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Shantiniketan International School - Bachupally
Shantiniketan International School Bachupally is one of five campuses in the Shantiniketan group, with the group's lineage dating to 1990.
In brief
Shantiniketan International School Bachupally is one of five campuses in the Shantiniketan group, with the group's lineage dating to 1990. The Bachupally site is an IB Candidate School pursuing PYP World School authorisation, currently running CBSE alongside the IB PYP framework.
5-acre campus near Bowrampet/Bachupally on Hyderabad's northwest side. H.C. Dr Smita Benuskar leads as Head of School, alongside her IB consulting work as an IBEN Programme Leader and IB School Visit Team Leader. Prof P. Purushothama Rao chairs the trust.
An unusual figure in the leadership: Mrs Meghana Reddy Kolan came to Shantiniketan from finance, with an IIT Madras engineering background and eight years as a quantitative researcher at Goldman Sachs and Franklin Templeton before moving into education. Parent commentary frames the school as warm and care-focused. IB Candidate status carries no guarantee of authorisation.
Reviews
What families put in writing about the Bowrampet site keeps returning to the people running it day to day: teachers described as dedicated, an admin team that picks up the phone, and the two programme coordinators named again and again as the ones who actually steer a child through the school. The praise tends to point at individuals rather than systems. The physical campus, five acres of it on the northwest edge of the city, also comes up as a draw in its own right. On the staff side, pay sits under the warmth: teachers across the group describe a cooperative, family-feel workplace while flagging that the salary does not match the hours, which is the kind of thing that tends to show up later as turnover.
Positives
- Coordinators and admin as the point of contact. Written parent feedback singles out the principal and the two coordinators as the people who carry the school, and describes administrative staff as consistently reachable and supportive.
- Campus and grounds. The five-acre Bowrampet site, its space and greenery, comes up as a genuine draw in parent comments, separate from any view on the teaching.
Considerations
- Teacher pay. Staff talk warmly about cooperative management and a family atmosphere, but pay is the recurring catch, with teachers describing low remuneration against heavy duties. This signal is group-wide rather than pinned to the Bowrampet campus.
Leadership
H.C Dr. Smita Benuskar
Dr. Smita Benuskar is a dynamic school leader who champions joyful learning by bridging creativity, celebration, and educational excellence. With over two decades of experience, she has shaped inclusive, inquiry-driven environments and currently serves as the Head of School for Shantiniketan International School, Hyderabad. She holds a postgraduate degree in English, a Certificate in School Management and Leadership from Harvard, and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in recognition of her contributions to education.
Location
Survey No.704, near Bachupally, Bowrampet, Hyderabad, Telangana 500043, India