Inventure Academy
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.
Established by the India Learning Foundation in 2005, Inventure Academy offers Kindergarten to Senior Secondary education, and is affiliated to the Cambridge Assessment International Education – 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 and Varsha Saxena.Since 2018, the Principal of Inventure Academy has been Meenakshi Myer
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 - Bangalore|Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Bangalore].
Affiliations
Affiliated to University of Cambridge ; Council for the [Indian School Certificate Examination] for ICSE and ISC. Inventure is also part of the Round Square group of schools.Motto
The values of Inventure Academy are embedded in its motto “Carpe Diem”, which means ‘to seize the Day.’School colours
Orange, White and BlueSchool Houses
- Adventurers
- Inventors
- Nurturers
- Venturers
Academics
Inventure Academy offers a Pre K-12 curriculum, based on guidelines from the IGCSE and A/AS Levels from CIE. Inventure discontinued teaching new ICSE/ISC batches in 2020, though it previously taught both curricula.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 which fosters bonding amongst the new batch, particularly newcomers who arrive in large numbers in grades 6, 9 and 11 respectively.
The Primary School follows an integrated curriculum based on NCERT and the Cambridge International Primary Program 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.
Inventure Academy is an active supporter of the Model United Nations platform and its students have been active participants in such events. It also has its own MUN, typically abbreviated to INMUN. Every other year, a version of INMUN is held known as INYP 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 around a central theme.
Inventure Academy arranges an 'Annual School Production', where students of Middle School or High School set up a 1 - 2 hour long musical. Production was usually showcased at the