The Green Acres Academy

a school by The Acres Foundation

We are an institution that believes in the power of strong educational roots. Backed by The Acres Foundation – an educational think-tank that’s charting new pathways for K-12 education in India, we combine the expertise of global benchmarks & local context for the Indian market.

At TGAA, we believe the role of a school is to continually improve itself, bringing together the best ideas, latest tools & resources to help children fulfil their true potential! Our approach is to fuel the well-rounded development of a child:

Sparking the Mind | Engaging the Body | Nurturing the Heart

And for that, we redesigned everything that a school needs to be, in order to make this happen.

What backed our Think Tank at Acres Foundation

Rohan Parikh

Chairperson

M. Ed., Johns Hopkins University
MBA, INSEAD
B. Sc. Econ., The Wharton School of Business

Tejas Parekh

Group CEO and Director of Operations

Masters in Marketing & Management,
Southampton School

Aaditya Lohana

Executive Director

F.C.A., L.L.B. (Gen.)
Founder - Lohana's Test Series
Board of Studies member - Mithibai College

Radhika Zahedi

Director of Teaching & Curriculum

M.A. (Mathematics Education), Columbia University
B. Engineering, Mumbai University

Dakshata Kadam

Pre-Primary Academic Head - TGAA, Chembur

B.A. (Psychology), ECCED Asian International College
Diploma in Montessori Education, Association
Montessori International

Pooja Harlalka

Head of Special Education Needs (SEN) - Counselling
Head of LEAPED (SEL) Program

Licensed Mental Health Counsellor, Psychotherapist
M. Ed. (Mental Health Counselling), Columbia University
M.A. (Psychological Counselling), Columbia University
Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, William Alanson Institute

Bonny Bhansali

Head of Education Operations

M.A. (History), Mumbai University
B. Ed., Mumbai University

Surendranath Chidambaranath

General Manager (Administration)

MBA (Finance & Business Analysis), Liverpool
Business School, UK
M.Com., Mumbai University
B.Com. (Accounts & Finance), Mumbai University

Siamack Zahedi

Director of Education & Research

Doctorate in Education, Johns Hopkins University
M. Ed., Columbia University

Anuj Iyer

Chief Analytics Officer

M. Ed., Harvard University

Smriti Parikh

VP, Center for Teaching and Educational Leadership

M.Ed. (Learning and Teaching), Harvard Graduate School of Education
B.M.M., Sophia College, Mumbai

Sanyukta Bafna

VP, Curriculum

M. Ed. (Teaching & Curriculum), Columbia University

Noella Samuel

Head of Special Education Needs
(SEN) – Academics

M.Ed. (Special Education), Flinders University
B.Ed., St. Xavier’s Institute of Education
B.A., Mumbai University

Jehangir Hilloona

Vice President (Operations & Administration)

B.Com Graduate

Kalpana Periyaswamy

General Manager- HR

Masters in Human Resources from SM University,
Post Graduate Diploma in Psychological Counselling from Symbiosis University,
HR Business Partner Program from CHRMP( Pearson Vue by Ripples)
Certificated Internal Lead Auditor Program, ISO 9001: 2015 from Intertek