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THE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT MAGAZINE

Volume X XIII No.6

BOARD OF ADVISORS . Krishnamurti (1895-1986) aka Jiddu/JK, was one of the great philos-
N.R. Narayana Murthy, H.V. Gowthama, Shukla
Bose, Dr. Glenn Christo, Dr. R. Natarajan opher-seers of the 20th century with deep interest in the education of
(Bangalore); Adi Godrej, Dr. Augustine Pinto, Jchildren.
Krishan Khanna, Guilherme Vaz, Ketan Gala, While an adolescent, the young JK was discovered on the banks of the River
Kirit Mehta, Balkishan Sharma (Mumbai); Dr.
Ramdas Pai (Manipal); Dr. Geeta Kingdon Adyar, Madras by William Leadbetter, a grandee of the Theosophical Society
(Lucknow); Rajiv Desai, Dr. Parth Shah, Jeroninio (estb.1875), who in an epiphanic moment identified him as a World Teacher
Almeida, Premchand Palety (Delhi); Dr. Kannan
Gireesh (Chennai); Robindra Subba (Kurseong); with capabilities to save the world hurtling towards two World Wars. Privately
Sanjeev Bolia (Kolkata); Dr. Achyuta Samanta educated in Madras and later in England, Krishnamurti was a gifted child who
(Bhubaneswar); Shyama akore (London)
reportedly learned to read and write fluent English in six months and began
EDITOR presenting his world view in lectures to English and European audiences while
Dilip akore in his teens.
MANAGING EDITOR Although JK never attended school or college he developed a deep and
Summiya Yasmeen abiding interest in the education and nurturance of children. In 1928, he pro-
CHIEF SUB EDITOR moted the Rishi Valley School (RVS) and trust in Madanapalle, a tiny village in
Sundar Anand Chittoor district of Madras Presidency, which over the next nine decades, has
Paromita Sengupta, Reshma Ravishanker, Gopi emerged as India’s most respected co-ed boarding school routinely top-ranked
Chand N, (Bangalore), Autar Nehru (Delhi) in the annual EducationWorld India School Rankings survey (estb.2007).
9868256512, Baishali Mukherjee (Kolkata)
9836491981, Shivani Chaturvedi (Chennai) Moreover, the number of boutique schools promoted by Krishnamurti Foun-
9500506102, Dipta Joshi (Mumbai) 9920243111 dation India (KFI) has multiplied to six with an aggregate enrolment of 2,000
CHIEF EXECUTIVE children mentored by 270 highly qualified teachers committed to practising
Bhavin Shah +91 9867382867 the education and child nurturance precepts preached by Krishnamurti.
MARKETING But even though KFI schools are all highly ranked nationally and in their
West: Tejas Pattni (General Manager) 9022487997 host states, they have maintained a low public profile and their excellent repu-
Aasana Jain (Marketing Manager) tation is restricted to SEC (socio-economic category) ‘A’ educated, liberal and
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South India: Poonam Shah 9731966373 high income households across the country. We believed — and continue to
North: Hannan Ahmed 9810302768 believe — that JK’s education philosophy, pedagogies and best practices being
GRAPHICS faithfully implemented in KFI schools countrywide, need to be propagated and
Suresh K. replicated nationwide to raise teaching-learning standards in K-12 education.
SUBSCRIPTIONS Fortunately, advocacy to the effect that KFI should not hide its lamp of
Kiran Kumar: 9108225694/ learning under the biblical bushel, but share its glow with educationists and
080 43711141 educators countrywide, stimulated a change of mindset within the founda-
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