Design to Improve Life Award - Index: Award 2011

Design for Change, an initiative of The Riverside School, was the winner of the Design to Improve Life (work category) award given by Index: Design - the world's biggest, and perhaps most important - design prize. The Danish, non-profit design organization INDEX: Design to Improve Life received almost 1,000 nominations for the competition from 78 countries. The winners of INDEX: Award is not traditional design, but rather design that vastly improves the lives of people all over the world.

#1 Day School in Gujarat, 2011 - Education World

Riverside School was ranked the # 1 Day School in Gujarat in the annyal Education World-C fore India's Most Respected Schools Survey, which rates and ranks the country's most high-profile day, legacy boarding and international schools. In addition, Riverside School was ranked #1 in India on two parameters of excellence - Individual Attention to Students and Parental Involvement.

#1 Day School in Gujarat, 2010 - Education World

Riverside School was ranked the # 1 Day School in Gujarat in the annual Education World-C fore India's Most Respected Schools Survey, which rates and ranks the country's most high-profile day, legacy boarding and international schools. 

'Call to Conscience' award by the King Center

Ashoka Fellow, 2008 for aProCh

Ms Kiran Bir Sethi was awarded the Ashoka Fellowship 2008 for "aProCh - A Protagonist in every Child".  Ashoka Fellowship is the most prestigious award in the social entrepreneurship awarded by the Ashoka Foundation, USA.  It is given to change makers who inspire and provide system changing solutions for the world's most urgent social problems.  Past noted Ashoka Fellows from Asia include: Mohammed Yunus - Founder of Grameen Bank, Bangladesh and Nobel Peace Prize winner and Sakeena Yakoobi - Founder of Afghan Institute of Learning.

Amongst Top 8 Lead India candidates from Gujarat

Ms Kiran Bir Sethi was one of the Top 8 Lead India Candidates (a Times of India initaitive) representing Gujarat in 2007-08.

Outstanding Young Educator Semi-Finalist, 2005-06

Ms Kiran Bir Sethi was shortlisted as a 2005-2006 semi-finalist by an international pool of nominees by ASCD (The Association of Supervision and Curriculum Design - Chicago).

School Design Award

Riverside School won a Citation award for it's architecture from Designshare.com, a very respected school design firm at Michigan, USA.