{"id":11,"date":"2026-06-01T08:23:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T08:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/memorial-wp.test\/ashok-gupta-rise-reform-honour\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T08:23:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T08:23:58","slug":"ashok-gupta-rise-reform-honour","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scoonews.com\/memorial\/ashok-gupta-rise-reform-honour\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashok Gupta Rise Reform Honour"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Award No. 02 - 2025 Edition<\/div>\n

\n Ashok Gupta Rise &
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For Bold Reform and Educational Upliftment<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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The Award Is Named After<\/div>\n

Ashok Gupta<\/h2>\n
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Education Reformer - Philanthropist - Visionary<\/div>\n

Ashok Gupta<\/h3>\n
Founder, Salwan Group of Schools - Delhi<\/div>\n
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Ashok Gupta was one of the most consequential education reformers of post-independence India. As the founder of Salwan Public School and driving force behind the Salwan Education Trust, he believed that quality education must be accessible - not only to the privileged, but to every child, regardless of background.<\/p>

His schools became laboratories of both academic excellence and social consciousness. He championed affordable, values-driven education at a time when commercialisation was reshaping India's schools, and resisted every temptation to compromise quality for profit.<\/p> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Purpose of the Award<\/div>\n

Why This Award Exists<\/h2>\n
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For the Reformers Who Changed What Was Possible<\/h4>\n

Ashok Gupta lived his conviction that education is a right, not a commodity. He saw India's school system not as it was, but as it could be - and he worked, year after year, to close that gap.<\/p>

The Ashok Gupta Rise & Reform Honour recognises educators who carry forward that same spirit of reform - those who take on the hard work of transforming systems, challenging assumptions, and building something better than what they inherited.<\/p> <\/div>\n <\/div><\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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2025 Recipient<\/div>\n

2025 Awardee<\/h2>\n
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Ashok Gupta Rise & Reform Honour - 2025<\/div>\n

Dr. Deepak Madhok<\/h2>\n
Chairman, Sunbeam Group of Educational Institutions<\/div>\n

Dr. Deepak Madhok has built the Sunbeam Group into one of the most respected education networks in Eastern India - not through shortcuts, but through a steady commitment to quality, values, and the belief that every child deserves an exceptional teacher.<\/p>

As Chairman of Sunbeam Group of Educational Institutions, he has overseen the growth of a chain that now spans multiple cities, serving thousands of students with a consistently high standard of education.<\/p> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Jury Citation<\/div>\n

Words of Honour<\/h2>\n
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\"Dr. Deepak Madhok has done what reformers do - he has made quality education available to many who might otherwise have been denied it, and done so without compromising on what quality means. The Ashok Gupta Rise & Reform Honour goes to an educator who, like Ashok Gupta himself, believes that doing right and doing well are not in conflict.\"<\/blockquote>\n - ScooNews Memorial Awards Jury, 2025<\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div><\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Gallery<\/div>\n

Award Ceremony - 2025<\/h2>\n

Moments from the inaugural ScooNews Memorial Awards at Global Ed-Fest 2025, Jaipur.<\/p>\n

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\n <\/span> 2026 Nominations Open <\/div>\n

Know a Worthy Nominee?<\/h2>\n

Nominate an educator who has taken on the hard work of reform - transforming their school, their community, or their system.<\/p>\n

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