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Gowri Ishwaran

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Gowri Ishwaran
Born
India
OccupationEducationist
Known forSanskriti School, The Global Education & Leadership Foundation
AwardsPadma Shri

Gowri Ishwaran is an Indian educationist, education consultant and advisor to the Shiv Nadar Foundation.[1] She served as the chief executive officer of the Global Education & Leadership Foundation (tGELF) and is currently the vice-chairperson of the foundation.[2] She is the founder principal of the Sanskriti School,[3] a New Delhi–based co-educational institution.

A post graduate in English literature, she has taught at many institutions such as St. Michael's School, Patna, Springdales School, Delhi and Delhi Public School[4] and has delivered lectures at various seminars and conferences.[2][3] She is one of the Senior Advisor of the Shiv Nadar Foundation,[5] sits in the advisory board of the Shiv Nadar School[6] and is a member of the Governing Council of the Vedica Scholars Programme for Women, an educational initiative of the Vedica Foundation and Sri Aurobindo Centre for Arts and Communication.[7] The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2004, for her contributions to the Indian Educational sector.[8]

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References

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  1. ^ "Gowri Ishwaran". Shiv Nadar Foundation. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Session Speakers". India Today. 27 January 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Indian Education Congress". Education Biz. 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  4. ^ "IBN Live chat". IBN Live. 2015. Archived from the original on 27 November 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  5. ^ "Senior Administrators". Shiv Nadar Foundation. 2015. Archived from the original on 27 November 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  6. ^ "Advisory Board". Shiv Nadar School. 2015. Archived from the original on 24 November 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  7. ^ "Vedica Scholars Programme for Women". Vedica Scholars. 2015. Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  8. ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
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