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Navin Valrani

Navin Valrani is an Indian businessman and the vice chairman and group managing director of Al Shirawi Group, a private family-owned industrial conglomerate based in Dubai, UAE.[1] He is also the CEO of Arcadia Education, which is Al Shirawi Group's venture into K-12 education.[2]

Navin Valrani
Valrani in 2018
CitizenshipIndian
Alma mater
Occupation(s)Vice chairman and group managing director Al Shirawi Group
CEO, Arcadia Education

Education and personal life

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Navin Valrani is one of three sons of Mohan G. Valrani, an Indian businessman and one of the two co-founders of the Al Shirawi Group.[3]

Valrani spent his childhood in Dubai, UAE, and received his education at Dubai College.[4]In 1993, he graduated from The Wharton School, the undergraduate business school at the University of Pennsylvania.[5] He went on to get an MBA from the London Business School,[6] and a Masters in Education from the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania.[7] In 2023, Valrani earned a doctorate in education after he defended his dissertation on "How Teachers’ Cultural and Educational Backgrounds Influence Technology Use in Early Childhood Education".[8]

Valrani is a member of the Board of Overseers at the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education.[9] He is also a member of the Wharton Executive Board for Europe, Middle East, and Africa.[10]

Valrani was recognized as the Facilities Management CEO of the Year in the 2014 Arabian Business Indian CEO Awards. [11] Presently, he holds the second position in Facilities Management Middle East's ranking of the Facilities Management Power 50.[12] Furthermore, he was featured on the Forbes Middle East list of Top Indian Business Leaders 2017: The Next Generation.[13] In 2018, Navin Valrani was acknowledged as one of the "UAE's most influential business leaders" in the Construction Week Power 100.[14]

Navin Valrani is married to Monica Valrani,[15] who is the CEO of Ladybird Nurseries in Dubai. Monica Valrani is the owner of Dubai's first dedicated LEED Gold certified early years learning facility.[16] Navin and Monica Valrani have two sons.[17]

Career

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Navin continues to lead the Education, Engineering and Healthcare cluster of companies in the Al Shirawi Group. He is presently CEO of the following organizations:

In June 2017, Navin Valrani designed the region's first business curriculum at the primary school level for students attending Arcadia School in Dubai. He presently teaches the curriculum at the school, known as the "Jr MBA", to pupils from Year 1 upwards.[35] His dedication to teaching and service led on to him being awarded the William B. Castetter Alumni Award of Merit by the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education in 2019.[36]

Philanthropy

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Valrani created the Monica and Navin Valrani Scholarship fund to help female students complete a university education. He also became a campaign committee member at London Business School to successfully help the school raise over £100m by 2018.[37]

References

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  1. ^ "Navin Valrani". 17 May 2021. Forbes Middle East. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Why Education is the Key to the MENA region's future". 10 April 2019. Knowledge@Wharton. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Mohan Valrani". Indian Rich List 2011. Arabian Business. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  4. ^ "Alumni" (PDF). Shamal 2013. Dubai College. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  5. ^ "Global Alumni and Alumni Clubs". Penn Global. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
  6. ^ "Student and Alumni profiles". London Business School. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  7. ^ "Penn GSE Alumni Weekend".
  8. ^ "Oral Proposal Hearing for Navin Valrani".
  9. ^ "Penn GSE Leadership".
  10. ^ "EXECUTIVE BOARD FOR EUROPE, THE MIDDLE EAST, AND AFRICA". Wharton Boards. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  11. ^ "Al Shirawi FM's CEO recognized as Facilities Management CEO of the Year". Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  12. ^ "Facilities Management Middle East Power 40 List". Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  13. ^ "Forbes Middle East Top Indian Leaders 2017: The Next Generation". Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  14. ^ "2018 CW Power 100 Preview: Navin Valrani of UAE's Al Shirawi grows". Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  15. ^ "A portrait of a young country". The National. Retrieved 30 May 2009.
  16. ^ "Ladybird to build region's first dedicated LEED gold certified early years learning facility in Dubai". TimeOut Kids Dubai. Retrieved 31 Dec 2016.
  17. ^ "A portrait of a young country". The National. Retrieved 28 Aug 2018.
  18. ^ "WSA Hard Hat Visit: Small is Beautiful". Which School Advisor. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  19. ^ "The Arcadia Preparatory School WSA Q and A". Which School Advisor. 18 February 2016. Archived from the original on 21 February 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  20. ^ "Top UAE SMEs to work for revealed". Gulf News. 30 Sep 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  21. ^ "Leminar Group". Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  22. ^ "Leminar breaks ground on $27.2m factory". Construction Weekly Online. 29 June 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  23. ^ "Leminar signs exclusive distribution agreement with European Ventilation Giant". Zawya. 11 September 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  24. ^ "Big 5: Al-Shirawi FM says 2012 bodes well". Construction Weekly Online. 23 Nov 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  25. ^ "Top UAE SMEs to work for revealed". Gulf News. 30 Sep 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  26. ^ "Al Seef Tower Owners Association signs with Al Shirawi FM". GulfBase. 29 June 2009. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  27. ^ "About Us". Al Shirawi Electrical & Mechanical Engineering Co. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  28. ^ "Al Shirawi Contracting Co. LLC". Al Shirawi Contracting Co. LLC. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  29. ^ "Al Shirawi Contracting Co. LLC". Construction Design Directory. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  30. ^ "Visionwood International LLC". The Al Shirawi Group. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  31. ^ "Oasis Coils & Coatings inaugurates new coating facility". Oasis Coils & Coatings LLC. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  32. ^ "Oasis Coils and Coatings, Heat Pipe Technology sign exclusive distribution agreement for Gulf Cooperation Council Region region". Marketwatch. 10 April 2014.
  33. ^ "Al Shirawi in chiller joint venture". Gulf News. 1 Nov 2002. Archived from the original on 30 May 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  34. ^ "MEP Awards: Al Shirawi wins Specialist Contractor". Construction Weekly Online. 13 Dec 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  35. ^ "Arcadia Preparatory School launches Jr MBA programme". Education Journal ME.com. 2 June 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  36. ^ "Education Alumni Association Names 2019 Honorees". Penn Graduate School of Education. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  37. ^ "The Campaign for London business School". Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
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