DR. MONALISA BAL Chairperson, KiiT International School Dr. Mona Lisa Bal graduated in Political Science with Honors from Calcutta University and post-graduated from Utkal University. She is also a Post graduate in Business Administration from KiiT University. She did her Doctorate in “Effective Learning in a Joyful Environment”, culminating into publication of a pioneering book “Transformation in the Pedagogy of Education in India”. She intends to take her passion in primary education forward by making insightful foray into the Higher Education Sector where she has already contributed twenty nine articles in internationally reputed educational journals like, IOSR, IJARSE, British Journal of Education & World Journal of Educational Research.She is also pursuing her D.Litt. on “Social Inclusion and Educational Policy: A Study of KISS Odisha” from Utkal University. A collection of her best research article has just been published as a book titled “An Insight into India’s Education Policy”. She is presently the Chairperson of KiiT International School. She is the guiding force behind the Vedic Memory Lab, a first of its kind initiative in the country for empowering students to enhance learning with the best amalgam of traditional and modern pedagogical practices for holistic learning. Her spirit of compassion resonates in the unique and proactive inclusive education policy of the school. Under her stewardship, the school has created a pool of trained teachers for special children, to give them the best opportunity to join mainstream learning with a meaningful, stress free transition. She was recently conferred with Mahatma Gandhi leadership award from the NRI welfare society in the House of Commons of Parliament in London. She also received “Emerging Leader” award at Leadership Excellence Award 2019, Thailand an initiative by Meccademia Education Group. Besides, she is proactively engaged with KISS, a School for 25,000 tribal students and mentors selected tribal students for achieving the civil services. It is under her leadership that KiiT International School has achieved all round excellence and is ranked among the top ten Schools of India. Several international awards and MOUs with organizations for academic excellence have been achieved under her tutelage.