, Sobhanna Ramani, Mridula Tiwari, Preeta Dutta
and Preeti Chauhan: Food & Hygiene
• Shivani Nair: Yoga
• Sameed Mudbidri & Nitin Panchmal: Business Studies &
Entrepreneurship

Faculty Development &
Incentives

Incentives
• Inventure orientation, culture and team building – INME & In-house for entire team
• Heads of Department & leadership training – INME
• Touchstone, a year long teacher training programme conducted by Teacher
Training Foundation (TTF). 27 faculty members attended this
• Cambridge International Diploma for Teachers & Trainers(CIDTT), TTF for select
faculty
• Cambridge International Primary programme (CIPP) for Math, Science & English –
conducted by CIE. Attended by Primary school teachers

• Check point – CIE. Attended by middle school Math, Science & English faculty
• ICSE, IGCSE & AS/A Subject training for senior school faculty – conducted by CIE
• Cognitive Behaviour Therapy level 1 certificate course – conducted by Care
Institute of Behavioural sciences & Sensory teacher training attended by learning lab
team and student counsellors
• Weekly writing program Skype sessions for primary teachers with certified Teacher
Trainer, Columbia University
Incentives

Incentives
A fully accountable 360° appraisal process is in place at Inventure Academy.
• Team members are encouraged to take responsibility for their own personal and
professional development, mentored and coached by Inventure leadership & INME.
• Satisfaction surveys from students and parents are a part of the appraisal process
• Feedback from surveys and appraisals are communicated to concerned stakeholders
and incorporated into professional/personal development strategies
• Leadership opportunities are provided by way of committees, event management,
subject departments.

Incentives
Inventure Academy’s goal is to nurture faculty retention and loyalty. As a non-profit
Institution working to build a learning community, one of our innovative incentives
for faculty is the “Employee Sharing and Opportunity plan”(ESOP) Programme.
• A specified portion of fees is earmarked annually for distribution amongst team
members, subject to serving a minimum period of a pre-determined number of
years
• Leadership and development opportunities to head committees. (eg. Outreach,
Environment, etc.)
• Faculty outings, including visits to Spas and some of Bangalore’s best restaurants
• Education fee for two faculty children waived

Other Key Achievements
• Inventure was included in the Cambridge
University’s, “The Guide to Excellence 2012
Edition” – Global Education & Opportunities
• Ms. Mallika Sen - Principal’s Award, “Inclusive
Education”, Brindavan Education Centre
• Nischal Nadhamuni – achieved a perfect
score in SAT Read more…
…. Speaking of which did you know that our Principal, Mallika Sen, was the
recipient of the President’s award for the best teacher in 2002?

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• Arts POD – Made wall hanging using african folk art, reproduced artists paintings,
made worli art designs
• Music POD – Learnt major and Minor Chords, scales and dynamics of songs, they
formed a school choir
• Needlecraft – Learnt various types of stiches and also using these stiches made
designs on Pillows covers & Handkerchiefs. egs. Stem stitch, chain stitch & Satin
Stitch etc
• Robotics – Assembled and programmed a ROBOT and demonstrated the
ROBOT in the school assembly. Some students also took part in inter-school
Robotic Competitions like First Lego League (FLO), stood second place in the
ROBOCON competition organised by DEEN’s Academy

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(PODs description cont.)
• Media POD – The learnt how to make reports, conduct Interviews, shot pictures
of different events at School and also learnt to design cover pages for documents
using MS office Tools
• Environment POD – made articles by recycling waste products, helped in the
selling of Compost which is made out school’s kitchen waste
• Dance POD – learnt different styles of dance like – practiced Bollywood, Jazz,
and learnt Broadway Jazz
• Events POD – where the students helped all the school in setting/hosting the
events (making backdrop, props, designing the invite)
• MUN POD organized a MOCK INMUN and took part in Harvard MUN. Some of
the members of this POD also participated in the NLSIU Debate
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