8. RN Podar School

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Jain Derasar Road, Santacruz (West)

History: While the Podar Group has been in the field since 1927, the RN Podar CBSE School was set up in 1998.

Unique features: It is among the first schools to have formally implemented the flipped classroom learning model. The school is also among the first to set up a Makers Lab encouraging children to be creative and hands-on problem solvers.

Highest ratings in: Breadth of vision, academic rigour, governance

Board: CBSE

Annual fees: Not disclosed

Students: 2,800

Student-teacher ratio: CBSE: 1: 40

Website: www.rnpodarschool.com

Quote: The school holds its own even in times of uncertain and unpredictable change and prepares its students to adopt, adapt, reinvent and remain relevant at all times.

AVNITA BIR, director-principal