Building tomorrow’s leaders todayAn initiative of Kaivalya Education Foundation

Supported by:

Creating India’s next generation of leaders

The Gandhi Fellowship is a 2-year placement for recent graduates from the top colleges in the country.

By supporting graduates to unfold, impact and enjoy during their 2 year placement, the Fellowship will create individuals who:

• Are socially aware,• Are change evangelists and transformation agents,• Will drive systemic change in their future spheres of influence,

whether social entrepreneurship, media, politics, academia or government,

• Will continue to function as a group after the 2-years to create a network of support for each other’s initiatives.

Gandhi Fellows: leaders who convert private dreams into public realities

Changing society through individual change

UNFOLDThrough a continual process of action and reflection Gandhi Fellows

discover their personal dreams and ambitions, unfettered by social expectations and conditioning, and learn how to make these a reality

IMPACTBy supporting the Principals of 8 public primary schools to turn their schools around, Gandhi Fellows have an immediate positive effect on

the biggest challenge currently facing society: the poor quality of public education and the poverty this perpetuates

ENJOYAs an integral part of their placement, Gandhi Fellows make lifelong friendships, experience different cultures, and develop new skills and

competencies

Filling a gap with an innovative programme that will create change

Today

There are too few organizations in development to cause needed large-scale change,

The most talented people are not getting involved in development, politics, administrative change, research or socially minded media,

Young people lack structured opportunities to pursue life and career choices in these fields.

Gandhi Fellowship

Fellows help turn around 10 failing public schools in low-income communities by supporting Principals,

Fellows are mentored and self-reflect to discover their private dream,

• Fellows build their capacity to convert the private dream into a public reality,

• Fellows are trained by experts from fields of management, pedagogy , social change and personal transformation.

Fellows have opportunities to network in the social and business sectors to prepare for future ventures.

Tomorrow

Gandhi Fellowship alumni are social entrepreneurs, media professionals, politicians and government administrators with integrity and drive, and socially minded researchers,

Alumni build enduring networks that support each other’s future ventures.

Launched in Rajasthan in 2008

Exploring unknown realms

Getting started:orientation workshop

In the teacher’s shoes

11 graduates have joined from DU, JMI and AMU, with degrees in Psychology, Elementary Education, Physics, History Women’s Studies and more.

Ahmedabad in 2009

• Ahmedabad program launched in July 2009

• A new batch of Gandhi Fellows recruited from the top colleges and universities,

• Govt. and donor tie ups has started work with 100 govt. school principals

• Leadership building processes will be strengthened based on experience with the 2008 batch of Fellows,

• Personal reflection and unfolding processes will also be improved based on experience.

Managed by a team with a wide range of experience in people development and leadership training

Ms. Sonika G.

• MBA (HR), Symbiosis

• 2 years Marico HR• 2 years Pratham

HR

Ms. Stuti S.

• MS from University of South Carolina

• 5 years experience urban strategy and institution building

Ms. Monal J.

• Master’s in Fine Arts, MSU

• 2 yrs Faculty, MSU, NID

• 5 years experience in building young teams for multiple education programs

Mr. Joeseph W.

• M Sc. from London School of Economics

• Worked with Amnesty International

• Worked with local UK govt.

• Trained community mediator

Ms. Nandita R.

• B.Ed, Eklavya• 2 yrs Teacher

Training at Eklavya• 1 yr Vice Principal• 5 years exp.

managing remedial classes through community resources

Mr. Jatin G.

• B.Tech• MBA, IRMA• 2 yrs experience in

government advocacy

Mr. Manmohan S.

• PGD, Jamia Millia• 3 years NYK state

president• 7 years WHO• 2 years

community mobilization

Ms. Gargi A.

• MSW, TISS• 4 years experience

in curriculum development and adult learning

In partnership with individuals who are experts and recognised leaders in their respective fields

Bodh Shiksha Samiti

• Experts in alternative education, pedagogy and teacher training,

• Run community schools.

Piramal Foundation

• Founded by Nicholas Piramal (top four Indian pharma),

• Incubation of youth innovations for development,

IIM-A

• Ravi J. Matthai Centre for Educational Innovation,

• Research on education leadership, management and institution-building.

Indicorps

• 2 year youth Fellowship for NRIs,

• Work with dozens of grassroots dev organisations,

• Founded 2001.

Dharen Chadha

• Founder of Momentum Strategy Consultants,

• Marketing, brand and corporate strategy expert.

• MBA, JBIMS

CoCoon Consulting

• Boutique consulting firm for leadership dev,

• IBM, Pepsi, ICICI, Vodafone, Akshara Foundation, SKS.

Jodo Gyan

• Social enterprise of education professionals,

• Improving teaching practice,

• Promoting innovation.

Nitin Nohria

• Prof. of Business Admin, Harvard Business School,

• Award-winning author on business leadership,

• PhD, MIT.hbs.edu indicorps.org cocoonconsulting.com piramal.org.in

bodh.org iimahd.ernet.in momentumstrategy.com jodogyan.org

Kaivalya Education Foundation

An initiative born from recognition that the education system faces crisis

Improved access

• The government’s school construction drive has meant 94% of children are now within 1 km of a primary school.

• Teacher attendance has improved, with on average 87% of teachers attending their school in 2007.

• Student attendance has also improved, with on average 75% of enrolled children attending school in 2007. Un-enrolled children accounted for only 4.2% of the total number in 2007.

But learning quality remains poor:

•11 crore school-aged children are illiterate; they cannot read a paragraph of text in their mother tongue.

•Average achievement in Maths is 30/100 in grade 8.

•Average achievement in Science is 36/100 in grade 8.

Thus children are being deprived of an education:

•Of the total number of illiterate children, 5.5 crore will drop out of school after only 4 years.

•Only 40% of relevant age children complete secondary education.

A force for change in the education system in India

The Gandhi FellowshipA 2-year Fellowship for recent graduates from the top colleges that supports efforts to turn

around failing public schools and helps young people develop their capacities to lead change in the future.

Principal Leadership Development Programme

• A 3-year part-time training course for primary school Principals,• In-class instruction and ‘live’ projects combined to put theory learnt into practice on the ground,• Tackling real problems in public schools; turning around failing schools,• Creating leaders out of administrators.

A Graduate School of Education Leadership

• An IIT for the education sector, producing 1000s of trained education leaders,• 6 Centres for specialist research in education,• MEd programmes and certificate courses for existing education officials and school Principals.

A Section-25 Company with 3 innovative initiatives building leadership capacity for educational and social change

An organisation led by individuals with proven abilities in steering institutions

Mr. Ajay Piramal

• Chairman, Nicholas Piramal India Limited,

• Chairman, Piramal Foundation,

• Chairman, Pratham India Education Initiative,

• Member, PM’s Council for Trade and Industry.

Mr. Chittaranjan Kaul

• M.B.A. – IIM-A,• Founder Director,

DAIICT, Gandhinagar,• Founder – D. Ambani Intl

School, Bombay,• Ex. Principal – Sahyadri

School.

Mr. Aditya Natraj

• C.A., M.B.A. – INSEAD,• KPMG Consulting and

Corporate Finance,• State Programme Manager

– Pratham Gujarat Education Initiative.

Mr. Ujwal Thakar

• CEO, Pratham India, Education Initiative,

• Sr. Banker, with 28 years experience,

• Head of Retail, Standard Chartered,

• Founding CEO, Times Bank.

Mr. N. Vaghul

• Chairman, ICICI Bank,• Board Member, Arcelor

Mittal, M&M, Air India,• Board Member, Azim

Premji Foundation and IFMR.