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'''Gowri Ishwaran''' is an Indian educationist, education consultant and advisor to the [[Shiv Nadar]] Foundation.<ref name="Leadership">{{cite web | url=https://www.shivnadarfoundation.org/who-we-are/leadership/gowri-ishwaran | title=Gowri Ishwaran | publisher=Shiv Nadar Foundation | access-date=1 October 2020}}</ref> She served as the Chief Executive Officer of [[the Global Education & Leadership Foundation]] (tGELF) and is currently the Vice-Chairperson of the foundation.<ref name="Session Speakers">{{cite web | url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/educationsummit/gowri-ishvaran.jsp | title=Session Speakers | publisher=India Today | date=27 January 2012 | access-date=26 November 2015}}</ref> She is the founder principal of the [[Sanskriti School]],<ref name="Indian Education Congress">{{cite web | url=http://www.educationbiz.in/2013/gowri.php | title=Indian Education Congress | publisher=Education Biz | date=2015 | access-date=26 November 2015}}</ref> a [[New Delhi]] based co-educational institution.

A post graduate in English literature, she has taught at many institutions such as [[Patna St. Michael's School|St. Michael's School, Patna]], Springdales School, Delhi and [[Delhi Public School, R. K. Puram|Delhi Public School]]<ref name="IBN Live chat">{{cite web | url=http://features.ibnlive.in.com/chat/gowri-ishwaran/schooling-and-children/30.html | title=IBN Live chat | publisher=IBN Live | date=2015 | access-date=26 November 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151127014106/http://features.ibnlive.in.com/chat/gowri-ishwaran/schooling-and-children/30.html | archive-date=27 November 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref> and has delivered lectures at various seminars and conferences.<ref name="Session Speakers" /><ref name="Indian Education Congress" /> She is one of the Senior Advisor of the ''[[Shiv Nadar]] Foundation'',<ref name="Senior Administrators">{{cite web | url=http://www.shivnadarfoundation.org/aboutus/senioradministrators | title=Senior Administrators | publisher=Shiv Nadar Foundation | date=2015 | access-date=26 November 2015}}</ref> sits in the Advisory Board of the Shiv Nadar School<ref name="Advisory Board">{{cite web | url=http://shivnadarschool.edu.in/website/people/partnering-for-excellence/advisory-board2/ | title=Advisory Board | publisher=Shiv Nadar School | date=2015 | access-date=26 November 2015}}</ref> 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''.<ref name="Vedica Scholars Programme for Women">{{cite web | url=http://www.vedicascholars.com/team/governing-council/gowri-ishwaran-3/ | title=Vedica Scholars Programme for Women | publisher=Vedica Scholars | date=2015 | access-date=26 November 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730071622/http://www.vedicascholars.com/team/governing-council/gowri-ishwaran-3/ | archive-date=30 July 2017 | url-status=dead }}</ref> 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.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Sanskriti School]]
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* [http://www.tgelf.org/ The Global Education & Leadership Foundation]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prICjz4ENV4 | title=Gowri Ishwaran, Founder Principal of the Sanskriti School and the CEO of tGELF | publisher=NineDotNine Mediaworx | work=[[YouTube]] video | date=14 April 2015 | access-date=26 November 2015}}

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