Inventure Academy

12.894748°N 77.745544°E / 12.894748; 77.745544

Inventure Academy, Bangalore
Whitefield - Sarjapur Road, Chikkavaderapura, Near Dommasandra Circle, Bangalore - 562125, Karnataka, India
Information
Type	International school
Motto	Carpe Diem (Latin for Seize The Day)
Established	2005
Gender	Mixed
Age	3 to 18
Houses	4
Colours	Red (Adventurers), Yellow (Inventors), Green (Nurturers) and Blue (Venturers)
Website	http://www.inventureacademy.com

Inventure Academy is a private coeducational International School in Bangalore, India. It is located on the Whitefield-Sarjapura road on the Eastern periphery of Bangalore city and has a campus of over 20 acres.^{[citation needed]}

Established by the India Learning Foundation in 2005, Inventure Academy offers Kindergarten to Senior Secondary (Pre K - Grade 12) education, and is affiliated to the Cambridge Assessment International Education (CAIE) – IGCSE, A/AS levels.

Board of Trustees

The board of founding trustees of the India Learning Foundation are Noman Razack, Rizwan Razack, Hassan Fazal and Nafees Fazal. The Managing Trustee, CEO and Co-founder of Inventure Academy is Nooraine Fazal.

Management

In addition to the Board of Trustees, the school’s management team comprises the founding and senior members - Preet Benjamin Aarons (Dean of Student Affairs) and Varsha Saxena (Head of Administration and Finance).

Since 2018, the Principal of Inventure Academy has been Meenakshi Myer^[1]

Board of Advisors

• Pritam L Benjamin, former Principal of Indus International School and Inventure Academy.
• Prof. N. Balakrishnan, Associate Director & Professor, Indian Institute of Science.
• Prakash Padukone, former All - England and World Badminton Champion: recipient of the Arjuna and Padmashree Awards.
• Prof. Sadagopan, Founder Director, Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Bangalore.

Affiliations

Affiliated to University of Cambridge (CIPP, IGCSE and A/ AS levels); Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE) for ICSE and ISC. Inventure is also part of the Round Square group of schools.^[2]

Motto

The values of Inventure Academy are embedded in its motto “Carpe Diem”, which means ‘to seize the Day.’^[3]

School colours

Orange, White and Blue

School Houses

• Adventurers (Red)
• Inventors (Yellow)
• Nurturers (Green)
• Venturers (Blue)

Academics

Inventure Academy offers a Pre K-12 curriculum, based on guidelines from the IGCSE (O Level) and A/AS Levels from CIE. Inventure discontinued teaching new ICSE/ISC batches in 2020, though it previously taught both curricula.^{[citation needed]}

Inventure Academy also has a concept called "Inventuring", where the first week of a new school year is spent by students grades K-11 and faculty doing multiple activities (e.g. building a climbing wall, creating wooden benches for the school park, etc.) which fosters bonding amongst the new batch, particularly newcomers who arrive in large numbers in grades 6, 9 and 11 respectively.^[4]

The Primary School follows an integrated curriculum based on NCERT (National Council of Education Research and Training) and the Cambridge International Primary Program (CIPP) guidelines.

For the Middle School, the program is focused on an experiential, inquiry-based approach where the guidelines are provided by the IGCSE Curriculum.

Secondary & Senior Secondary School students are educated in tune with the syllabus for IGCSE and AS and A level Board Examinations.

Beyond Academics program

In addition to classroom courses, the curriculum includes Field Trips, Workshops and Guest Lectures in the field of Leadership, Sustainable Technology, Climate Change, Career Counseling, etc. Inventure Academy also encourages Theater as part of the School’s Curriculum.

In April 2013, the 9 year olds of Inventure Academy raised funds to adopt a tiger at the Bannerghatta National Park.^[5]

Inventure Academy is an active supporter of the Model United Nations (MUN) platform and its students have been active participants in such events.^[6][7] It also has its own MUN, typically abbreviated to INMUN. Every other year, a version of INMUN is held known as INYP (Inventure Youth Parliament) which focuses on local government and Indian current affairs. Some resolutions from previous MUNs have been submitted to government offices in Karnataka and the central government in previous years.

Inventure Academy has a biannual student-run publication, the Carpe Diem Chronicles, that publishes features from its core team and all students (including from Ramagondanahalli School) around a central theme.^[8]

Inventure Academy arranges an 'Annual School Production', where students of Middle School or High School set up a 1 - 2 hour long musical.^[9] Production was usually showcased at the MLR Convention Center ^[10]