Awards and recognitionSince 2012
A record written by others.
Personal honours, world records, rankings and accreditations. Every one of them was given by an organisation outside the KRM Group.
- Guinness World Record
- 3,997
- British Council cycles
- 5×
- TEDx events hosted
- 7
- State ranks
- 14
In his name
On the record
Three honours in pictures, each given by someone outside the group. Every award the schools have won follows below.
Recognition is not the destination, but a reminder that we are on the right path.
Coimbatore Institute of Technology
Distinguished Alumni Award
His own college honoured him for nurturing transformational education.
2020EducationWorld, August 2020
25 leaders reinventing K-12 education
Named in a special report on the school leaders shaping India after NEP 2020.
RankedGlobal League Institutes, London
Named a Great Place to Study
Ranked among the top 50 schools in Asia.
Under his leadership
Initiatives and achievements, under his leadership.
A Forbes listing, world records, accreditations, rankings, wins and firsts. Each one was given by an organisation outside the group.
- RecordsMost people solving a Rubik's CubeGuinness World Records3,997 people, under one roof
- RecordsMost participants solving a Rubik's Cube within two minutesAsia Book of Records and India Book of RecordsTwo minute limit
- AccreditedInternational School AwardBritish Council2013-16, 2016-19, 2018-21, 2022-25 and 2023-26Awarded to every school in the group for bringing an international dimension into the classroom.
- AccreditedISO certificationTÜV SÜD South Asia Pvt. Ltd.World Certification Body
- AccreditedAuthorised assessment centreCambridge English Language AssessmentUniversity of Cambridge examinations
- AccreditedTrinity ESOLTrinity College London400+ students passedThe international English proficiency examination.
- AccreditedAffiliatedGlobal Research for Excellence in Education (GREE), Singapore
- AccreditedKRM Vocational Training CentreNational Council for Vocational Research and Training, New DelhiAccreditation No. TN 2397
- RankedThe Great Indian SchoolsForbes MagazineOctober 2018 issue
- RankedTop 50 schools in AsiaGlobal League Institutes, LondonNamed a Great Place to Study
- RankedTop in city rankingsEducationWorld School RankingsThree consecutive years
- Ranked7th in the cityIMRB survey, The Times of IndiaNew age schools
- Ranked256th in IndiaEducationWorld survey rankings
- WonNIE Vista IdeathonThe Times of IndiaWinner in 2023, 2024 and 2025Three consecutive years.
- WonGreen School Award ProgrammeMinistry of Education, Government of IndiaWinner
- WonDesign for ChangeWinner, social cause, jury award and special categoryTop 20 of 3,000 stories in A Story for a ChangeFor the past fifteen years.
- WonSchool Brilliance AwardIBCL, BangaloreInternational standards
- WonSchool Excellence AwardEcons Profit Solutions, DelhiInternational standards
- First to do itMetaverse LabFirst of its kind in IndiaAR and VR
- First to do itKaushal Vikas KendraFirst of its kind in IndiaMaker space and skill development lab
- First to do itLifeCell LabFirst of its kind in India
- First to do itKalam CentreFirst school in Tamil Nadu to inaugurate one
- First to do itAtal Tinkering LabFirst school in north ChennaiNITI Aayog mission
- In partnershipKRM Cricket AcademyMentored by R. AshwinIndian cricketer
- In partnershipIntensive football coachingChennaiyin FC
- In partnershipKabaddi classesTamil Thalaivas
Hosted
Seven TEDx stages, one alumni homecoming.
Independently organised TEDx events in 2017, 2018 and 2019, and every year since 2022. It began in 2016, when KRM Public School became the first school in Tamil Nadu to hold a TED-Ed Club licence. And in 2024, the founding school's first alumni meet.
TEDxIndependent TEDx events
7 editions
- 20178 Oct
- 201818 Oct
- 201918 Nov
- 20227 Oct
- 202311 Oct
- 202421 Oct
- 20258 Oct
First alumni meet
31 August 2024
3,000+
alumni, from across the globe
The founding school's first alumni meet, hosted by the group.