About The Education Leader & Principal

Our institution is led by our Education Leader & Principal, Mrs. Anita Makkar, and her core team which has several highly competent and experienced educators and childcare specialists. These influencers have combined their strengths to ensure that your child receives nothing but the highest quality of academic mentorship, focused guidance, and enriched all-round development.

A pioneer of school education, Mrs. Makkar brings with her a rich three decades of experience in the education domain. With excellent leadership and effective administration skills, she has a focused vision for holistic education and a strong commitment for inclusive education.

Under the skilled leadership of Mrs. Anita Makkar as Education Leader & Founder Principal, The HDFC School Gurgaon commenced its first Academic Session in April 2015. The HDFC Schools are at three locations namely – Gurgaon, Pune & Bangalore. A true visionary-in- action, she has promoted experiential learning, an imperative approach to equipping students with essential qualities of innovation, adaptation and inquisitiveness. Apart from imparting quality education by adopting the best practices, she has been equally sensitive to the children having Special Educational needs (CWSN)

Mrs. Makkar has been honored with the following awards in recognition of her significant contribution to education:

• Computer Literacy Award presented by His Excellency, the then President of India, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
• National Award by Ministry of HRD, Government of India, Presented by His Excellency the Vice President of India, Shri Hamid Ansari
• CBSE Award presented by the then Hon’ble Minister of HRD, Shri Arjun Singh
• DAV President’s Gold Medal presented by Late Shri Sunil Dutt (erstwhile Union Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs)
• Woman of the Year Award on National Women’s Day presented by the former Chief Minister of Delhi, Late Shri Sahib Singh Verma
• Green School Award by Centre for Science and Environment

She is a pioneer of holistic education and has represented on various school education forums.

To enumerate a few, Mrs. Makkar is:

• CBSE-International (CBSEi) ldeator in writing curriculum content for CBSEi
• Member of Inspection Committee for affiliation to CBSE since the year 1995
• Member of Accreditation Committee for CBSE
• Former Chairperson and now a member of Gurgaon Progressive Schools Council (GPSC)
• Founder Chairperson of Sahodaya Schools Complex, CBSE Gurgaon Chapter
• An evangelist of exchange of educational ideas and practices internationally and for that purpose has travelled widely across Western Europe, Japan, Russia and other countries
• She has also attended various training programs at IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Lucknow, NEUPA and many more

Mrs. Makkar holds a Master’s degree in Mathematics from Hansraj College, Delhi University. Keeping the motto of Unlearning, Learning and Relearning, Mrs. Makkar has completed a long duration Education Leadership Programme from IIM Kolkata in 2022.