Founder Principal
Mrs. S. Bolar did her schooling at Nirmala Convent, Mysore. Having passed SSLC at the age of 12, she did two years of nursing and compounding at St. Mary's before joining Mount Carmel College, Bangalore for her Pre-University and degree education. She was awarded a Government of India merit scholarship. After four years in the NCC, she graduated as senior Under Officer with a Gliding and Private Pilots licence. She was awarded a scholarship for a Commercial Pilot's license but was unable to take up the offer. Apart from being a keen dramatist, she played table tennis for the college and basketball for the university.
After graduating at the age of 18, she helped set up the library at Teresian College, Mysore. She learnt to play the Sitar and won prizes in the State Rifle Shooting competitions.
She passed the B.Ed, examination of the Regional College of Education, Mysore with distinction. She secured the first rank for M.Ed. at the Post Graduate Department of Education, Manasa Gangothri, Mysore.
On marrying Dr. Ashok Bolar she went to England where she worked in various departments of the British Telecommunication Service as Executive Officer. Later, she taught pupils for the entrance examination of the King Edwards Schools.
On return to India she worked as the Head of the Nursery and Primary sections of a school in Bangalore, before starting Innisfree House School in 1985.
Mrs. Bolar has authored a series of five books for teaching Kannada as third language in ICSE schools. She has also written work-books in English for classes 1 and 2 and a work-book for Std. VI Science based on the Karnataka State Syllabus.
She has been the Secretary-Treasurer of the All India Association of Heads of ISC Schools for 3 years. She is the Founder-Secretary of the ASISC(K) and a member of the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, New Delhi for the past 12 years.
She is the Indian Resident Trustee of Health, Education, Literacy and Population Services, UK and the Indian co-ordinator for entry into Brighton College, UK, for classes 4 to 12. She is also co-ordinating with two UK Universities for starting a Teachers Training Programme in partnership with the Council.
On behalf of the Council she has coordinated with Mysore University to start a B.Ed. programme for teachers of ICSE schools. It is to be an in-service programme.
Mrs. Bolar has been nominated as a Member of the Board of Studies in Education (Post Graduation), University of Mysore.
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