Indian School Muscat

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Location
Indian School, Muscat

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Muscat, Oman
Information
School district	Darsait
Affiliation(s)	Central Board of Secondary Education, India
President	Deepak Bradoo
Principal	Achutan Madhav
Staff	~75
Students	~6500
Faculty	~250
Type	Co-educational
Grades	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Color(s)	Navy Blue and White
Established	1975
Students called	ISMites
Homepage	http://www.indianschoolmuscat.com

1 Overview
2 Alumni
3 School Anthem
4 External links

[edit] Overview

Indian School, Muscat is an International school in Muscat, Oman. It was founded in 1975 as the Indian Central School with 135 students. Since then, the school has seen exceptional growth, both in terms of enrollment and size. As of 2007, the school boasts an enrollment of over 6,500 students and claims to be the largest co-educational Institution in the Gulf. The school is located in the Darsait area of the city of Muscat. The school's students have an excellent reputation for both academic and extra-curricular achievement.

The school is sponsored by the Indian Embassy and is supervised by the host country's Department of Private Education. It is affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi, India.

The current Principal of the school is Achuthan Madhav.The Boy's Dean is Aditya Kurian and the Girl's Dean is Nikita Benson.

The school is a member of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award scheme, which is now known as the international award scheme. This scheme was launched officially on 18th November 1992 with 23 girls and 20 boys from the school. The school currently has over 300 award entrants, who take part in a variety of confidence, character and team building activities including Social/Community Service and group Expeditions.

The school actively tries to bridge the gap between its students and the administration through a Student Government System, which consists of a Student Council and Prefects. Prefects and the members of the Student Council are generally elected by the students.

[edit] Alumni

The school's alumni have enrolled in several reputed Institutes of Higher Education around the globe, including Aston University, California Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, University of Southern California,Georgia Institute of Technology, Columbia University, Harvard University, Northwestern University, The University of Pennsylvania, Carnegie Mellon University, The University of Texas at Austin, Arizona State University ,University of Waterloo, University of Toronto, McGill University University of Western Ontario and BITS Pilani,India.

The school's alumni hold positions in some of the world's most prestigious firms, including Deloitte & Touche, CapGemini, Amazon.com, Google, Expedia, McKinsey & Company, ESAB, Samsung Electronics and General Electric.

[edit] School Anthem

The school's anthem is generally recited in unison during most school events, as well as during morning assemblies. It essentially serves to capture the values the school stands for, and instill a sense of pride amongst the members of the school's community.

Cheers to the school
where we learn the rule
to play clean straight and fair
in joy and in thought
in deed and in sport
to fight, to do and to dare
lets play up, for the school
and let this be our rule.
To fight for the right
for right and the truth
and on life's journey bound
let us ever be found
playing up, playing up
playing up for the school