Sirish Turlapati, Chairman & MD,
Iris Florets
Sirish Turlapati is a renowned name in the preschool firmament. For setting a benchmark in the education industry, he was conferred the prestigious Acharya Devobhava Award in 2015, “Asia’s Greatest Leader” in 2018 at Singapore, “Atal Bihari Vajpayee Samman”, “Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Samman”, “Education Stalwarts 2022 Award”. He has also been recognised among the Top 100 Franchise Leaders by Franchise India, 2022 and “Economic Times Education Leaders 2023 Award”.
Radhika Turlapati, Director of Academics, Iris Florets
A leading authority with over 20 years of experience in designing curricula and developing classroom strategies to enhance teaching and learning processes with a prime focus on a child’s holistic development. She guides the franchisees at every step in academic planning and execution.
Rahul Appani, Director of Operations,
Iris Florets
Rahul Appani is a BITS Pilani and IIM Alumni who is the force behind designing, developing, and managing the Iris school system. To ensure innovation in technology is at the forefront in all the Iris schools. With his experience in the education system abroad from a prestigious educational institution, he provides unique and new-age solutions to the franchisees’ requirements.
A happy play school – in a nutshell symbolizes the core philosophy of Iris Florets, a Bits Pilani & IIM Alumni initiative, envisioned by Dr. Yamdamoori Veerendranath. Founded in 2015, Iris is just like the flower that stands for wisdom, courage, hope and faith. Vision to create an atmosphere of happiness and security – a place where children are respected and recognized for who they have borne fruit as it spread far and wide. Backed by the core team comprising experienced edupreneurs, eminent academicians, trainers and professionals, with a cumulative 100 years of manpower experience in the education industry and Early Childhood Education. Iris Florets empowers every child with the gift of compassionate teaching that leads to passionate learning.
What makes Iris stand out is the sustainable model. They are actively involved in the process of procuring the needs of children. They stay up-to-date on the latest technological trends and pedagogical practices. They make things easier for their clients by providing them 360-degree support. All of these things have helped them grow, and evolve exponentially.
Sirish Turlapati, Chairman & Managing Director, Iris Florets says, “We aspire to inculcate the best practices in a happy and safe environment to nurture a child at the foundation stage who emerge into fully equipped individuals for their further learning years.”
The curriculum is designed meticulously by identifying age-appropriate needs and accordingly formulating the content with appropriate learning objectives that develop every child holistically, academically and with the required 21st-century skill set. Radhika Turlapati, Director of Academics states: “We provide independent learning with well-regulated liberty ensuring students take a more active role in the classroom by connecting their learning with real-world applications, sharing their experiences, and learning collaboratively. Thorough R&D is carried out to design a Child-Centric curriculum and the content is provided to our franchisees at the micro level which in a detailed and systematic format is sent every month through the ERP.” We ensure that the entire curriculum is uploaded on a common platform and access is given to all the franchisees across the globe.
Director Operations – Rahul Appani leaves no stone unturned to use cutting-edge technology that facilitates all the centres and parents with smooth communication. With his unparalleled expertise, he develops key initiatives and implements strategic plans/goals.
Iris Educare Limited initially started with the preschool segment. With great demand and the need to have continuity of learning after the foundation years, Iris entered the segment of primary schooling. “We are providing business opportunities to establish K-12 schools with international standards for those who want to venture into this industry. We aspire to have 500+ preschools in the next few years and many more K-12 schools.”
