The Legacy of Arcadia's Founding Father.
- Mohan Valrani
1940
Mohan Valrani is born on 30th September in Karachi.
Birth
1947
Valrani lands in partitioned India as a refugee.
Early Years
1952
Valrani completes his primary education at St.Peter's School in panchgani, one of the premier boarding schools in India.
Schooling
1959
Valrani completes his secondary schooling and graduates from Rosary High School in Baroda, India.
Graduation
1962
Valrani graduates from Baroda University with a bachelors of Commerce degree.
Education
1966
Valrani lands in Dubai with just ten US dollars in his name.
Dubai
Mohan Valrani gets married to Neelam Gulrajani.
1967
Marriage
1969
Neelam and Mohan welcome their first born Sumeet.
Birth of Sumeet Valrani
Valrani partners with Abdulla Al Shirawi to start the Al Shirawi Group. They go on to create over 30 leading companies across different industries.
1971
Al Shirawi
Group
1971
Mohan Valrani embarks on his partnership with Abdulla Al Shirawi with the launch of the construction business.
Founding of
Al Shirawi Contracting
1971
Neelam and Mohan welcome their second son, Navin.
Birth of Navin Valrani
1974
Abdulla Al Shirawi and Mohan Valrani guide the Al Shirawi Group into the printing and packaging sector with an investment into developing one of the region’s leading, high-quality press facilities.
Emirates Printing Press
1975
Neelam and Mohan welcome their third son, Kabir.
Birth of Kabir Valrani
1976
Al Shirawi Group establishes one of the leading companies for manufacturing and supplying a wide range of transport and process equipment for Oil & Gas industry.
Founding of Al Shirawi Equipment
1979
Al Shirawi Group starts yet another successful company to provides repair, remanufacturing and manufacturing of mechanical components for the oil, marine, dredging and heavy industries.
Aswan International Engineering
1981
Al Shirawi Group becomes the sole distributor for Dubai and the Northern Emirates for SCANIA trucks and buses.
Founding of
Al Shirawi Enterprises
1982
Al Shirawi Group launches an electronics company focusing on audio visual, lighting, architainment and CCTV & ELV integration.
Founding of Oasis Enterprises
1991
Valrani launches Leminar, which goes on to became the benchmark in the HVAC and Plumbing industries, representing the world’s premier brands that are well known for their quality and their comprehensive range.
Founding of Leminar Air Conditioning
2004
Global Shipping began in 1975 as a shipping services provider to the Al Shirawi Group and a select few customers. It was in 2004 that it added Logistics services into its folds and in 2005 operations began in Dubai Investment Park.
Global Shipping & Logistics LLC
2006
Al Shirawi Group, under the guidance of Abdulla Al Shirawi and Mohan Valrani, becomes the largest manufacturer of electro-forge metal gratings in the Middle East.
Oasis Metal Manufacturing
Valrani becomes Chairman of the Indian High School the largest non-profit school in the UAE, educating over 13,000 students.
2009
Chairman of the Indian High School
Valrani oversees the expansion of the Indian High School with the opening of its state of the art campus in Dubai Silicon Oasis.
2011
Expansions
Outstanding
Leadership
The Indian High School gets an "Outstanding" rating from DSIB under Valrani's leadership.
2012
Mohan Valrani creates the concept of Arcadia: schools that will forever change the education landscape of Dubai.
2014
Arcadia
Opening the First School
Mohan Valrani opens Arcadia's first school in Jumeirah Village Triangle.
2016
First DSIB
Rating
Valrani leads Arcadia to a strong "good" rating with outstanding features from DSB.
2019
Arcadia High School
Mohan Valrani opens a second school, Arcadia High School, with state of the art facilities.
2020
School Adoption
School Adoption
Arcadia Global
Valrani announces third school,
Arcadia Global, in Al Furjan area.
2021
School Adoption
Valrani adopts 3rd school in Malawi in collaboration with Dubai Cares
2022
Arcadia Global School
Mohan Valrani opens a third school. A transcending educational experience that imprints for life, nurturing lifelong learners in state-of-the-art world-class facilities.
2023
India Club Chairman
Mr Valrani's journey with India Club as Chairman dates back to the year 1974. His second tenure as Chairman began from 1998 to 2002. For the third time, Mr Valrani was ordained as Chairman on 5th Oct 2023.
2023
School Adoption
Valrani adopts 4th school in Senegal in collaboration with Dubai Cares.
2024
