Ryan International Group of Institutions

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Ryan International Group of Institutions is a group of private educational institutions in India and other countries. The group was founded in 1976 by Augustine Francis Pinto. The group started its first school in Kerala in 1976 and currently has more than 135 schools in India and other countries including significant locations in Maharashtra, Delhi-NCR, and Karnataka.[http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/ryan-international-school-murder-case-gurgaon-5-unanswered-questions/1/1044919.html Ryan International School murder case: 5 unanswered questions after 3 days of police probe] The group collaborates with universities in the US to enhance education globally.{{Cite web|url=https://indiaeducationdiary.in/ryan-international-school-explains-international-exchange-programs-benefit-children-school-years/|title=Ryan International School explains why International Exchange Programs benefit children in their school years!|date=2019-06-06|website=India Education Diary|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-12}}

The group employs over 18,000 faculty members and over 30,000 students pass from Ryan schools annually. Students of Ryan International Schools are commonly known as "Ryanites."{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ludhiana/Ryanites-take-on-dares-at-adventure-camp/articleshow/7776569.cms|title=Ryanites take on dares at adventure camp - Times of India|website=The Times of India|date=24 March 2011 |access-date=2019-03-22}}

Origins

In the initial attempts to set up an English-medium school for the middle class in Mumbai, Dr. Pinto, the founder-promoter and chairman of RIGI, set up a small school in 1974 that failed to take off. However, he and Grace Albuquerque, a teacher at that time, eventually established St. Xavier's High School in Borivali East, a Mumbai suburb, with the help of Anthony Silva Pinto, the new head of OLPS School, Chembur.{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/meet-pintos-the-family-behind-130-ryan-international-schools-in-india-1515523.html|title=Meet Pintos, the Family Behind 130 Ryan International Schools in India|website=News18|date=11 September 2017 |access-date=2019-07-12}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/ryan-international-school-narendra-modi-augustine-and-grace-pinto-pradyumna-1042778-2017-09-12|title=Ryan International School: How son of a farmer built his business empire of education|date=September 12, 2017|first=Prabhash K.|last=Dutta|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2019-07-12}}

Ryan International School lists

= Ryan International School, Malad =

Ryan International School has two schools in Malad under CBSE and ICSE affiliations. The ICSE school in Malad was awarded the Quality School Governance Accreditation by the National Accreditation Board for Education and Training in 2014. Sonal Naik is the principal of the school.{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/mumbai/Ryan-International-School-Malad-gets-Quality-School-Governance-Accreditation-Award-in-Mumbai/articleshow/34075711.cms|title=Ryan International School, Malad gets Quality School Governance Accreditation Award in Mumbai|work=Times of India}}

= Ryan International School, Greater Noida =

Ryan International School Greater Noida was established in 2003 and had 3,200 students as of 2019.{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/ryan-international-school-greater-noida-awarded-leading-schools-of-india-119062700422_1.html|title=Ryan International School, Greater Noida Awarded 'Leading Schools of India'|work=Business Standard}}

= Ryan International School, Sanpada =

Ryan International School is a school in Sanpada which is affiliated with the CBSE.

It was established in 2003 and has won over a thousand awards in India and abroad for excellence in education and social service. Muriel Fernandes is the principal of the school.{{Cite news|url=https://www.ryangroup.org/ryaninternational/cbse/navi-mumbai/ryan-international-school-sanpada/about/about-school|title=Ryan International School, sanpada|work=Ryan Group}}

Academics

In 2019, students of Ryan International Group secured top ranks at the district, school and national levels in both the ICSE and CBSE formats.{{Cite news |agency=Press Trust of India |date=2019-05-10 |title=Students of Ryan International Schools Dominate the City, State and National Toppers List |work=Business Standard India |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/students-of-ryan-international-schools-dominate-the-city-state-and-national-toppers-list-119051000423_1.html |access-date=2023-01-29}}

The schools in Pune, Sharjah, Sanpada, Mangaluru, Bengaluru, and Abu Dhabi have adopted the Tata ClassEdge technology.{{cite news|url=http://www.tata.com/company/releasesinside/Tata-ClassEdge-goes-International-with-Ryan-International-Schools-UAE|title=Tata ClassEdge goes international with Ryan International Schools, UAE|date=3 February 2016|newspaper=Times Of India|access-date=7 July 2016}}

Awards and recognition

The school received the Samson Daniel Award from HelpAge India in 2015.{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/delhi/Samson-Daniel-Award-presented-to-the-Ryan-International-Group-of-Institutions-in-New-Delhi/articleshow/49195551.cms|title=Samson Daniel Award presented to the Ryan International Group of Institutions in New Delhi|date=October 3, 2015|website=Time of India|access-date=3 August 2018}}
2015 - 12 schools of Ryan International Group of Institutions were ranked among the best schools in the international, CBSE, and ICSE.{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/bangalore/The-Ryan-International-Group-of-Institutions-awarded-the-best-schools-at-an-event-in-Bengaluru/articleshow/50185868.cms|title=The Ryan International Group of Institutions awarded the best schools at an event in Bengaluru|date=16 December 2016|newspaper=Times Of India|access-date=7 July 2016}}
2015 - Madam Grace Pinto, managing director of the group, received The World's Greatest Leaders Award 2015 from the United Research Services Media Consulting PL and AsiaOne Magazine at the Indo-UAE Business Summit 2015, held in the United Arab Emirates.{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/mumbai/City-educationist-Madam-Grace-Pinto-receives-International-honour-in-Mumbai/articleshow/50454843.cms|title=City educationist Madam Grace-less Pinto receives International honour in Mumbai|date=6 January 2016|newspaper=Times of India|access-date=7 July 2016}}{{cite news|url=http://www.credent.in/madam-grace-pinto-receives-inspiring-business-leader-award/|title=Madam Grace-less Pinto receives the Inspiring Business Leader Award – Ryan International School|date=9 April 2016|access-date=7 July 2016|publisher=credent.in}}
2016 - Ryan Group's school in Sharjah, UAE was recognised by the Guinness World Records for participating in the world's largest charity donation for the poor.{{Cite web |title=Sharjah: Ryan International Group enters Guinness Book of World Records |url=https://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay.aspx?newsID=413080 |access-date=2023-01-29 |website=www.daijiworld.com |language=en}}
2017 - Madam Grace Pinto was awarded the Lifetime Achievement in Education by MidDay.{{Cite web|url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay.aspx?newsID=452442|title=Mumbai: Grace Pinto receives 'Lifetime Achievement in Education Award|access-date=2018-02-22}}

Management

Dr Augustine Francis Pinto
Dr Madame Grace Pinto, Managing Director.Rajesh Mascarenhas, {{cite news|title=Ryan Internation [sic] School MD Grace Pinto named in Sebi interim order|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-03-25/news/60475096_1_sebi-order-fictitious-long-term-capital-gains-capital-markets-regulator|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150424213558/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-03-25/news/60475096_1_sebi-order-fictitious-long-term-capital-gains-capital-markets-regulator|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 April 2015|access-date=7 July 2016|newspaper=Economic Times|date=25 March 2015}}Tarique Anwar, {{cite magazine|title=Meet Grace Pinto: The woman responsible for Ryan International's BJP membership drive|url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/meet-grace-pinto-the-woman-responsible-for-ryan-internationals-bjp-membership-drive-2161765.html|access-date=7 July 2016|magazine=First Post|date=19 March 2015}}
Mr. Ryan Pinto, CEO, Ryan Group{{cite web|title=Ryan International Group of Institutions: Management|url=http://www.ryaninternational.org/aboutUs_management.html|access-date=26 January 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124214648/http://www.ryaninternational.org/aboutUs_management.html|archive-date=24 January 2013}}

Extracurricular activities

=International Children's Festival of Performing Arts=

The school holds a yearly International Children's Festival of Performing Arts.Vinamrata Borwankar, {{cite news|title=International Children's Festival of Performing Arts begins on Wednesday|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/InternationalChildrens-Festival-of-Performing-Arts-begins-on-Wednesday/articleshow/50457748.cms|access-date=7 July 2016|newspaper=Times of India|date=5 January 2016}} The 14th occurrence of this event was held in January 2016 in Mumbai with the theme 'Celebrating Diversity.' The event attracted over 40,000 students including notable individuals from India and 17 different countries.{{cite news|title=Ryan International Children's Festival of Performing Arts held in Mumbai|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/mumbai/Ryan-International-Childrens-Festival-of-Performing-Arts-held-in-Mumbai/articleshow/50546088.cms|access-date=7 July 2016|newspaper=Times of India|date=13 January 2016}}Rons Bantwal, {{cite news|title=Mumbai: Ryan's 14th International Children's Festival of Performing Arts - 2016 |url=http://www.bellevision.com/belle/index.php?action=topnews&type=14642|access-date=7 July 2016|publisher=bellevision.com}}{{cite news|title=Art festival for children|url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/tXvnX3pCrCPYJPnbx9K1oO/Art-festival-for-children.html|access-date=7 July 2016|newspaper=livemint.com|date=5 January 2016}}

Controversies

= Tax evasion =

The school has been accused of tax evasion by means of 'trusts' that students' parents have been asked to pay on various occasions.

In February 2007, parents filed a complaint against RIS, Ludhiana for fraudulently collecting around Rs 4 crore from them by way of donations (over and above roughly Rs 10 crore for tuition and admission fees).{{cite web | url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070208/cth1.htm | title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Chandigarh Stories }}

The founders have been accused of money laundering by investing in a dubious finance company and manipulating its share price illegally.{{Cite web |title=Ryan International School owners used dubious finance company to launder crores, says Sebi report |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/ryan-international-school-owners-laundered-crores-says-sebi-report-1042639-2017-09-11 |access-date=2023-01-29 |website=India Today |date=11 September 2017 |language=en}}

= Pradyuman Thakur murder case =

On 8 September 2017, Pradyuman Thakur, a student at the Ryan International School in Gurugram, was murdered. The killing was planned by a class 11 student in order to postpone exams and parent-teacher meetings.{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/mail-today/story/pradyuman-thakur-murder-ryan-international-school-detained-student-porn-addict-gurugram-cbi-1082463-2017-11-09|title=Pradyuman murder: Detained Ryan student a porn addict, often carried knife to school|date=November 9, 2017|first=Ajay|last=Kumar|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2020-03-09}} Other students of the same school and their parents told that violence and bullying are common at the school{{Cite web|url=https://www.orissapost.com/ryan-international-school-in-news-for-wrong-reasons-again/|title=Ryan International school in news for wrong reasons, again - OrissaPOST|date=2019-08-10|website=Odisha News, Odisha Latest news, Odisha Daily - OrissaPOST|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-09}} and that school authorities act to hide the incidents rather than take steps to control them.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/gurugram/two-years-later-three-families-torn-apart-by-one-murder/story-HuzfhoYSl0GaARuXp8E1RN.html|title=One murder, three families, and a long wait for justice|date=2019-09-08|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=2020-03-09}} After this murder case the principal, Neerja Batra, was suspended and there was a case filed against Ryan Group and Pinto family.{{Cite web|last=Pandey|first=Munish|date=November 9, 2017|title=Pradyuman murder: CBI recreates crime scene, takes juvenile accused to school, knife shop|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/pradyuman-murder-case-ryan-international-juvenile-accused-cbi-reconstruction-of-crime-scene-1083194-2017-11-09|access-date=2020-08-14|website=India Today|language=en}}

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