{"id":14,"date":"2026-06-01T08:23:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T08:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/memorial-wp.test\/pn-kavoori-prize\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T08:23:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T08:23:59","slug":"pn-kavoori-prize","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scoonews.com\/memorial\/pn-kavoori-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"P.N. Kavoori Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Award No. 05 - 2025 Edition<\/div>\n

\n The P.N.
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For Values-Driven Learning<\/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

P.N. Kavoori<\/h2>\n
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Educator - Values Champion - Character Builder<\/div>\n

P.N. Kavoori<\/h3>\n
Educator & Moral Compass for a Generation<\/div>\n
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P.N. Kavoori believed that education without values is not education at all. In an era of increasing competition and results-focus, she stood firm on the conviction that a school's greatest achievement is not its results board, but the character of the students who leave it.<\/p>

Her classrooms were places where honesty, compassion, and integrity were not talked about as abstractions, but practised as habits. She understood that values are not taught - they are demonstrated, day after day, by educators who embody them.<\/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 Educators Who Know What Schools Are Really For<\/h4>\n

P.N. Kavoori's life was a demonstration that a school's most important output is not a grade or a rank, but a person of character. The P.N. Kavoori Prize honours educators who share that conviction.<\/p>

This award goes to an educator who has placed values at the centre of their work - building a culture of integrity, compassion, and purpose in their school, and producing graduates who carry those values into the world.<\/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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Lata Vaidyanathan<\/h2>\n
Director, Gyan Bharati School, New Delhi<\/div>\n

Lata Vaidyanathan has built Gyan Bharati School into an institution that proves values and excellence are not in conflict - they are, in fact, the same thing. As Director of the school, she has created a culture where academic achievement and moral development are pursued together, as aspects of a single, integrated vision of what it means to be educated.<\/p>

Her leadership is defined by a quiet but unwavering insistence on doing things the right way - for students, for teachers, and for the school community.<\/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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\"Lata Vaidyanathan has built an institution that stands as a living argument for the proposition that values and excellence are inseparable. The P.N. Kavoori Prize honours an educator who, like Kavoori herself, understands that a school's most lasting contribution is not its trophies, but the kind of people it sends into the world.\"<\/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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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 built a culture of values in their school - someone whose students leave not just educated, but shaped.<\/p>\n

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