Ranjit Kumar Dass
{{Short description|Indian teacher}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Ranjit Kumar Dass
| birth_date =25/8/1957
| birth_place =
| nationality = Indian
| education = Master of Science and Education Management
| alma_mater = La Martininere College, Lucknow
St. Stephen's College, Delhi
University of Oxford
| occupation = Academic
}}
Ranjit Kumar Dass (born 1957) is an academic and Great principal of Nath Valley School, Aurangabad, who was awarded National Teachers Award in 2014.{{cite news |title=Dass bags national teacher's award {{!}} Aurangabad News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/aurangabad/Dass-bags-national-teachers-award/articleshow/40445661.cms |accessdate=25 June 2020 |work=The Times of India |agency=Times of India |date=20 August 2014 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Welcome To Nathvalley School |url=http://www.nathvalleyschool.com/school_news.html |website=www.nathvalleyschool.com |accessdate=26 June 2020}}
Biography
Ranjit was born in the year 1957. He completed his schooling from La Martiniere College, Lucknow in year 1973. He graduated from St. Stephen's College, Delhi with master's degree in history in 1979. He later went to London and did Master of Science and Education Management from University of Oxford in 1988–89.
He started his career as a High School Co-coordinator at Woodstock School, Mussorie and was later Dean of the Woodstock School. He was with Wood Stock School from years 1980–1992.{{cite news |title=Nath Valley School, Aurangabd |url=https://www.educationworld.in/nath-valley-school/ |accessdate=25 June 2020 |publisher=Education World News}}
In 1992 he joined Nath Valley School, as Principal since its inception. He built the school from scratch and currently the Nath Valley School is one of the top 50 schools of Maharashtra.{{cite news |title=Nath Valley School, Aurangabd |url=https://www.educationworld.in/nath-valley-school/ |accessdate=25 June 2020 |publisher=Education World News}}
Recognition
In recognition of his services in education field, Dass was awarded National Teacher's Award in 2013.{{cite web |title=National Teachers Award List 2013 |url=https://mhrd.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mhrd/files/national_awards_teachers/Master_List-HINDI_Eng_20-08-2013_updated_uploded.pdf}} The medal was given to him and other teacher's at a function held on Teacher's Day function held on 5 September 2014 at New Delhi by the President of India. The erstwhile President, Hon. Pranab Mukherjee awarded the medals to all the pan-India teachers selected for the award for year 2013. Also present at the function to felicitate the teacher's were the Prime Minister of India, Sri Narendra Modi and the Smriti Irani, HRD Minister and other dignitaries.{{cite news |title=NVS (estb. 1992) is the highest ranked co-ed day school in Maharashtra outside the highly industrialised cities of Mumbai and Pune in EWISR 2017-18 – DIPTA JOSHI |url=https://www.educationworld.in/nath-valley-school-aurangabad/ |accessdate=25 June 2020 |publisher=EDUCATIONWORLD}}{{cite news |title=Forbes Facility at Nath Valley School |url=https://www.cleanindiajournal.com/forbes-facility-at-nath-valley-school-from-catering-to-cleaning/ |accessdate=26 June 2020 |agency=Clean India Journal |publisher=Clean India Journal |date=31 October 2019}}{{cite web |title=Rajendra Darda, Editor-in-Chief, Lokmat Group |url=https://www.rajendradarda.com/Speeches?lang=English |website=www.rajendradarda.com |accessdate=26 June 2020}}
Present status
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Category:People from Aurangabad, Maharashtra
Category:Recipients of the National Teacher's Award India
Category:St. Stephen's College, Delhi alumni