Bhumi is a "Center for learning transformational Grass Roots Leadership" fueled by a vision to create an equitable and strife free society by grooming transformational leaders who will bring about large scale, holistic and sustainable transformation. BHUMI wishes to be a bench mark in grooming transformational leaders across social and economic classes to enable an equitable and strife free society.
Bhumi works for crafting unique leadership learning journeys that enable individuals to bring about empowerment and transformation of marginalized communities while providing opportunity for the individuals to practice leadership in real-life settings.
Bhumi is a non-profit, non-governmental organization working towards sustainable transformation of communities. Its mission is to develop pipelines of leaders and entrepreneurs within communities who are capable of addressing challenges of development and poverty in holistic ways. Bhumi nurtures the capacities of people by developing platforms and frameworks for experiential learning in the areas of Leadership, Social Entrepreneurship, Management Skills and Vocational Skills and making active & democratic citizen participation the basis for all systemic engagement.
by: Kanika Kakkar
I LIVE 2 LEAD (iL2L) is a non-profit organization providing high-level leadership skill development for small group of young women from around the world, ages 15-21, who have demonstrated exceptional leadership ability. In addition, iL2L educates young women about the rich history of women around the globe who have led their countries.
iL2L develops the next generation of women leaders through leadership skills training, meetings with inspiring role models, planning with a personal mentor and the continuing support of a mentoring community.
iL2L offers an alternative to popular culture's entertainment stars by allowing Summit participants to personally meet with women leaders in the fields of diplomacy, politics, media and business. For those who cannot attend the Summit, iL2L provides an opportunity on its website for young women from around the world to hear current women leaders offer their personal advice to young women who aspire to leadership.
The Ekjaa Campus Leader (ECL) program transforms people to undertake leadership roles and hones managerial skills. The Leader would form a team of Task Managers who would perform pre-disbursal monitoring and select the project. The projects would be further streamlined by the Leader and showcased and marketed on online social portals and offline.
The Campus Leaders and Task managers would own the social project on Ekjaa that is doing marketing of the project through Ekjaa, ensuring the right use of funds, working on fund-raising strategies, HR and finance related activities. This gives people an opportunity to implement their knowledge at grass root level and gain practical experience.
The program is already being implemented at IIT-Mumbai by Aditi Jain who views it as “ a unique opportunity for young people to use their skills to achieve a unanimous growth” and at Vellore Institute of Technology by Abhishek Jain. These kind of programs encourage community engagement and guides youth on the way to be rightly involved in social welfare activities and indulge a sense of responsibility in them towards society.
with Inputs: Bindu N. D.
Three Dot Dash (3DD) is a year-round teen leadership and mentoring program that recognizes and supports young changemakers by teaching them how to “tell their stories” powerfully and effectively.
Its mission is to find the worlds next peacemakers and game changers and give them the tools to put peace in to action.
Three Dot Dash is a Global Initiative created by the We Are Family Foundation (yes, like the song)! The Three Dot Dash "Just Peace Summit" is a week long workshop held in New York City for a select group of nominated Global Teen Leaders, who work day in and day out on pressing humanitarian issues. The workshop gives them the tools they need to spread their message and communicate on a global scale to better our world.
Correspondent: Ira Swasti
The Piramal School of Leadership is a first-of-its-kind school for principals of public schools in India – yes, you read that right -- a school for principals. The founder Mr. Aditya Natraj is passionate about education and believes that good leadership goes a long way in bringing about any change in society. Thus, the Piramal School of Leadership endeavors to empower school principals with essential leadership skills, motivation and training to help run their schools better—without charge.
The curriculum entails a three-way learning process using workshops, on-site coaching and self-learning material. One of the principals from the program tearfully said to Natraj, one day: “For the first time in 25 years, my students asked me to stay back in class and not go.” That feeling for a teacher is indescribable in words.
PSL a three-year program launched in 2008 and has had three batches since – one in Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan, another in Ahmedabad, Gujarat and the latest in Chandrapur, Maharashtra. The idea was to understand the education system and teaching environment of a rural, urban and tribal region and formulate a universal model for principal training programs that could incorporated in universities across India. The ultimate goal of the initiative after all, is to ensure every child in India goes to school.
