Welcome to Confluence
CONFLUENCE is a not-for-profit group set up by FairGaze Skills Pvt. Ltd. It is an assembly of policy makers and influencers with insights into the field of education, and also of resource mobilisers, infra planners and opportunity creators from the field. CONFLUENCE strives for developing a system of education that could serve India through the better part of the century. It will set into motion a chain of events leading up to the much needed reforms in children’s education.
Vision
To facilitate a community where every child excels in education imparted.
Mission
Identify opportunities for improvement in education through collaborative engagement and deliberations.
Confluence Members
The best people will always strive to make it happen. The people of eminence from different domains and
different countries will work around the objectives, innovation in education, presenting myths and realities
of current education, adopting multi-disciplinary approach, etc.
Objectives
Educational Reforms
This will broadly include teaching and curriculum reforms including learning and development.
Cultural Exchanges
Study and promote international cultural-exchange and exposure-led learning.
Mentor-Driven Education
Focus on interest and talents based education.
Holistic Wellness
Deliberate and devise strategies on safety and security of students both at school and at home.
Beliefs
The beliefs of CONFLUENCE will help to benchmark the best educational practices ever. The commandments will prepare a
ground for innovators, thinkers, entrepreneurs and a new generation of men and women with the
bandwidth and wherewithal to meet the challenges before the country and world.
Students are
Priority
All the children are special and we should help them in bringing out their best talent for life and career. We believe in helping children to be pioneers in their field of passion.
Knowledge is to be Shared
We believe in creating a platform where knowledge-sharing is voluntary, acknowledged and revered.
Holistic
P Development
We believe in the holistic development of a child, to nurture a child’s soul, mind and body by discovering innovative ways of teaching.
Improvement at
PEvery Step
To improve continuously with the rapidly changing world is essential. Contribute our might to work towards improving teaching methods and education ecosystem.
CAPTAIN VINOD SHANKAR NAIR
Captain Vinod Shankar Nair is an esteemed mentor, coach, investor and author. He has coached more than 5,00,000 individuals and helped them create their own brands and star status. He has been providing constant support and empowerment to some of the well-known names of our time. His journey started as an officer in the Indian army where he served for a total of 6 years from 1990-1996. He has been an active part of the live operations and high risk missions along the LOC in Jammu and Kashmir. He has also undergone the grueling commando training and is qualified to be an instructor. He is respectfully given the name of the 'Captain' as a part of the India's social elite. He is a celebrity guest, regular judge and coach in some of the most popular TV shows. Being a much appreciated and cherished motivator, his speeches have always moved and cherished by audiences. He is known to let individuals identify their full potential and live up to what they expect in life. He is one of the most sought after mentors and coach of our time.
RAMA KARTIK
Rama Kartik is an educationist and teacher who is currently head of an English medium ICSE board school in Belpahar for the last 11 years. She is also an online trainer for IELTS examination and an ELT resource person that conducts workshops for teachers in and around Odisha. She has a total experience of 25 years in teaching and 15 years in administrative work. She is also currently a resource person for the D.El.Ed programme launched by NIOS for training teachers. Ms. Rama has done her schooling from the Carmel Convent School in Kolkata and has done her English honors from the prestigious Lady Brabourne College. She then went on to do her Masters in English from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. She started her career in teaching at Dalmia Vidya Mandir in Rajgangpur. After that she went on to handle several administrative roles such as being involved in educational survey and paper setter programmed for CBSE interactive English from 1994-2001. Her work over the years is truly an example of her passion towards imparting education in a joyful way.
SHRI VIVEK ATRAY
Shri Vivek Atray is a CEO Mentor, advisor, author, columnist and inspirational speaker. He is a former IAS officer. Throughout his active years, he has gained professional expertise in Digital Governance, Investment promotion, Public Relations, Tourism etc. He has also given 4 TED talks on leadership, life skills and emotional intelligence. He has also written 2 popular novels - Move on Bunny and Dubey ji Bounces Back. He also writes in a Hindustan Times column called Random Forays. He hosts talk shows as well. He has been quoted by the New York Times for governing the national award winning e-SAMPARK e-governance project. He received a lot of acclaim for his work in Chandigarh IT park. He has also worked as an advisor for KPMG and PwC. Counting on from his all-rounder qualities is also when he played under-19 cricket at the national level. He completed his Electronics & Communication Engineer from NIT Kurukshetra. He is a strong believer in promoting positivity and creativity in the society.
MOUNIA ELLIQ
Mounia Elliq is an environmentalist and CEO of African Green Challenge Consulting. With the help of the activities of her company, she has been working on increasing the supply and the demand of the energy, waste, water projects and hence, mobilize private sector capital as quickly towards critical capacity additions. Through her work, Mounia has driven herself to change paradigms in Morocco, implement new strategies and reduce pressure on public services as well as integrating a new vision and strategies while capitalizing on existing human resources and strengthening their capacity building. Apart from working diligently towards what she believes in, she has tried to change the world by a lot of roles she has held till now. Some of the notable ones include Advisor to HE the Minister in charge of Environment, Ministry of Energy, Mines, Water and Environment, Morocco Government, International Coordinator of GCA Global Climate Action Agenda COP22, UNFCCC-Morocco High Level Champion for Climate and representative of green growth in Morocco. Coordinator of sustainable African cities "urban planning and spatial planning" for the preparation of the Africa-France Summit 2020 on the Sustainable City Throughout her active years, she has strived for a change that she could see in the world and is definitely still moving wholeheartedly towards it.
DR. JUGAL KISHORE
Dr. Jugal Kishore is the Secretary General of Indian Association for Adolescents Health and Director Professor and Head of Department of Community Medicine at Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital. His highest of the positions in the field is credited to his passion for the field of medicine since the start of his career. He is currently diligently working towards enhancement of health of adolescents through education, research, advancement of health promotion and health care for adolescents and youth. He is also an avid researcher and promoter of cross cultural psychiatry and community mental health. He was born in New Delhi in 1967 and did his schooling from Jamia Milia Islamia University. He did his graduation from the prestigious Maulana Azad Medical College and completed his doctorate studies in Community Medicine from All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi and PhD in Psychiatry from Delhi University. Apart from working with full dedication in field of medicine, he has also authored several publications such as leadership skills in nursing professional, National Health Programs of India, Managing common problems at puberty, vanishing girl child, etc. including more than 200 scientific papers He also received a wonderful opportunity to develop department of Community Medicine in BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences in Nepal and the Center for Occupational & Environmental Health at Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi.
IVÁN MUÑIZ ROTHGIESSER
Iván Muñiz Rothgiesser is a teacher at UPC (Peruvian University of Applied Sciences), an international lecturer, personal coach and also works as a blogger. He holds Bachelors in Administration degree from the University of Pacifico, in Lima – Perú after which he went onto pursue MBA in Business Management in Madrid - Spain. After completing his MBA, he worked diligently at BBVA Continental Bank for 20 years as business Banking Area, Marketing and Financial services for the customers. He also has a Certificate as an Executive coach (CEGO) which he obtained in 2015. In April 2015, he also published his first book “Anécdotas de mi vida” (“Stories of my life”), and in April 2017 launched “Anécdotas de mi vida 2” with the title “Aprendiendo a vivir” (“Learning to live”). He owns a successful blog by the same name that was started in 2012. He has shared his optimism across many countries including Ecuador, Mexico, Spain, Portugal, Panama, Costa Rica, USA, Japan, Indonesia and Singapore.
