GEMS chairman receives top Indian award.Byline: Dubai Dubai (d  bī`), sheikhdom (1995 pop. 674,101), c.1,500 sq mi (3,890 sq km), part of the federation of seven United Arab Emirates, SE Arabia, on the Persian Gulf.
Sunny Varkey, founder & chairman of GEMS Education, was honoured with one of India's highest honours, the Padma Shri Padma Shri (also spelt Padma Shree, Padmashree, Padma Sree and Padma Sri) is an award given by the Government of India generally to Indian citizens to recognize their distinguished contribution in various spheres of activity including the Arts, award, for his outstanding contribution to education and social service. Varkey joins a select list of Global Indians A List of Global Professionals of Indian Origin : Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A Amar Bose Amartya Sen Arun Sarin B C D Desai Atul E F G to be honoured with the award for his services in the field of education across the world, particularly in the UAE (Uninterruptible Application Error) The name given to a crash in Windows 3.0. In subsequent versions of Windows, a crash was called a "General Protection Fault," "Application Error" or "Illegal Operation." See crash in Windows and abend. where he operates 26 schools. The international network of GEMS schools spans across nine countries providing high quality education to over 100,000 students from 124 different countries employing nearly 6,500 teachers; the largest employer if Indian and British teachers outside their home country.- TradeArabia News Service Copyright 2008 www.tradearabia.com Copyright 2009 Al Hilal Publishing & Marketing Group Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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