Director of Academies Salim Bhatia's welcoming remarks to the 2017 graduating classes at the Aga Khan Academies in both Hyderabad and Mombasa.
Message from the Head of Academy
The Academies Network
The Aga Khan Academy Dhaka is the fourth in a network of Aga Khan Academies being established in countries across Africa, South and Central Asia, and the Middle East. The first Academy opened in Mombasa, Kenya in 2003, the second in Hyderabad, India in 2011 and the third in Maputo, Mozambique in 2013.
The aim of the Academies is to develop future leaders with the skills and knowledge to support positive development in their societies. We achieve this by recruiting exceptional young people from all backgrounds and providing them with the highest international standard of education.
Admission is competitive and based on student merit, regardless of a family’s ability to pay. Each Academy endeavours to meet the demonstrated financial need of each admitted student.
When complete, the network of Academies will form a global learning community of approximately 18 schools in 14 countries (map). They will eventually serve approximately 14,000 girls and boys of exceptional calibre, graduating 1,500 students annually.
For more information, visit our Academies network home page.
Advait Surana: Academy football champion represents Telangana state
“I always wanted to play, but I never got a chance to in my previous schools. One of the reasons I joined the Academy was its sports facilities.”
Advait Surana is a residential grade 10 student at the Aga Khan Academy in Hyderabad. He was selected as one of 18 students from different schools to represent Telangana state at the national U-15 football tournament in Delhi in early September 2016. This was the first time that Telangana reached the quarter finals, where they lost to Haryana who eventually went on to win the cup.Advait, who started taking football seriously after he joined the Academy two years ago, underwent rigorous training and practice before the national tournament. He had first been observed while representing the Academy at a Rangareddy district football competition.
“My goal is to participate in the U-18 in a few years,” said Advait. “I haven’t thought about playing football professionally after that, but it is an option.”
Advait aspires to become a software engineer. As part of his International Baccalaureate grade 10 personal project (an independent and practical exploration in which students connect classroom learning engagements with their own experiences and interests), he is building a mobile app that has riddles and puzzles for all age-groups.
However, sport is always on his periphery. When asked why he thinks he was selected, he declared with confidence: “I practiced a lot, and I think I deserved it. I think I was better than the other kids.”
The Academy is incredibly proud of Advait’s achievement, as testament to our commitment to holistic education and the development of student talent across the board, in both academic and extra-curricular activities.
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Speeches
20 May 2017
26 May 2016
Keynote address by Her Excellency Margaret Kenyatta, First Lady of the Republic of Kenya, at the 10th graduation ceremony of the Aga Khan Academy Mombasa
26 May 2016
Speech by Salim Bhatia, Director of Academies, at the 10th graduation ceremony of the Aga Khan Academy Mombasa
20 June 2015
Graduating student Joshua Ekirikubinza's speech, given on behalf of the Aga Khan Academy Mombasa's Class of 2015
26 May 2015
Welcome address by Director of Academies Salim Bhatia at the AKA Hyderabad and AKA Mombasa 2015 graduation ceremonies (conducted simultaneously)
25 May 2015
Keynote speech by Dr Matt Reed, CEO AKF India at the 2015 graduation ceremony in Hyderabad
20 September 2013
Welcome address by Salim Bhatia, Director of the Aga Khan Academies network, at the inauguration of the Aga Khan Academy Hyderabad
20 September 2013
Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the inauguration ceremony of the Aga Khan Academy Hyderabad
25 May 2013
Speech by Director of Academies, Salim Bhatia, at the graduation ceremony at the Aga Khan Academy Mombasa
25 May 2013
Keynote speech by Mr Jan Mohamed at the graduation ceremony at the Aga Khan Academy Mombasa
08 May 2009
Remarks by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Academy of Sciences in Lisbon
20 May 2008
Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the foundation stone-laying ceremony of the Aga Khan Academy Dhaka
20 May 2008
Salim Bhatia's welcoming remarks at the foundation stone-laying ceremony of the Aga Khan Academy Dhaka
20 May 2008
Speech by Dr Hossain Zillur Rahman at the foundation stone-laying ceremony of the Aga Khan Academy Dhaka
22 August 2007
Welcome address by Salim Bhatia at the foundation stone-laying ceremony of the Aga Khan Academy Kampala
22 August 2007
Speech by H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni at the foundation stone-laying ceremony of the Aga Khan Academy Kampala
22 August 2007
Remarks by His Highness the Aga Khan at the foundation stone-laying ceremony of the Aga Khan Academy Kampala
14 August 2007
Salim Bhatia's welcoming remarks at the residential campus foundation stone-laying ceremony, Aga Khan Academy Mombasa
14 August 2007
Remarks by His Highness the Aga Khan at the foundation stone-laying ceremony of the residential campus, Aga Khan Academy Mombasa
22 September 2006
Speech by the Chief Minister at the foundation-stone laying ceremony of the Aga Khan Academy Hyderabad
22 September 2006
Opening remarks by Salim Bhatia at the foundation stone-laying ceremony of the Aga Khan Academy Hyderabad
22 September 2006
Remarks by His Highness the Aga Khan at the foundation stone-laying ceremony of the Aga Khan Academy Hyderabad
17 March 2005
Remarks by His Highness the Aga Khan at the groundbreaking ceremony of the International Academic Centre of Excellence, Dar es Salaam
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Aga Khan Academy, Bishkek
The Aga Khan Academy, Bishkek, part of an integrated network [JMC1] of schools located in Africa, South and Central Asia, and the Middle East offering girls and boys an international standard of education from pre-primary to upper secondary levels with a rigorous academic and leadership experience.
Bishkek is targeted as one of the first four complete Academies (in 4 different regions) serving as a test bed of the network of Academies. The first Academy opened in 2003 in Mombasa, Kenya and is the first school in Kenya authorised to offer all 3 IB programmes (PYP, MYP and IB diploma
The project is progressing...
The market study was completed in September 2008, The Academies Unit and land planning teams have visited two sites and specific parcels of land have been identified and negotiation is underway to establish land ownership.
The initial site visits to the land review zone have provided an important and initial opportunity to
assess the zone in relation to site programming and planning needs. Among these needs to which the land must be evaluated to provide a positive response are:
• Long-Term Expansion
• Access and Accessibility
• Infrastructure Support
• Urban Context
Whilst the evaluation of academy site will include the assessment of the development programme and the ability of the site to physically accommodate the programme in practical terms, design criteria inevitably embrace issues that are more subjective in nature but have important impact to the evaluation process.
• Environment: or the ability of the academy and its surroundings to facilitate the creation of a living and learning environment. In this regards the emphasis is on the quality of the site and not just the adequacy of size.
• Identity: or the potential for the creation of a special “sense of place”. The physical complex of architecture and landscape that will embody an inspirational environment, tangible to the students, faculty and visitors, is in many ways also affected by the surrounding land forms and uses.
• Position: or clarity of location within the surrounding landscape or community.
