Dr. Manjula Pooja Shroff, MD & CEO of the Kalorex group and a princess from the Surangi Royal Family of Odisha, is a name synonymous with education in India. She has influenced the lives of more than 1,40,000+ students over the past 3 decades across 75+ institutions. An Executive Alumni from Indian Institute of Management (IIM) & London School of Economics (LSE). An author, columnist, vlogger, life coach and edupreneur, she has been honoured with several awards including the Secular India award from the Honourable President of India. Her book on parenting: Baby Steps to Big Dreams is a NO 1 Best Seller.
Kalorex, since its inceptions in 1995, is a name synonymous to professionalism and excellence in schooling. It has under its umbrella, the Delhi Public Schools, Calorx Olive International School at Ahmedabad and Calorx Public Schools across the Western Belt of India with 40+ educational Institutions. Kalorex is recognized as a quality conscious group with a focus on Innovation and use of Technology in Learning.
Dr. Shroff is a renowned Author, Edupreneur, Vlogger, Podcaster and Life Coach and much more; an Executive Alumni from Indian Institute of Management (IIM) & London School of Economics (LSE), a President of India awardee, She is the MD and CEO of Kalorex Group, which runs 75+ Institutions across the country, a Rajkumari from the Surangi Royal Family of Odisha, she has influenced the lives of more than 1,40,000+ students over the past 3 decades across 75+ institutions.
Further, Dr. Shroff is a regular speaker at the United Nations Summits on education & climate change. She also represented India at the World Economic Forum at Davos in 2025. Furthermore, she also believes in working towards the Mental, Physical and Spiritual wellbeing of people through her exclusive work called SHROFFism.
Dr. Manjula Pooja Shroff advises, recommends and encourages the execution of interactive and engaging learning methodologies. Breaking through the barriers of the conventional and traditional learning methods; a contemporary and unconventional approach should be adapted for education, believes the dignified woman. She vouches to make learning a more engaging & interesting process.
Being driven by the desire to offer support the society, she promotes a myriad of CSR activities. Willing to uplift the facets of education amongst the underprivileged ones; she anticipates making basic education more accessible & reachable.
She is a recipient of several awards, among them, the prestigious Secular India Award from the President of India, Shri Shankar Dayal Sharma & Woman of the year by American Bibliography Society, North Carolina. The more we write, the more we will want to share about her because we will never fall short of words or adjectives in defining the ‘empowering woman of her kind’; Manjula Pooja Shroff.