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About
Dr Jagdish Gandhi
 A visionary and a far-sighted person, Jagdish Gandhi has been building bridges of peace across the globe for nearly 50 years. For his long-standing contributions to education in peace, the United Nations awarded the prestigious UNESCO Prize for Peace Education in the year 2002 to his unique creation - the City Montessori School, popularly known as CMS, which Gandhi founded in 1959 and has been serving as its Founder-Manager. Among the previous recipients of this prize are Nobel Peace Prize laureates – Mother Teresa of Calcutta and Rigoberto Menchu Tum of Guatemala as well as groups such as the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). 		   
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Current positions held by Jagdish Gandhi

1.       Founder-Manager, City Montessori School, Lucknow

2.      Chairman, World Council for Total Quality and Excellence in Education

3.      President, World Movement for Global Democracy (WMGD)

4.      Vice President, World Union, Pondicherry (2003)

5.      Vice President, World Constitution and Parliamentary Association, USA (2003)

6.      President, Children’s International Summer Village (CISV), U.P. Chapter, India (since1992)

7.      President, International School-to-School Experience (ISSE), U.P. Chapter, India (since1972)

8.      Vice-President, Intellectual Forum of India, U.P. Chapter, India (since 2001)

9.      Vice-President, Quality Circle Forum of India (2001)

10.  Convener, International Conferences of Chief Justices of the World (since 2001)

11.   Chief Coordinator, Indo-Pak Children’s Penfriends’ Club Aao Dosti Karein (since 2002)

12.   Convener, Parent-Teacher Association, Lucknow (1982)

13.   Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (1969-1974)

14.   Founder-Manager, Sarvodaya Sewa Sansthan, Lucknow (1959-1974)

15.   Founder-Manager, C.T. Women’s College, Lucknow (established 1970)

16.   Founder-Manager, C.T. Nursery Teachers’ Training College, Lucknow (established1970)

17.   Founder-Manager, Adarsh Shiksha Kendra (Adult Education Centre), Lucknow (1959-1962)

18.   Founder-Manager, Pre-Primary Teachers’ Training College, Lucknow (1959)

19.   President, Uttar Pradesh Naujawan Sangh (U.P. Youth Movement) (1955-1959)

20.  Editor, UTHO JAWANO (a Weekly to motivate youth) (1960-1965)

21.   Founder-General Secretary, All India Children & Youth Festival (1960-1973)

22.  Organizer, Annual Scouts & Guides Camps, Lucknow, U.P., India (1965-1973)

23.  Assistant District Scout Commissioner, Bharat Scouts and Guides, Lucknow (1962-1965)

24.  Convened an All India Education Exhibition aimed at highlighting the importance of spiritual education (1964)

25.  Led an Anti-Dowry Campaign aimed at mobilizing public opinion against social ills (1959)

26.  Convened the U.P. Sarvodaya Conference at Allahabad University (India) for mobilizing the student community in favour of spiritualization of educational curriculum (1958)

27.  President of the Lucknow University Students’ Union, U.P., India (1958-59)

28.  Founded Social Service League at his school in Sikandra Rao, Aligarh, U.P., India (1952)

29.  Established Samaj Sewa Sadan (Social Service Centre) at G. S. College, Sikandra Rao, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India (1954)

  

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