About

Gatha Waldorf Learning Centre

Waldorf Curriculum - German Education System

Cambridge International IGCSE Curriculum (Grade 8 onwards)

Admissions started for Academic Year 2025-26 from Kindergarten to Grade 9

Ethos

We honour, protect and nurture the physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual development of each student. We respect and revere the natural world and embrace our responsibility as stewards of the earth.

Aims

The aim of the Gatha Waldorf education is to develop the whole child into a learning citizen, ready to engage with the world, with skills developed in creative problem-solving, adaptability, and cooperation.

Vision

Gatha Waldorf education’s vision is to inspire life-long learning in all students and to enable them to fully develop their unique capacities.

Mission

Founded on Rudolf Steiner’s humanitarian curriculum, Gatha Waldorf awakens and inspires students’ critical thinking, emotional intelligence, and artistic expression, and foster in children, a reverence to surroundings.

Approach

Waldorf education brings age-appropriate content and methods to each stage of a child's development.

Stages of Growth

The Waldorf approach recognizes human beings as three-fold in nature — consisting of a mind, spirit, and body — and educates that entire being in preparation for a life of meaning and purpose. At each stage in their educational journey, we meet the children where they are.

Early Childhood

Imitation

Up to age seven, children learn to stand, talk, and think without formal instruction, but through imitation. Young children mimic everything in their environment, from the sounds and gestures of people to the attitudes and values of parents and peers. Our early childhood program provides an environment worthy of imitation, with daily and seasonal activities delivered in a natural environment infused with beauty and kindness.

Lower and Middle School

Imagination

Around age seven, children develop a readiness for more formal learning. As they gain aptitude for sequential and logical thought, their most vital asset remains the ability to be fully at home in the pictorial world of imagination. Relationships are central too. Our students in grades one through eight experiences — rather than being told about — confidence, conflicts and their resolution, and respect for the world and all its creatures within an enduring relationship with their classmates and teacher.

High School

Truth, Determination, and Judgment

Around age 14, the child’s intellect wakes up, as do abilities to think abstractly. These qualities manifest as a search for truth, a valuable idealism, and a vulnerable sensitivity. Adolescents thrive when they have worthy moral qualities to emulate and an expanded overview of the world where they will create their future. Through years of daily artistic expression and an academically challenging curriculum, Waldorf education culminates in the high school grades with a conscious awakening of all the human capacities.

Management

Founder

Sandeep Sonigra

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Sandeep Sonigra

Founder Committed to Educational Innovation and Sustainable Development

The visionary founder of our school. Holding a degree in B.Tech Civil, Mr. Sonigra’s journey with Waldorf education commenced when his son began his academic journey as a Waldorf student. Beyond his role as an educational advocate, Sonigra serves as the managing partner of Orange County Group, a prominent Real Estate Firm. Renowned as a pioneer of sustainable initiatives, he is actively involved in the development of EvoGreen City, India’s First Sustainable Township. Sonigra’s commitment to sustainable practices and educational innovation highlights his integral role in shaping the ethos of our school.

Co-Founder

Sachin Kankaria

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Sachin Kankaria

Mr. Kankaria is a multi-talented Architect with 10 years of experience as the Vice Chairman of Siddhivinayak Gramin Vikas Mandal in Nashik District. Spending 25 years with Three Dimension Consulting Architects in Pune, he has been a driving force in architectural innovation. As a partner in EvoGreen City, India’s First Sustainable Township, Kankaria is building the future of sustainability and educational excellence.

Co-Founder

Anand Chhajed

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Anand Chhajed

Mr. Anand Chhajed has studied Diploma in Civil Engineering and is designated as the Director at Orange County Group. He is working with his father Ex. Minister of Maharashtra. Mr. Anand Chhajed always had a vision of providing excellent education to the masses and that’s where he started to work at KHADKI SHIKSHAN SANSTHA as a member, taking up problems and resolving it, improving Curriculum and Infra was his main framework. He was appointed as the secretary of KSS in the year 2017 and has been consistently working there in improving the 11 units under KSS which include Semi English, English, Vocational Schools, Algavkar High School, Algavkar Primary School, GMI Girls, Night Schools etc.

Co-Founder

Jitendra Gautamchand Dhoka

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Jitendra Gautamchand Dhoka

He is the Managing Director of M/s G.M Dhoka, Chinchwad, dealing with FMCG products, since 1971. He is an Authorised Distributor of Pravin Masalewale, Hindustan Uniliver Ltd., Dabar India Ltd. and other FMCG products. He started “Blessing” Jain Sanskar Pathshala in 2010 in Chinchwad, which is an NGO. This NGO educates 100-125 students. He has been doing social cause for old age home, blind school, & mentally disabled students. He has been contributing in creating awareness to minimize the use of disposable things which are used on daily basis in the society.

Mentors & Facilitators

Vilas Gogate

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Vilas Gogate

Mr. Vilas Gogate is a retired Scientist and Senior Curator. He has worked for National Museum Of Natural History (Ministry of Environment and Forest), New Delhi. He was involved in total planning and designing of regional museums of natural history at Bhopal, Mysore and organizing large number of exhibitions within the country to create awareness about our natural heritage. He was also responsible for organizing special programmes and exhibitions to make world aware of our rich natural heritage through different programmes like Festival of India in U.S.A, USSR. And Europe. He worked as a Museum Expert and Curator at Iraq Natural History Museum University of Baghdad, Iraq. He served as Taxidermist Zoological Survey of India, Indian Museum, at Calcutta. He has a vast teaching experience and was a visiting faculty for various sectors like Department of Environmental Biology, M.Sc. Course in Delhi University (field taxonomy for vertebrate and wildlife management).

Snehal Indulkar

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Snehal Indulkar

Snehal Indulkar is an energetic and dedicated Waldorf educator who has successfully completed one cycle of teaching within the Waldorf curriculum. With a passion for holistic education and commitment, she has brought creativity, warmth, lightness and insight to her role as a Waldorf educator. She has been designing handwork, painting and a form drawing curriculum for a few home-schoolers and also supporting them. She now trains teachers and her approach to teacher training is characterised by its depth, rigor and practicality. She combines theoretical insights with hands-on experiential learning opportunities. She is dedicated to supporting teachers in their journey towards excellence, equipping them with the knowledge, skills & confidence to create nurturing & inspiring learning environment where children thrive & flourish.

Head of the School

Head of the School - Principal

Mrs. Rupali Bobade

(M.Sc, B.Ed, MBA, PGDSA, DEAM, IATA, HDISM)

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Faculty & Staff

Bringing Our Education to Life

Collegial Working and Individual Responsibility Teachers meet weekly as a faculty for educational work including Professional Development, Child Studies, Curriculum Review, Planning and Policy Consideration, as well as discussing and coordinating whole school activities such as festivals and assemblies.
Committed to academic excellence in order to foster the capabilities of thinking, feeling and willing. Our teachers are specifically trained individually through rhythm, repetition, and reverence, and are able to create a wholesome environment that nurtures the physical, emotional, social and spiritual development of each child.

Neha Jain

Vaishnavi Bhumkar

Yogita Yelwande

Sonali Pandhare

Madhuri Deshmukh

Shaila Lalwani

Pooja Pinjan

Renuka Mohite

Yogita Mahajan

Suraj Rathod

Prachi Mahajan