Lina Ashar

Lina Ashar is an Indian educationist, entrepreneur, and writer based in Mumbai. She is also the founder of Kangaroo Kids International Preschool and Billabong High International School. She finished her primary schooling in England and traveled to Australia to complete her secondary and tertiary schooling in Melbourne. She completed her Bachelor's degree in Education from Melbourne's Victoria College, Melbourne. In 1990, she took a year-long sabbatical and came to India, while being in touch with her roots, she ended up taking up a school job in suburban Mumbai. She was surprised to see the education system is in India, is a chain of 70 preschools across India as well as in Dubai, Qatar, and the Maldives. Later she also founded Billabong High International School (BHIS) in 2004, which presently has 23 branches at 16 locations across India.
2011:
* Leading Woman Entrepreneur of the year in 2011
2012:
* "Education Entrepreneur of the Year" and Indian Education Awards- 2012 presented by Franchise India & Bloomberg
2013:
* Leading Women Entrepreneur by iiGlobal
2014:
* Lifetime Award for Achievement in Education by Education World
* Panelist at The Economic Times Future of Learning Summit 2014

2016:
* Inspiring Business Leaders India award by The Economic Times<ref name="ted"/>
Publication
* Who Do You Think You Are Kidding? Random House India, 2012, .
* Drama Teen: A Cool-Headed Guide for Parents and Teenagers, Random House India, 2016, .

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