Mrs. Meenakshi Sharma: School Principle and Social Sciences Teacher

Meenakshi has a BA in Education and a MA in Political Science from The Himachal Pradesh University, India. She is the Principal of Gamru Village School and works tirelessly to ensure that all of the children have the best possible chances of success for the future. Meenakshi teaches social science to the students in the 6th, 7th and 8th standards, as well as maths to the 3rd standard students. She has a keen interest in sports and outdoor pursuits: not only has she completed an advanced mountaineering course with flying colours, she has a black belt in Karate. Further hobbies include watching action movies and the Discovery channel.

Mrs. Tripti Jasrotia: English Teacher

Tripti teaches English from 3rd to 8th Standard. She is also in charge of monitoring the 5th Standard students. Further responsibilities include managing assemblies and discipline within the school. She joined the school in 2005 and her main hobby and interest is reading.

Mrs. Sushma Chaudhary: Hindi Teacher and Deputy Principal

Sushma teaches hindi from 3rd to 8th standard, and is also in charge of monitoring the 8th standard students. Further responsibilities include being 2nd in charge of the school, and keeping an eye on the overall welfare of the students. She is also responsible for all the school's medical supplies and administering first aid when necessary. She joined the school in 2004 and her main interest is craft work.

Mrs. Rekha Guleria: Maths and Sanskrit Teacher

Rekha Guleria teaches maths from 4th to 8th standard and teaches sanskrit from 6th to8th standard. She is also in charge of overseeing the progress of the 7th standard students. She also prepares the daily news for assemblies. She joined the school in 2005 and enjoys playing badminton in her spare time.        

Namrata: Science and Art teacher

Namrata teaches science from 5th to 8th standard and art from 6th to 8th standard.  She is in charge of monitoring the 6th Standard students and overseeing the kitchen staff, as well as ordering and maintaining food supplies for the students' daily meals. She manages the arts and crafts activities at the school. She came to the school in 2006 and her hobby is to produce artwork and craftwork.

Nisha: 2nd Standard Teacher and Science Teacher

Nisha teaches all subjects in the school curriculum to the 2nd standard students, as well as helping teach science to the 3rd and 4th standard students. She is in charge of monitoring the progress of all 2nd Standard students, and is also responsible for monitoring and stocking the school library. She joined the school in September 2007, and her hobby is reading.

Ranjana: Nursery Teacher

Ranjana teaches all the children in the nursery class and is responsible for monitoring and overseeing their progress and behaviour. She joined the school in April 2008, and enjoys cooking.

Neelam: 1st Standard Teacher

Neelam teaches all subjects in the curriculum to the 1st Standard students and helps revise all topics of study with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th standard students. She is in charge of monitoring the 1st Standard students. She joined the school in Npovember 2008. Her hobbies include reading and attending spiritual meetings.

Dr Kishwar Shirali: School Consultant and Committee Member

Dr. Kishwar is a retired Professor of Psychology from the University of Himachal Pradesh, Shimla, and was asked to join the school in 2006. She regularly interacts with Meenakshi and all the teachers, children and support staff. Her concern is for the emotional and psychological welfare of the students, and she uses her training in clinical pyschology to help promote feelings of self-worth and a healthy attitude towards life. She is also interested in organisingtrips to exhibitions and in encouraging the learning of indigenous folk art and crafts.

Mr. Phil Adams: The Project Director

Phil is a British national and lived near Gamru Village in 2003-2004. He quickly noticed that there were many children in the village who were not attending school and decided to establish a school that would remove the barriers that were preventing these children from having an education. Working closely with the local community, Phil volunteered his time and effort to establish Community Growth and Gamru Village School. He is not a teacher, but has worked for 11 years with a large English children's charity called Forest School Camps, as well as in many different fields of other work. He has been scrupulous in terms of the budget- working hard to procure high quality at the lowest prices and keeping overheads to a minimum to ensure the maximum utilization of all donated funds. Although he is currently involved in important aid-work in Afghanistan he keeps in contact with the school and receives regular reports from the School Principal concerning  all aspects of the day-to-day management of the projects. He also continues to liaise with donors.

Additional Members:

Dr. Vijay Sharma:       School President

Sarika Singh:              School Secretary

Mr. Rajan Dewan:       School Treasurer