About Us
An academy for developing
successful young minds.
VISION
North Star International Academy envisions building a community that provides the foundation for every individual to discover their true human potential and positively contribute to the transformation of society.
MISSION
- Providing an affordable future-oriented academic program that is rigorous and transdisciplinary.
- Ensuring that all activities are rooted in values and ethos of the community.
- Enabling all to cultivate the belief in and the courage to pursue whatever pathway they choose to follow.
- Fostering a spirit of respect for all forms of diversity.
- Providing avenues that facilitate learning and the development of skills and values.
- Supporting opportunities that allow all to grow and become global citizens.
- Creating a compassionate society by encouraging the development of right thought, right words, and right actions.
NORTH STAR
INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY
Nirmala Memorial Foundation was established in 1984. Shri Thakorbhai Desai founded the Trust in the fond memory of his beloved wife Late Smt. Nirmala Desai. Shri Thakorbhai Desai was the State Awardee for Best Teacher by the Government of Maharashtra. Under his Chairmanship the Trust made its humble beginning with a Gujarati medium school in the slum pockets of Khot Dongri at Malad (East.)
Within a short span of time, the school gained glory by achieving 100% results at the SSC exam. Soon after that, there was no looking back for the institution. In the year 1999, Nirmala Memorial Foundation junior college of Commerce and Science started, followed by the Degree college in the year 2003. Then there were a series of colleges and courses added under the banner of Nirmala Memorial Foundation. Shri Thakorbhai Desai was ably supported by Director Smt. Aruna Desai who has always been the strongest pillar in the development of various institutions under this Trust. Today, the Trust has grown from a small seed to a huge banyan tree with an English medium school, junior colleges, degree colleges with various self-financing courses, skill development courses and also a B. Ed college. The vision of providing quality education to the economically deprived children of the society has always been the main motto of the Trust. The same legacy is carried forward by the young and dynamic Chairman Dr. Denis Desai along with a strong support from the other Trustees. The Trustees mainly consist of great educationists who not only understand the value of education but also believe in imparting it in the right way, so that the students benefit from it which leads to their overall development. The Trust emphasizes on giving equal importance to academics along with co-curricular, cultural and sports activities.
The progressive, enlightened and dynamic Management has been steering the institution in the right direction all along and extending unswerving support to the committed teaching and non-teaching staff. This has resulted in the institution reaching great heights.
List of Institutions under the banner
- Nirmala Memorial High School - Malad East
- Nirmala Memorial Foundation Junior College of Commerce and Science - Kandivali East
- Nirmala Memorial Foundation College of Commerce and Science - Kandivali East
- Nirmala Memorial Foundation Junior College of Commerce and Smt. Shanti Devi Shukla
- Junior College of Science - Malad East
- Nirmala Memorial Foundation College of Education - Kandivali East
- Nirmala College of Commerce - Malad East
- D.S. Shukla College of Commerce and Science - Kandivali East
- Nirmala English School - Kandivali East
- North Star International Academy - Wagholi, Pune
Smt. Aruna Desai
MANAGING TRUSTEE
Ms. Aruna Desai is a former mathematics teacher who still holds the passion of a teacher at heart. Currently, she oversees the strategic leadership and direction of 10 educational institutions under the Nirmala Memorial Foundation.
- Nirmala Memorial High School - Malad (East)
- Nirmala Memorial Foundation Junior College of Commerce and Science - Kandivali (East)
- Nirmala Memorial Foundation College of Commerce and Science - Kandivali (East)
- Nirmala Memorial Foundation Junior College of Commerce and Smt. Shanti Devi Shukla Junior College of Science - Malad (East)
- Nirmala Memorial Foundation College of Education - Kandivali (East)
- Nirmala College of Commerce - Malad East
- D. S. Shukla College of Commerce and Science - Kandivali (East)
- Nirmala English School - Kandivali (East)
- North Star International Academy - Wagholi, Pune