Azim Premji Foundation Hyderabad

Hi I would like to have the information about the Azim Premji Foundation as well as the Operating Principles of the foundation?

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Azim Premji Foundation is a not-revenue driven association that has been working for over 10 years now towards making profound, substantial scale and standardized effect on the quality and value of training in India, alongside related improvement regions. Any substantial scale instructive change requires critical and maintained exertion over numerous decades and must be accomplished through working at different levels and also on a few zones at the same time. The Foundation today works in 8 states which together have more than 3, 50,000 schools.

A number of key ideologies continue to guide the process of the Foundation’s evolution. These principles deeply inform our strategy and approach at many levels and are worth articulating here.
• Values: The values are not just statements in isolation. They collectively describe a cultural ethos creating an ethically vibrant organization that is firmly committed to its principle. The five values are:

• Catalyze social change with passion
• Act with integrity and courage
• Ensure intense commitment to quality
• Be deeply reflective and rational
• Be open and caring

• Operating Organization: It is an operating organization and not a funding organization. It recognizes the importance of creating institutional “social infrastructure” to complement the government and as an operating or implementing organization.
• Education and Allied Areas as the Domain of Work: Education is a powerful vehicle for social change and it is the primary focus of the work. It works primarily for India’s large underprivileged and marginalized population.
• Scale of Work: We seek systemic change - all the work is aimed at creating large scale impact either directly or indirectly.
• Dimensions of Work: It focuses the efforts on two critical elements of change viz. people and knowledge. People have a critical role in catalyzing social change and the value of developing a culture of evidence based decisions in policy and program formulation is immeasurable.
• Talent Development: Committed and competent people who can be change agents is a critical gap in India today. Therefore the focus is to develop new talent, transform existing talent and build capacity in education and allied areas.
• Knowledge Creation: High quality research and domain knowledge is essential to driving change through policy and practice. Knowledge creation through a strong focus on research is thus critical.
• Integration of Theory and Practice: In a country that lacks a culture of research, building knowledge through research is critical – but this must be deeply rooted in practical ground realities, for applicability
• Institutionalized Impact: It takes significant and continuous effort over many decades for any deep rooted change to happen in a country like India which is so large, diverse and complex.
• Building Social Pressure and Extending Our Reach: Strong networking, advocacy and communications act as a force multiplier to facilitate change.

Contact Details:

Communication & Engagement,
Azim Premji Foundation,
#134 Doddakannelli,
Next to Wipro Corporate Office,
Sarjapur Road,
Bangalore - 560035
Tel: +91-80-6614 4900/01/02
Fax: +91-80-6614 4903
Email: info@azimpremjifoundation.org