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OVERVIEW

We collaborate with governments in India for sustainable impact on children’s foundational learning outcomes at scale

Language and Learning Foundation’s long-term partnerships with the government help strengthen the system to implement high-quality FLN programmes.

OUR VISION

All children will have strong foundational skills and abilities of language, literacy and numeracy, thinking and reasoning in their home and in additional languages. Based on this strong foundation, all children will learn and grow to their full potential.

OUR JOURNEY

Language and Learning Foundation (LLF) was founded in 2015. We were born with a vision to address the learning crisis at scale. Our first 8-month professional development course for 200 teachers and teacher educators was launched in 2016. This was followed by the introduction of more distance learning courses for teacher and mentor professional development in the following years.

In 2018, we launched district-level demonstration programmes which paved the way for India’s first domestic CSR-funded Development Impact Bond. It later expanded to 30 districts with a clear focus on learning outcomes.

COVID-19 proved to be a turning point, prompting us to modify these courses to become online/blended courses of varying durations. The state-level technical support and academic reform dimensions in 5 states were added later to make our FLN intervention more comprehensive.

language and learning foundation
OUR VISION

All children will have strong foundational skills and abilities of language, literacy and numeracy, thinking and reasoning in their home and in additional languages. Based on this strong foundation, all children will learn and grow to their full potential.

OUR JOURNEY

Language and Learning Foundation (LLF) was founded in 2015. We were born with a vision to address the learning crisis at scale. Our first 8-month professional development course for 200 teachers and teacher educators was launched in 2016. This was followed by the introduction of more distance learning courses for teacher and mentor professional development in the following years.

In 2018, we launched district-level demonstration programmes which paved the way for India’s first domestic CSR-funded Development Impact Bond. It later expanded to 30 districts with a clear focus on learning outcomes.

COVID-19 proved to be a turning point, prompting us to modify these courses to become online/blended courses of varying durations. The state-level technical support and academic reform dimensions in 5 states were added later to make our FLN intervention more comprehensive.

LLF
About Our Founder

Dr. Dhir Jhingran has worked in the primary education sector for 30 years, within and outside the Indian Government.

Language and Learning Foundation (LLF) is led by its Founder and Executive Director Dr. Dhir Jhingran. A former officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Dr. Jhingran took voluntary retirement after three decades of service to work in education full-time. While serving in the government, Dhir played an instrumental role in policy-making within the Ministry of Education at the national level. His contributions extend to the development and implementation of early-grade reading initiatives in various countries across Asia and Africa, as well as the establishment of first language-based multilingual education programmes in several Indian states. Notably, his work focuses on conceptualising and executing large-scale programmes to bring about transformative and sustained improvements in the quality of school education.

As a member of the National Steering Committee for the development of the National Curriculum Framework (NCF), he actively participates in shaping the educational landscape of India. Dr. Dhir Jhingran has authored three books on primary education, drawing from empirical research, and has contributed to numerous books and journals, further solidifying his stature as a thought leader in the field of education.

PARTNERS & SUPPORTERS

We are as strong as the partnerships we build

Financial and Strategic Partners

Programme Partners

Technical Partners

Research Partners

State Government Partners

We are a 250+ person strong team placed across 8 states in India

Dr Dhir Jhingran

Founder & Executive Director, LLF
Senior Advisor, UNICEF India and other INGOS
Former Director, MHRD

Dr Uddalak Datta

Senior Director - Governance LLF

Meeta Sharma

Associate Director, Finance

Ramesh Chandra

Director, Academics

Rupinder Chahal

Associate Director, Strategic Partnesrships

Sana Masroor

Associate Director, Strategic Partnerships & Communications

Shveta Lall

Associate Director, Continuous Professional Development

Shankar Subramanian

Associate Director, Human Resources

Sanyukta Chaturvedi

Director, State Programme

Amrita Patwardhan * Language and Learning Foundation

Amrita Patwardhan

EDUCATION AND SPORTS PORTFOLIO OF THE TATA TRUSTS

Ex IAS Dr Dhir Jhingran- Founder & Executive Director of Language and Learning Foundation (LLF)

Dr Dhir Jhingran

Founder & Executive Director, LLF
Senior Advisor, UNICEF India and other INGOS
Former Director, MHRD

Dushyant Singh * LLF

Dushyant Singh

PRIVATE EQUITY AND M&A AT
MCKINSEY & CO.

Nishi Suri * Language and Learning Foundation

Nishi Suri

FOUNDER & CEO, BRANDCROSS CONSULTING

Ravi Sreedharan * LLF

Ravi Sreedharan

FOUNDER & DIRECTOR, INDIAN SCHOOL OF DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT

Roopika Saran * Language and Learning Foundation

Roopika Saran

Co-Founder, Delhi Chapter, Each One Teach One Foundation

Shaveta Sharma Kukreja * Language and Learning Foundation

Shaveta Sharma Kukreja

CEO & MANAGING DIRECTOR AT CENTRAL SQUARE FOUNDATION

Shubhra Chatterji * Language and Learning Foundation

Shubhra Chatterji

VIKRAMSHILA EDUCATION RESOURCE SOCIETY

Venita Kaul * LLF

Dr Venita Kaul

PROFESSOR AND DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL OF EDUCATION STUDIES, AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY

Vrinda Sarup * Language and Learning Foundation

Vrinda Sarup

CHAIRPERSON, FORMER SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

Dr Dhir Jhingran

Founder & Executive Director, LLF
Senior Advisor, UNICEF India and other INGOS
Former Director, MHRD

Madhu Ranjan

Trustee

Dr Mahendra Kumar Mishra

Trustee

Sushant Kumar Verma

Trustee

Dr Uddalak Datta

Senior Director - Governance LLF

Vandita Sharma

Former IAS Officer and Chief Secretary of Karnataka

Dr. Abul Khair Jalaluddin

Distinguished educator, educational researcher and thinker

Dr. Carolyn J. (Carol) Benson

Associate Professor, Teachers College, Columbia University

Dr. Debi Prasanna Pattanayak

Noted linguist, educationist and activist

Dr. Marcia Davidson

Senior Technical Advisor, FHI 360

Dr. Paola Ucceli

Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Dr. Susan E. Malone

Senior Literacy and Education Consultant, SIL

Prof. Amita Chugdar

Professor, Education Policy, Michigan State University

Anil Bhojwani

Executive Consultant,
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.

Casey Johnson

Vice President, National Portfolio & Learning GreenLight Fund

Sandeep Mehta

Chief Executive Officer, Ajira Software LLC

Stacey Warner

Ex- Global Strategy Director, Room to Read

Tanvi Bikhchandani

Co-Founder, Tamarind Chutney

Dr. Aarti Mangal

COORDINATOR, ACADEMIC SUPPORT RESEARCH

Aditya Sahoo

SENIOR MANAGER (STATE PROGRAMMES)

Ajay Kumar Gupta

SENIOR SPECIALIST

Akanksha Tyagi

PROJECT COORDINATOR, TEACHING- LEARNING PROCESS STUDY

Alimuddin Khan

SENIOR SPECIALIST - FLN

Anand Dwivedi

PROGRAMME ASSOCIATE

Anant Singh Pundir

PROJECT LEAD, DIGITAL CONTENT

Ankita Sharma

RESEARCH OFFICER

Arunabh Konwar

SECRETARIAT NATIONAL MLE CONSORTIUM

Ashok Kumar

ACCOUNTS ASSOCIATE

Ashok Singh

ACADEMIC SPECIALIST - NUMERACY, DEMO SUPPORT

Disha Sharda

SENIOR MANAGER- STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS

Dr Dhir Jhingran

MANAGING TRUSTEE, FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Gajendra Raut

PROGRAMME MANAGER

Ipsita Mishra

PROGRAMME MANAGER

Jeewan Kumar

SENIOR FINANCE AND ACCOUNTS MANAGER

Jitender

ACADEMIC SPECIALIST - GENDER

Kratika Vats

HR OFFICER

Kriti Maheshwari

ACADEMIC SPECIALIST-NUMERACY

Mahip Sharma

SENIOR SPECIALIST LITERACY-DST

Mairaj Fatima

PROGRAMME OFFICER

Meenu Kumari

ACADEMIC SPECIALIST

Meeta Sharma

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, FINANCE

Dr. Mohammad Zahid Siddiqui

SENIOR MANAGER (M&E)

Nandita Arora

MANAGER-MONITORING & EVALUATION

Navtez Singh

OFFICER MLE

Neha Bawa

EXECUTIVE OFFICER TO FOUNDER

Neha Kanojia

PROGRAMME MANAGER, STATE PROGRAMMES

Neha Kumar

PROGRAMME MANAGER - ECE

Pallavi Gill

MANAGER, FUNDRAISING & PARTNERSHIPS

Pankaj Singh Kushwaha

OFFICER-ADMINISTRATION

Payal Arora

MANAGER-ADMINISTRATION

Prakash Chandra Arya

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

Pratik Suman

SENIOR MANAGER - PEOPLE OPERATIONS

Priti Singh

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR-MONITORING & EVALUATION

Pushpam Kumar Jha

SENIOR SPECIALIST MLE

Ramesh Chandra

DIRECTOR, ACADEMICS

Ranbir Singh

OFFICER - FINANCE & ACCOUNT

Rohan Singh

ASSOCIATE ADMIN

Rupinder Chahal

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS

Sahdev Panwar

TEAM LEAD

Sana Masroor

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, STRATEGIC PARTNESHIPS AND COMMUNICATIONS

Sanyukta Chaturvedi

DIRECTOR-STATE PROGRAMME

Dr. Sarbani Chakraborty

ADVISER - RESEARCH

Saroj

SENIOR PROGRAMME ASSOCIATE

Satish Kumar Sharma

SENIOR MANAGER - GRANTS

Seema Singh

SPECIALIST MLE

Shaiza Suhail

MANAGER, STRATEGY AND LEARNING

Shankar Subramanian

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, HUMAN RESOURCES

Shivakshi Rana

SENIOR MANAGER-STRATEGY & LEARNING

Shivangi Tripathi

PROGRAMME MANAGER - BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Dr. Shreemoyee Bhattacharya

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR-STATE PROGRAMME

Shruti Shree

ASSOCIATE, TALENT ACQUISITION

Shveta Lall

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Shweta Singh

STATE PROGRAMME MANAGER, GENDER

Simran Kaur

CREATIVE MANAGER- COMMUNICATIONS

Smriti Mishra

SENIOR PROGRAMME MANAGER- MULTILINGUAL EDUCATION

Subhash Chandra

SPECIALIST- MLE

Subhosree Mondal

ACADEMIC SPECIALIST - ECE

Sunil Kushwaha

LEAD-NUMERACY

Supriya Ghosh

SENIOR SPECIALIST- FLN

Sushant Dabral

PROGRAMME MANAGER DST MIDDLE LAYER

Swati Gandhi

SENIOR ACADEMIC SPECIALIST

Dr Uddalak Datta

SENIOR DIRECTOR - GOVERNANCE

Usha Rani Solanki

MGT SPECIALIST

Uttam Gogoi

ACADEMIC SPECIALIST

Ajit Kumar Choudhury

State Academic Lead

Frengki Sarania

Specialist Literacy

Prasun Goswami

Specialist Literacy

Rini Tamuli

Specialist Literacy

Financials

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2030 MISSION

By 2030, we will reach 35 million children by influencing classroom practices of more than 2 million teachers and teacher educators

Your support can help us achieve this mission

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