Ms. Annie Koshi, Principal of St. Mary’s School, is a devoted social worker. She actively advocates the cause of the disabled and has worked hard to introduce an Inclusive education system which involves a schooling where physically, mentally, emotionally and financially-challenged children study in the mainstream,, a school where ‘difference’ is accepted and celebrated. As a social activist, she has been instrumental in bringing in legislation to change methods of assessment for the visually-challenged in the Board Examinations as well as legislation that restrains the use of Government school teachers for out of schoolwork like election duty and census.

She did her schooling from All Saints School, Nainital and her (Annie Mathew) graduation and post-graduation in English (Hons) from Lady Sri Ram College, Delhi. She completed her B.Ed. at CIE (Delhi) and has done her M.A. in Educational Management with focus on inclusion from Oxford Brookes. She is specially trained in Testing and Evaluation as part of the CBSE ELT Project at the College of St. Mark and St. John, Plymouth, UK. At present, she is pursuing a Ph.D. (Role of Language in Understanding Diversity) at the Department of Humanities & Social Sciences at the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi.

Ms. Koshi is a member of the Executive Committee, Dil Se-Centre for Equity Studies, is on the Board of Directors of Karuna Vihar, Dehradun and is an Honorary Coordinator of the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions.

Ms. Koshi received the prestigious National Award for Teachers, conferred by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, in the year 2004. She has also been felicitated by the National Literacy Mission for her leadership in the field of literacy, awarded the National Child Care Award, India Development Education Award and the Freelance Journalists & Writers’ Association Award, twice, for her contributions in the fields of education, art and culture.

She has authored various books and writes poetry. Her interests include theatre, dance, art and music. She is an avid reader, and is fond of adventure sports such as trekking, river rafting, bungee jumping and cycling.

Annie Koshi,
Principal, St. Mary’s School
EMAIL ID: smschol@gmail.com