Gowri Ishwaran is an Indian educationist, education consultant and advisor to the Shiv Nadar Foundation. She served as the chief executive officer of the Global Education & Leadership Foundation (tGELF) and is currently the vice-chairperson of the foundation. She is the founder principal of the

Sanskriti School Sanskriti School is a recognised integrated co-educational school in the diplomatic area of Chanakyapuri, New Delhi. It is affiliated with CBSE and offers education from Nursery to XII. It was founded in 1998 primarily to provide education to c ...

, a

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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 Delhi Public School Society or DPS Society, is a chain of schools . The descriptor "Public School" references the model of the long-established public schools in the United Kingdom. The Delhi Public School Society is the administrative authorit ...

and has delivered lectures at various seminars and conferences. She is one of the Senior Advisor of the '' Shiv Nadar Foundation'', sits in the advisory board of the Shiv Nadar School 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''. The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest civilian honour of the

Padma Shri The Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī'', lit. 'Lotus Honour'), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. In ...

, in 2004, for her contributions to the Indian Educational sector.

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* Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Educators from Delhi Women educators from Delhi 20th-century Indian educational theorists 20th-century Indian women educational theorists 20th-century Indian educators {{India-bio-stub

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