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 INTRODUCTION

ODM Educational Group is an emerging education conglomerate headquartered at Bhubaneswar, Odisha. It is founded by Dr. Satyabrata Minaketan. ODM Educational Group, houses multiple institutions like ODM Public School, K-12 CBSE affiliated school, ODM Kids World, a pre-school chain, ODM School of Advanced Learning, test prep institute, Institute of Human Excellence, a skill development academy, Astral Institute of Management, A B-School affiliated to AICTE and DIGICHAMPS, an e-learning venture.

Under the ODM Educational Group, its flagship K-12 School, ODM Public School is a leading school of the state producing stellar results across all fields ranging from Academics to Sports. ODM Public School has been awarded as the Best School of Odisha by several leading organizations. DIGICHAMPS, the E-Learning Venture of ODM Educational Award is also a widely acclaimed EduTech Startup of the Group, which won Best Edutech Startup Award at Odisha Business Awards and the team won the Pride of Odisha Award and was felicitated by Honourable Chief Minister of Odisha, Sj. Naveen Pattaik at Make in Odisha Conclave 2018.

HISTORY

ODM Educational Group was formally established in the year 2003, however ODM Public School its constituent unit was established way back in 1989. ODM Public School, saw its humble beginning with 1 rented room and 5 students and a meagre 10 rupees as tuition fees to start with in the year 1989. ODM Public School then moved to a small campus in Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar and kept on growing every year by leaps and bounds. Within this period, ODM Educational Group, was established with the noble cause to spread qualitative education through other educational activities. This witnessed the Establishment Value Education Research Centre in the year 2003, AIMS Business School in 2008, ODM School of Advanced Learning in 2010, ODM International School in 2014, ODM Kids World and DIGICHAMPS in 2016 followed by Institute of Human Excellence in 2018. Over the span of 30 years, ODM Educational Group has branched into imparting Education from KG to PG.

 ABOUT THE FOUNDER

Dr. Satyabrata Minaketan, the Founder of ODM Educational Group, is a renowned Educationist in Odisha. He is a President Awardee and received the National Teacher Award in the year 2016 by the then President of India, Sj. Pranab Mukheerjee. Dr. S. Minaketan hails from a small village Gatanai of Kendrapara, Odisha and was in the year 1961. From his childhood education in a village vernacular school, he went on to complete his Masters in English Literature, Bachelor’s Degree in Law, a Doctorate in Philosophy (Ph.D) followed by D. Lit. From South American University. Apart from being the Chairman of ODM Educational Group, he has played various other roles. He has been the Commissioner, State Head Quarter, Orissa State Scouts and Guides, Secretary, Consortium of PGDM Institutions, Member of State Level Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee for Rajiv Awas Yojana, Govt. of India and Author of “You Can Series”.

He has authored one of the best selling motivational book series, “You Can Series” where he has published book likes Change Yourself, You can Change the world, You Can Change your Child’s Destiny, You Can be a Great Teacher and You Can keep your Child Safe.

Awards and Recognition

Institutes of ODM Educational Group have won multiple awards by multiple organizations. ODM Public School, K-12 School of the Group has been awarded as the No. 1 School of Odisha by Times School Ranking in the year 2019. It has also been conferred with Best Residential School of Odisha, 2018 by Confederation of Odisha Public Schools, Best Emerging School of Eastern India by Digital Learning, Tagged as Great Indian School by Forbes India and is also certified with International School Award 2016-19 by British Council and UN Nodal School for Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. ODM Kids World, the Pre-School Chain of ODM Educational Group won the most socially active pre-school chain of the state Award. DIGICHAMPS, the e-learning venture won the Best Edutech Startup Award at Odisha Business Awards and the team was conferred with Pride of Odisha Award at Make in Odisha Conclave 2018. UPCOMING PROJECTS  Utkal Prativa

ODM Educational Group is coming up with a tabloid and a digital portal under the brand name of Utkal Prativa, to celebrate and highlight the success stories of individuals of Odisha. It is an initiative which will be followed by a grand felicitation ceremony “Utkal Prativa Awards”.

ODM Global School

The group is coming up with a new school in the K-12 Segment to offer International Education to the children and it will begin its operations from 2021.

Institute of Human Excellence

IHE, is a skill development academy, going to be established in Sept, 2019. It is aimed at bridging the gap between, the skill demand of the industries and unskilled unemployed youth. The initiative will onboard unemployed unskilled youth and help them choose the right career and train them to become skilled in the same and get them employed for a sustainable life.