Shiv Nadar Foundation Building Leaders Through Transformational Education
Creative Philanthropy The Shiv Nadar Foundation is a strong believer of 'Creative Philanthropy'. Creative philanthropy is a powerful model that exists in the form of institutions that go beyond the lifetime of its founders and continue to impact future generations. It is an approach that allows sustained institutionalized philanthropy for long-term, high impact, socioeconomic transformation.
Shiv Nadar Foundation - Institutions and Initiatives Vision Nation building through transformational leadership Mission Creating equitable opportunities for leadership, through focused philanthropy K-12 Education 2009 Leadership Academy for meritorious rural underprivileged children 2012 Chain of urban K-12 schools to create life long learners Higher Education 1996 Ranked amongst India's top engineering colleges 2011 286 acres multi-disciplinary research-oriented university Mass Intervention 2012 Technology-based educational intervention envisioning the eradication of illiteracy 2010 Building Awareness and propagating modern and contemporary Indian art
Shiv Nadar Foundation Key Pillars Leadership Building Creative & Corrective Transparency & Governance Longevity Sustainability Partnerships
Shiv Nadar Foundation - Snapshot Investment USD 558 Mn (Rs 36,982 Mn) Number of Students 10,467 Faculty and Staff 1564 Campus Area 613 acres Built-up Area 5.7 Mn sq. ft. All figures are as on March, 2016
Eradicating Illiteracy
Shiksha - Eradicating Illiteracy A replicable and scalable ICT based intervention program supporting teachers in improving primary education standards - Evaluation metric: 90% of students under the program retain 90% of the content Spread Piloted in 40 rural primary schools of Uttar Pradesh. In the hyper-scaling stage now and is present in 340 schools in Uttar Pradesh Shiksha Framework Interactive DIGITAL CONTENT Technology led Delivery 1 2 Teaching Digital Content Querying 3 Augmentation
Creating Leaders from Rural India
VidyaGyan - The Leadership Academy VidyaGyan is a Leadership Academy for the students from underprivileged rural communities of India. VidyaGyan annually selects students through a three stage meritocratic process and provides these students world-class education and exposure to nurture them as future leaders in a fully residential set-up. Spread Grades 6-12 2 campuses in U.P (Bulandshahr and Sitapur) 1900 students 197 faculty and staff 74 acres campus Admissions 5th grade students from rural Uttar Pradesh appear for preliminary test (Criteria : Total household income less than Rs 1 lakh (USD 1600) ~140,000 students appear for screening test Not more than 200 students inducted (acceptance rate of less than 0.2%)
Multidisciplinary Research University
Shiv Nadar University-Multidisciplinary, Research-led University Snapshot Established in 2011 1800 students (8000 in full capacity) 365 faculty and staff members 286 acres campus in Dadri (near Delhi NCR) ~22 lakh sq. ft. (2.2 Mn sq. ft.) built-up area (62.5 lakh (6.2 million) sq. ft. when fully built)
Premier Technology Institution
SSN Institutions Premier Technology Institution Snapshot Established in 1996; Currently amongst India s top private engineering colleges ~4500 students; 10,000+ alumni 438 faculty and staff members ~18 lakh sq. ft. (1.8 million) built-up area One of the largest merit cum means scholarships in India - ~ Rs 445 Mn (~USD 7 million) disbursed since inception, benefiting over 5100 students Global partnerships with Carnegie Mellon University, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan and Aichi Institute of Technology, Japan
Education for Life
Shiv Nadar School - Education for Life Snapshot Launched in 2012, now has three campuses in Delhi NCR ~2400 students and 407 faculty and staff members Follows innovative pedagogical approach of integrating academic and co-scholastic activities to create ethical and responsible citizens of tomorrow 5-6 acres per school (2000 students per school at full capacity) ~6 lakh sq. ft. (600,000 sq. ft.) of total built-up area
Taking Art to the Masses
Kiran Nadar Museum of Modern Art - Art for Masses First of its kind philanthropic art museum in India KNMA Delhi inaugurated by Smt. Shiela Dikshit, Former Chief Minister of Delhi Currently housed in two locations - 34,000 sq. ft. space in Saket, New Delhi - 18,000 sq. ft. space in Noida Well curated art exhibitions for free public viewing Fostering creativity through - Workshops/exchange programs - Research related to art and culture - Educational tours - Art appreciation courses Over 3000 artworks