Mrs. Lata Vaidyanathan, is a veteran educationist. During her illustrious career of more than three-and-a-half decades, she was the Principal of Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan's school at Chandigarh, the founder Principal of Eicher School at Parwanoo and the Principal of Modern School Barakhamba Road for the last fourteen years.

Her current assignments include being a) Member - Governing Body of Central Board of Secondary Education b) Member - Board of Management of National Bal Bhavan c) Member - Executive Committee of National Council for Education Research & Training d) Director of EdCIL (India) Limited.

She was honoured with the 'National Award to Teachers' in the year 2003 by the President of India. She is also the recipient of numerous awards including the Dr.Radhakrishnan Award, 'Bharat Shiromani Award', 'Madhav Gourav Ratna Achievement Award', 'International Lifetime Achievement Award 2009' and 'Global Warming Reduction Award 2009', 'Educationist of the Year Award 2013'.