GIIS receives IOD’s Golden Peacock HR Excellence award 2013

Delhi, October, 2013 - Winner of twenty six International & National Awards for Excellence in School Education, the Global Indian International School (GIIS) has been awarded the prestigious international ‘Golden Peacock Award' for the year 2013, by the ‘Institute Of Directors' (IOD).

The award was presented to Mr Atul Temurnikar, Co-Founder & Chairman, Global Schools Foundation, by the Rt. Hon. Baroness Verma, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Energy & Climate Change, Govt of U.K. at the 'Golden Peacock Awards Nite', held at the Tower Hotel in London in presence of business leaders, jurists, academicians, environmentalists, economists, legislators and policy makers.

The Golden Peacock HR Excellence Award recognizes leading organizations and practitioners in driving impactful human capital strategies. The award was received for the quality of work and the impact that GIIS has had in the field of education as a result of their commendable human resource and people management practice. "Human resource has been our single most significant asset for the advancement in school excellence made by the Global Schools Foundation. We are deeply humbled to receive this award that stands as a testimony to our efforts in creating better leaders for tomorrow through several educational accomplishments", said an elated Mr Temurnikar.

About Institute of Directors and the Golden Peacock Awards:
Institute Of Directors was established on 12 July 1990 in India, as an apex association of Directors to improve their professional competence. From the personal development of Directors, it soon embraced boardroom development as a whole, and then organization-wide transformation. IOD India since has grown to associate with more than 30,000 senior executives representing prominent organisations from both the Private & Public and Govt worldwide. No business award today receives the kind of recognition and adulation among peers that the Golden Peacock does. The Golden Peacock Awards, started by ‘Institute Of Directors' (IOD) in 1991, are regarded as Holy Grail of Corporate Excellence Worldwide Further details can be found at http://www.goldenpeacockawards.com/.

About Global Indian International School:
Global Indian International School (GIIS) - established under the guiding principles of Global Schools Foundation - is an international network of award-winning institutions, with 21 campuses in 7 countries. Known for their skill-based and learner-centric curricula, GIIS schools offer holistic learning and personality development opportunities for students.

GIIS schools have been honoured with 27 international and national awards over a span of five years for achieving Excellence in School Education. Today, GIIS boasts a strong multicultural student body, as children from diverse nationalities have enrolled across its campuses. Adopting a holistic approach to learning and character development, Global School Nine Gems model is a proprietary tool to achieve a balance between academics and experience, mental and physical development, fine arts and performing arts, language skills and creativity, personality development, ethics and entrepreneurship.

For further details visit - http://www.globalindianschool.org/.