A P Sharma has an M.Phil degree in Economics. He has over 35 years of experience as a leader and academician. In 2014, he received the National Award – Global Teacher’s Award, in 2015 from the Hon’ble President of India. UNESCO & Delhi Commission presented him an award for the work he had done in empowering women. A P Sharma is an expert in Design thinking. He bagged the Academician of the Decade Award from WEF in 2016 and served as the committee member of Niti Aayog for crafting activities for Innovation Labs under ‘Atal Tinkering Lab’. He joined Kundan Vidya Mandir in January 2022.
At Kundan Vidya Mandir, an eighty-one-year-old elite institution, we turned two old buses into wisdom lab, bank, post office etc. to develop soft skills amongst students. The wisdom lab is equipped with interesting prototypes and instruments. A P Sharma envisaged an entrepreneurial club, a forum to develop entrepreneurial mindset among students. The project is in infant stage and we are receiving overwhelming response. Our project ‘Sada Punjab-Pyara Punjab’ is uniting youth to feel proud of their motherland and traditions.
Grandma’s Kitchen has been popular in reminding students of traditional recipes and culture. The initiative ‘Every Child is a Star’ to popularize physical fitness and has been gaining strength as every child is motivated to earn it by qualifying minimum standards of physical strength by running, jumping, throwing, balancing, exercising right from kindergarten level. They receive STAR badge after qualification and every child is helped to earn it during the term.
I have a dream to shape every student and teacher of the school as a “self -learner” who receives inspiration by their own continuous efforts. Design thinking is the next project where students and teachers move beyond acquiring and application of knowledge to creating out-of-box thinking. We have initiated first of its kind internship program for seniors students where every student has to go through 15 days regular internship program with industry/hospitals/hotels/lawyers/NGOs/CA and other professional institutions (4hours a day). A P Sharma is a committee member of Delhi Government SCERT’s for entrepreneurial mindset program and have been nominated by Hon’ble Governor of Punjab as member of the Education Council of the state which will help him to contribute on a bigger canvas.
A P Sharma has always believed in holistic development of students. As the housemaster in a boarding school, he ensured that every student took part in sports,
co-curricular activities and social service. Every child was made to learn a musical instrument to improve their focus and concentration resulting in students doing well both in sports as well as academics.
As the founding Principal of a school in Jammu, A P Sharma introduced a culture of experiential learning and observation based inference-analysis right from kindergarten. In Maheshwari Public School, Jaipur a peer teaching program for NTSE was initiated. Students from Grade 11 and 12 taught juniors for NTSE classes and the results were overwhelming as first 10 positions in the state were held by these students.
I have a dream to shape every student and teacher of the school as “self -learner” who receives inspiration by their own continuous efforts. Design thinking is the next project where students and teachers move beyond acquiring and application of knowledge to creating out-of-box thinking