The Global Education & Leadership Foundation
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| Abbreviation | tGELF |
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| Formation | 2008[1] |
| Type | Foundation |
| Purpose | Ethical leadership, Education, Skilling |
| Headquarters | Gurgaon, Haryana, India |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Method | Curriculum, Projects |
| Owner | The Nand & Jeet Khemka Foundation[2] |
Key people | Shiv V. Khemka (Executive Chairman), Gowri Ishwaran (Vice-Chair)[3][4] |
| Website | tGELF.org |
The Global Education & Leadership Foundation (tGELF) is an organization that focuses on cultivating ethical, altruistic leadership aimed at improving the overall standard of the world.[5]
The foundation currently connects with 1,000,000 students through 7000 master trainers across 1000 schools & NGOs in 12 countries.[6][7]
It was founded in 2008 by The Nand andJeet Khemka foundation.Its headquarters is based in Gurgaon, Haryana, India.
History
[edit]tGELF was officially launched in 2008 by the then Prime Minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh.[8]
Programs
[edit]SKILLD
[edit]Skilling & Knowhow Initiative for Lifelong Leadership Development (SKILLD) is a unique value-based curriculum developed with Teachers College, Columbia University.[8][9]
Education Prize
[edit]The Education Prize is an annual competition organized by tGELF for school teachers in India and abroad. The winners are given a letter of recommendation and a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh (USD 1500 approx.) each.[10]
Initiatives
[edit]Global Citizen India
[edit]In 2016, tGELF partnered Global Citizen to host first edition of the Global Citizen India Festival.[11][12][13]
The festival was hosted on 19 November in Mumbai, India, where it was headlined by Coldplay and Jay Z. Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi made a short address to the crowd via video conference.[14]
The promotional campaign mobilized over 500,000 youths who took more than 2 million "actions" through digital platforms calling on government, faith leaders, business icons and celebrities to be more accountable on education, gender equality, water and sanitation. The star-studded event headlined by Coldplay drew 85,000 people and raised more than USD 5 BN while clocking a TV Viewership of 2 million people across India.[7][15]
Awards & Recognitions
[edit]tGELF was awarded the Outstanding Contribution to Education Award at the Wharton-QS Stars Awards 2014 by University of Pennsylvania.[16][17] The award is also known as 'Oscars for Education'[18]
References
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- ^ "Leadership & Ethics". khemkafoundation.in. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- ^ "Team-tGELF". tgelf.org. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- ^ "Bolder Giving for Stronger Education Impact". forbes.com. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- ^ "Global Citizen Festival: 4 young guns adding meaning to country's biggest-ever concert". indiatoday.in. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- ^ "Chairman Rahim Green to address tGELF conference". greaterkashmir.com. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- ^ a b Indo-Asian News Service. "We will build a Swachh Bharat within one generation: Narendra Modi". India.com. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- ^ a b "Developing Young Leaders in India | Teachers College Columbia University". tc.columbia.edu. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- ^ "Start 'em young". Livemint. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- ^ "Tribune schoolteacher bags prestigious education award". tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- ^ "The Global Citizen Movement Comes to India". adgully.com. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- ^ "Global Citizen Festival India: 6 Months on, What Impact Has Been Made?". globalcitizen.org. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- ^ "The Global Citizen movement comes to India". bestmediainfo.com. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- ^ "WATCH: PM Modi's full speech at Global Citizen Festival for 'young friends'". indiatoday.in. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- ^ "Global Citizen Festival: PM Narendra Modi addresses 80,000 young 'global citizens'". The Financial Express. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- ^ "Press release Wharton-qs stars Awards 2014 Reimagine Education". ininet.org. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- ^ "Press release Wharton-QS Stars Awards 2014 Reimagine Education". studylib.net. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- ^ "The 'Oscars of Innovation in Higher Education'". knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu. Retrieved 18 March 2018.