Dr Shailendra Somani (@shailendra-somani)

Dr Shailendra Somani

Entrepreneur, Academician, Leader and a simple workman

Nothing special..!!! Just a simple ethical workman.. a man who raised himself from a very humble and down to earth background to a man of achievements by fulfilling his lofty dreams, a charted accountant (C.A.) with All India Rank 35 and a Master in Informatics Technology from Queensland University of Technology, Australia, run self owned school - MDS Sr. Sec. School at Udaipur (Rajasthan) famously now known due to percent 360/360 score in JEE (Main) Exam for IIT by MDSian Master Kalpit Veerwal

Hard work and innate entrepreneurial desire compelled your good self to raise to heights and rock solid attitude and focused approach worked as a catalyst in this process.MDS Sr. Sec. School was established in 1996 under the aegis of Smt. Mohan Devi Somani Memorial Trust. The last 10 years have been exhilarating for the institution.

Your good self with the help of family members and strong team was instrumental in leveraging the strengths of the school by fetching it more in terms of knowledge, experience and keeping the students abreast with the latest and the new. The institution strives to amalgamate both the dimensions of educational process that is Personality and Knowledge. A journey that began with a single room and 12 students has stupendously grown to a huge school with an infrastructure spread over 3 acres of land with 2500 students and 71 rooms.

In an effort to mentor the prestigious school in terms of successful IIT-JEE & CA-CA FOUNDATION, CS Foundation coaching, your good self tried to introduce the concept of Advanced Academic Classroom Programme (AACP) which was never seen before in Udaipur which is now regarded as one of the most result oriented schools of the country.

We, at MDS, believe in maintaining a high note in life and do it all for the betterment of the children and try to induce the same optimism and determination to surpass mediocrity in the working ethos and mission statement of the school.

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