Shikha Sawhney is an educationist, entrepreneur, and a mother who is dynamic, charismatic, and an education industry veteran with old-world learnings and new-age thinking, inspired by traditions, is in a continuous quest at giving manifestation to the hues of the ethereal energy that brings balance to this world through Meditation. Prominent works from her elaborate portfolio include being a Founder Director of Lotus Veda Group of Schools in Delhi, A Parenting Website, Babanod, A student collaboration and engagement portal called Me! Pages and many more. Being the State President (WICCI) she champions and Facilitates Inclusion, Diversity, Gender Equality, and Global Citizenship in all recommendations and representations for respective government bodies and institutions, toward enabling policy changes and incentives toward improving economic and social ecosystems for women to thrive, through enabling fundamental changes in governmental policies, laws, and incentives and influence decision making at all levels with a view to robustly encourage and empower women in business, professions, industry, and commerce. WICCI is a national business chamber for women , women’s lndian chamber for commerce and industry, WICCI boots and bills women’s entrepreneurship and business through greater engagements with government , institutions, global trade and networks.She is on a mission to develop collaboration with other chambers and institutions and plan delegation visits to various public platforms and industry forums to promote trade, commerce, and investment for women entrepreneurs and businesswomen and those in services to develop community outreach in the spirit of sharing inspiration and knowledge. She is fairly well networked in the education space and understands how to work with well-established and startups. Besides this, her other interests include work in Self-Empowerment, Holistic Wellness and Sustainability, and Parenting space and also shares insights with a lot of parents. She is an advocate and practitioner of Self-work and Healing Modalities and is well entrenched in the space of Child Psychology and Parenting and coaches others on it. ‘It’s never too late to be what you might’ve been.” – George Eliot.
Principal, Lotus Veda International School,
We at Lotus Veda, one of the best play school in Ashok Vihar completely discard the practice of copying answers from the board. Hence, we start working on English from an early age. The students frame and write their own answers in their notebooks/ workbooks and in the worksheets. As a result, the students of this school never face the challenge of cramming information.The curriculum follows the student centric approach and is divided into three different year group programs i.e. Early primary year group program; Primary year group program; Middle year group program.Besides academics, the curriculum of Lotus Veda concentrates on a lot of new activities meditation which helps in relaxation of mind and soul, social programs which improve interpersonal skills.
The school places a lot of emphasis on the education of students with learning difficulties. There is a special department consisting of qualified teachers who handle these children with a lot of care and affection. Appropriate strategies are used to cater to the teaching learning process of these students. The aim of this department is to support these students and gradually bring them into the mainstream classes.
The schools offer remedial classes during the summer vacation to support the learners who require extra support in learning the concepts, writing or revising the concepts. During these sessions, the teachers address the problems of students by reaching out to them on a one to one basis. The slow learners get an opportunity to get their queries resolved and also cover the portion of the syllabus that they missed out on. Remedial programs allow students to maintain their pace of learning according to the curriculum. Students are able to keep their knowledge up-to-date across all subjects.
Theatre education is the vital program to promote all round development of students. Acting different characters related to different situations and eras inculcate empathetic attitude within students. It also induces students to get into different world of imagination and try creative endeavors. Theatre contributes towards improvement in communication skills. Rehearsing dialogues help sharpen memory.
Coding & Robotics is the advanced terminology of engineering. It denotes Artificial intelligence that deals with the study of creating efficient and intelligent robots. Here at Lotus Veda, We promote robotics learning which involves the conception, design, manufacture, and operation of robots. This field overlaps with electronics, computer science, artificial intelligence(AI), and bio-engineering
Technology has the ability to enhance relationships between teachers and students. When teachers effectively integrate technology into subject areas, teachers grow into roles of adviser, content expert, and coach. Technology helps make teaching and learning more meaningful and fun. Lotus Veda being one of the best preschool in Ashok Vihar provides its children with the opportunity to use and interact with this technology at different levels.
India has a great heritage of classical dance and music. Using the body and voice as a medium of expression is one of the mediums to lure the hearts of people. They also bring out a happy feeling within oneself. Music and Dance improve the ability of higher-level thinking. Music and Dance help children untap their inner creativity and bring out their passion with great enthusiasm. This activity gives a beautiful break from the daily activities and helps students form a bond across communities. That’s the best activity to provide the perfect nourishment for the mind, body and soul.
The Art & Craft program is the most engaging activity to connect creativity and innovation during an early stage of children’s development. This program helps build skills, develop competencies and offer resources. They support creative learning for our students. Most importantly, Art & Craft gives children the chance to use their imagination. Writing, Painting, Drawing, Photography and Clay Sculpting are some of the activities that are included in this program. This activity helps build cognitive, physical, and social development. This program develops fine – motor skills and hand – eye coordination.