" School to me is the many teachers who challenged and inspired. Mrs R Mukherjee (English) and Mrs S Mazumdar (Economics) were two such towering figures for me. As a lecturer at my university now, I wonder if I would have been as committed to academia had the seeds not been sown in the classroom almost two decades ago."

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• Dr Mihika Chatterjee Lecturer at Oxford University Batch of 2004

"In my opinion, mental health speaks to all — and it intersects with other social issues like poverty, class, caste, sexuality, religion, and gender, and how all of this ultimately contributes to an inclusive world. I am working with persons with psychosocial disabilities, having reached out to over 7000 individuals. I am also training in Psychoanalytical Therapy, with the Indian Psychoanalytical Society and have my own practice. I do freelance photography and am raising two children..”

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• Gunjan Chandak Khemka Assistant Director, Iswar Sankalpa (NGO)
  Batch of 2005
  

"Mrs Sanyal patiently tolerated my total lack of mathematical reasoning, Mrs Kapoor encouraged my interest in Literature, Mrs Sen instilled an abiding love for History, Mrs. Ali generously indulged digressions in the Political Science class, and Mrs Majumdar who never taught me but was the best 'class teacher' she ever had. It was JG, Mrs Jharna Ganguli, who made bearable the challenging years in high school!"

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• Sudarshana Chanda PhD Candidate at Harvard University
  Batch of 2010

"Today, while conducting podcast interviews with guests, the podcaster/ writer/ entrepreneur in me reflects on the engaging classroom discussions from class with Ms J Ganguly, this is my instrument helping me churn new ideas for articles, podcasts or workshops that I conduct,”

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• Yashika Begwani Podcaster
  Batch of 2009