Path Ahead 2025-26
Design and Dreams 2025
As part of the Path Ahead series, Shikshantar School hosted the annual session Design and Dreams on Saturday, 3rd May 2025. Conceived by Sujasha Didi and organised by the University Admissions Team, the session aimed to familiarise students and parents with opportunities in the field of design. This year’s panel featured two alumni—Malvika Nair and Ananya Wadhwana—and two leading design professionals, Mohor Ray and Rajesh Dahiya, who engaged in a rich discussion with high school art students and their families.
Malvika spoke about her interest in storytelling and information design, emphasising a collaborative and productive approach to creative work. She stressed the importance of understanding the purpose behind design, grounding it in research, and owning one’s learning journey. Through the lens of documentation, feedback, and clarity of intent, she encouraged students to reflect on what they truly want to do and how to communicate complex ideas with impact—especially for young learners.
Ananya offered insights into navigating both interest and disinterest in one’s creative path. She asked important questions around what design requires—beyond aesthetics—inviting students to think deeply and go further in their explorations. Her experiences as a muralist, illustrator, and exhibiting artist highlighted the many forms that visual storytelling can take in professional practice today.
The session also introduced students to the learning ecosystem of design schools, where coursework is divided into short, intensive units that allow for diverse modes of expression. Students were encouraged to chart their own path in a system that is guided but self-motivated. The panellists underscored that design education values intent, documentation, and joy in learning—reinforcing the idea that meaningful design emerges from both thought and play.
Visit to Indian School of Hospitality
Taking our pursuit of providing exposure to our High School students to create awareness among them regarding upcoming academic and career opportunities, Shikshantar University Admissions Team facilitated a visit to the Indian School of Hospitality (ISH), Gurugram.
The visit took place on Wednesday, 21st May 2025 and offered the students a hands-on introduction to the culinary and hospitality industries through interactive sessions with industry professionals and experiential learning activities. After a campus tour, one group of students got an opportunity to witness and try cooking in a professional kitchen with a chef and cooked five delectable varieties of pasta! The other group tried their hands on icing cute cupcakes with flavours ranging from coffee, blueberry, mango and caramel. The students participated as enthusiastically in these hands-on experiences as they did in the class on hospitality, in which they learnt the basics of cutlery, laying the table and napkin folds along with what the hospitality industry entails. In the end, the students were served delicious refreshments curated especially for them by the current students there.
The purpose of the visit was to help students explore potential career paths and make more informed academic and professional choices in the future. Going by the student engagement, their excitement and the positive feedback received, the visit to the Indian School of Hospitality was a resounding success. It provided valuable insight into the diverse opportunities within the culinary and hospitality sectors and inspired many students to consider these fields as serious career options.
Such initiatives align perfectly with Shikshantar’s commitment to holistic education by bridging classroom learning with real-world exposure. The University Admissions Team looks forward to organizing more such experiential learning opportunities that empower students to make confident, well-informed decisions about their future.