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Leadership & Management
Leadership & “The visionaries working to promote a broader Meet the

definition of education that frees it from its largely
material emphasis to focus on a broader effort that President & Manager
Management encompasses all the three realities of a child: material, Prof. Geeta Gandhi Kingdon
human & spiritual.”

Dr Jagdish Gandhi Geeta Gandhi Kingdon is the President
and Manager of City Montessori School,
Founder Manager while also being Professor at the Institute
of Education, University College London
(UCL), where she holds the Chair of
Apart from nurturing CMS into the world’s
‘Education Economics and International
largest city-school, Dr Gandhi has attracted Development’.
global acclaim for promoting peace through
She has a BSc (Honours) in Economics
education. A few notable honours that Dr from the London School of Economics
Gandhi has received are: the Yash Bharti
and a D.Phil in Development Economics
Award of the Uttar Pradesh Government
from the University Oxford. In 2010, she
(2014); the Gusi Peace Prize of the Philippines moved back to India after living in
(2011); the Hope of Humanity Award by the England for 31 years, though she
Dalai Lama (2010); Key to the City of continues part time as UCL Professor.
Georgetown, USA (2002); honorary doctorates Her focus has been on modernising this
from universities of Argentina, Mongolia, 64 year old legacy school while
Northern Ireland, Peru, Russia, Turkey and UK. maintaining the culture and traditions
Dr Gandhi speaks regularly on national TV that have made it great.
channels.
He has been organizing the International
Conference of Chief Justices of the World
every year for the past 24 years, inviting the
highest-level Judiciary from across the globe,
with the objectives of building a global
consensus in favour of world unity and world
peace.

Dr Bharti Gandhi
Founder Director

Alumna of Lucknow University and former
psychologist at the UP government’s
Psychology Bureau, Dr Bharti Gandhi is the co-
founder of CMS. An able administrator and
leader, she has championed numerous social
causes and convened an all-India Anti Dowry
Conference and the UP State Prohibition
Conference.
She has organised several youth and children’s
festivals to promote international
understanding. She continues to organise a
Sunday Satsang (spiritual discourse) every
week since the last 23 years at CMS. She has
been conferred many prestigious awards
including the Devi Award and a Lifetime
Achievement Award for distinguished
contributions to education in India at the
House of Commons, London.

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