Over the last 24 years, with over 100 schools across India, the GD Goenka Group has become a trend-setter in the quality education from preschool/kindergarten to post-graduate education. Its foray into innovative education began in 1994 to commemorate the memory of the late Smt. GayatriDevi Goenka, mother of the Chairman, Mr. A. K. Goenka. Starting with barely 23 students in its first year atthe first school, the GD Goenka Public School in Vasant Kunj, today fosters an enriched educational lifefor over 2500 students. The school takes pride in having introduced many firsts: the first centrally air-conditioned school offering the most hi-tech gym with Life Fitness equipment (set up in 2000); the first tointroduce the air-conditioned buses with communication facilities, toilets with sensory taps and MineralWater Dispensers in Indian schools. With the latest educational aids, equipment and amenities, set up touphold the highest standards in education, hygiene, safety & security, this model has been replicated ineach school owned by or affiliated with the GD Goenka Group both in India and internationally.With global collaboration and affiliation at the core, the GD Goenka Education City includes the GDGoenka World School with children representing over 30 countries and offering the IB and IGCSEcurriculum, the G.D. Goenka World Institute, in partnership with Lancaster University, UK, and the GDGoenka University that builds leaders of tomorrow, through specialized Schools of Architecture & Planning,Communication, Engineering, Fashion & Design (in collaboration with the famous Politecnico Di MilanoSchool of Italy), Hospitality (in collaboration with Le Cordon Bleu), Humanities & Social Sciences, Law(Approved by the Bar Council of India), Management, Education, and Medical & Allied Sciences.The addition to the galaxy of institutions, the GD Goenka Lá Petite" Montessori and GD Goenka ToddlerHouse chain of preschools.