Lorraine Mirza

Mrs. Lorraine Mirza has been a dedicated member of the educational fraternity. She has been in the field of education for over 40 years. She has been associated with several schools and recipient of several Educational Awards including the “Mother Teresa International Award”, for her contribution to Education.

She did her schooling from Loreto House, Middleton Row and her college from Sophia College Bombay. Because of her love for children, she decided to take up a career in Education.. In St Thomas’ Boys School, Kidderpore she served for 24 years as Head of Chemistry Department and later as Head of Jr. Department. She was transferred to St. Thomas Church School, Howrah as Vice- Principal and also served as Officiating Principal. Mr. John Mason who was the C.E.O. for GEMS –Global Management Systems then invited her to join as a GEMS Principal. As a Founder Principal she established the Pailan World School, Kolkata and The Taurian World School, Ranchi. After getting the affiliation to C.B.S.E. for the Taurian World School, she was transferred to Punjab to set up the Gems Cambridge International School.She was the Principal of La Martiniere for Girls, Kolkata. After retiring from La Martiniere she joined the Ashok Hall Group as Director Academics. Presently she is associated withPailan World School as Academic Advisor, Morning Smiles, Pre- School and Springfield Academy as Educational Director and Caring Minds as Guest faculty.

She has been the recipient of several Educational Awards including the “Mother Teresa International Award”, for her contribution to Education.

Mrs. Mirza’s interests include Drama and Script writing, Art, Music and Speech skills. She is also the author of several series of Maths and Science Text books. True to the GEMS philosophy, she believes that every child is a GEM and it is our duty as educators to polish them and make them shine.