Mrs. Pratima Gupta believes that education in its purest form is an eternal quest for perfection. The ultimate aim of every educational endeavor is to stimulate the human mind towards conquering newer dimensions of knowledge. In her two decades of association with the Sunbeam Group she has made pioneering contribution to revolutionize the education scenario in areas of pedagogy, curriculum development, arts & aesthetics & integration of developmental psychology in classroom delivery; by incorporating every major educational development taking place across the world and bringing it to the Sunbeam premises.

Being the daughter of an Army Officer, Mrs. Gupta was brought up in a home that worshipped discipline & honesty as a religion, which have been the cornerstone of her professional life and in her dealings with the team. Travelling across the length & breadth of the country during her crucial formative years, she had the opportunity to mingle with people of different cultures, religions and languages which has made her eclectic, inclusive and empathetic as a human being and as a leader. A polyglot, Mrs. Gupta has a rare gift of the gab, who is an inspiring orator impacting thousands of students and staff members.

Mrs. Gupta showed keen scholastic aptitude throughout her educational journey, starting from her schooling from KV Indore to higher studies. After completing her BA in English Literature from Devi Ahilya University, Indore, she pursued her MSW in Psychiatric Social Work from Indore School of Social Work followed by an M Phil in PSW from NIMHANS, Bangalore. She then did a Post Graduate Diploma in Psychological Counselling from the Annamalai University.

Having Psychology and Psychiatry as her qualification & true calling, Mrs. Gupta has been able to introduce a completely different perspective in comprehending problems of the adolescents and in establishing understandable connect between youth and their parents. Sunbeam has benefitted largely out of her diverse experience & expertise of understanding pupils vis-a-vis the ever changing and growing environment they belong to.

Having started her career as a Freelance Counsellor, she served as the Centre Head in National Institute of Fashion Design, Indore for two years before moving into the Sunbeam Group of Educational Institutions, Varanasi as the Assistant Director of the Group in the year 2001.

A certified Internal Auditor for Inspection of ISO 9001:2000 systems by NQAQSR, she is also a Certified Quality Circle Trainer by Jenny Mosley Foundation, U.K. and Teacher Training Foundation, Bangalore. She has been part of several seminars and workshops including Exercising leadership in school by idiscoveri, New Delhi.