Quality and Love - Innovators BHIS

"Quality is never an accident, it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent   direction and skilful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives." - William A.Foster

Once, there was a boy named Kushal who studied in Grade 8. He was very loud and

notorious child. He never listened to any of his teachers nor did he listen to his parents. Everyone was fed up with him. Everybody also thought that he was worthless but, his art teacher knew his plus points. He could draw beautifully. He could do watercolour paintings better than anyone else in the school. This was just one of his qualities. He also knew how to write beautiful poems and letters and essays. Nobody knew about these qualities of his but his art teacher knew about those because one day she had seen him writing a poem and had read it in secret without telling him. She had actually loved reading it. And in case of his paintings, she was the one who inspected those. So, she took an oath, to make him a boy as good as qualities. Once, in the art class, she announced that there was going to be an art exhibition. Each one had to contribute watercolour paintings to the exhibition along with a piece of their own writing.

They also had to be on their best behaviour. Everybody started laughing as soon as the latter was announced. They were laughing at Kushal. They thought that being on best behaviour was impossible for him. He accepted this tease with a smiling and grinning face but in his heart of hearts, he felt very bad. He thought that his naughtiness had resulted in him being made fun of. He took an oath to be the best-behaved child in the class. He also decided to show his qualities to the whole school. He wrote a very thoughtful poem for the occasion and drew a mind-blowing picture in connection to his poem. 

When the great day finally arrived, he was very tensed about his drawing and poem. He thought they were not good enough. But to his surprise, the chief guest started to call out the names of the people who had ranked in the exhibition and had the best behaviour throughout the programme backwards. He was just erasing the possibility of his coming first when his name was called out in the first position! He could not believe his ears nor could his classmates believe what was said. But, his art teacher was very happy for him. She had hoped from within that he would get the first prize. After the award ceremony, his art teacher called him aside and told him that if he could nurture his qualities with love and care and if he would fix his behaviour like he had done that day, he would go a long way in life. He completely understood what his teacher was saying and vowed to listen to her. He became the most polite child and everybody in the school knew him by his works from that day onwards.

- Innovators @ Billabong High International School, Thane

Vaishali Phatak, Bhumi Punjabi, Smita Bobhate, Krishnakshi RaviShankor

7 tips for effective PD programs

INDIA: www.LearningForward.IN

Consider these seven tips for building an effective PD program in your school or district. And please, skip the clown nose. You can thank me later.

Align PD to instructional goals 

Learning goals for staff must be driven by learning goals for students. Look for synergies between assessment data, curricula and other instructional resources. These connections can provide valuable insight when creating PD opportunities.

The more information that goes into preparing professional learning for teachers, the better aligned it will be to your school’s or district’s goals.

Identify learning outcomes 

Once you have identified staff learning goals, it’s time to determine goals for specific teams and individuals. While some objectives fit all teachers, you may find that the special education team or intervention specialists, for example, will benefit from more targeted goals that focus on their specific approaches and their students’ needs.

Review existing PD options Many districts have access to abundant PD opportunities, but that doesn’t necessarily mean these opportunities are the right ones.

Take stock of all options available to you and select the ones that best match your school’s or district’s goals. Through this process, you can discover where you have unsupported goals—and determine whether additional learning would be beneficial to them.  

Give the gift of time 

Successful PD is a regular and ongoing activity, and that can’t happen unless you dedicate actual time. Building time into teachers’ daily schedules for planning and collaboration allows powerful practices to take hold. It will also support a culture where teacher professionalism is understood and valued—and that is a culture teachers want to join and stay in.

Make professional learning relevant 

A well thought out PD plan connects learning activities to teachers’ daily work. Teachers should leave learning sessions with insights, strategies and tools that are relevant to their curricula and can be used in the classroom right away.

Measure success with metrics 

A PD program is successful only if teachers find it supports their work. Build evaluation metrics into the program so teachers can continually evaluate their progress and the effectiveness of new methods. Importantly, schools and districts should be prepared to adjust programming based on these evaluations.

Keep staff engaged 

Educators should be engaged throughout the entire PD process, not only during sessions and collaborative learning time. Staff should be able to view these PD efforts as a process that empowers them to identify and work toward their learning goals. 

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Jean Fleming brings over 25 years of experience in education to her role at the Northwest Evaluation Association, where she specialises in PD practices and instructional supports.

The Spiti Diary 2012

Spiti Report

9^th June 2012 to 12^th June 2012

The 15 day Gold Solar Project took off with an overnight journey to Shimla. All the participants were randomly divided into two groups to increase interaction among them and boarded two separate buses for Shimla. After reaching Shimla early in the morning the next day, we immediately took off for Kalpa in 3 separate taxis. Kalpa was our introduction to snow capped mountains. After an overnight stay in Kalpa, we left for Kaza, a part of the Spiti Valley the next day where we had an overnight stay as well. The next day we left for the Key monastery. After reaching the monastery in the later part of the day, we were given an informal orientation. Thus, after 3 days of travelling, we settled into our accommodation for the next 2 weeks. 

13^th June 2012 to 16^th June 2012

We started with our first day of work. The participants were divided into groups and each group was given a separate task everyday. The tasks basically included farma work, mud work, path work, tank work and tractor duties. The groups were so formed that participants from different institutions were clubbed together in a group to enhance inter-regional interaction.

17^th June 2012 to 20^th June 2012

We left for our 4 day trek early in the morning on the 17^th of June 2012. The first day was an 8km uphill trek to a village called Komik. It was indeed a difficult task for the participants as they weren’t acclimatised to high altitudes. After an overnight stay in Komik, we left for Demul the next day. This was a 12km uphill as well as downhill trek and we reached Demul late in the evening. The next day, we trekked upto the highest point called Bhalari. Later in the day, the villagers had organised a cultural event for all the participants. After staying overnight, we left for Lalung, a downward trek and visited the sarkang temple also.

We later left for the Key monastery.

21^st June 2012 and 22^nd June 2012

These were the last two days of our stay at the monastery. Much of the work being completed, we were left with only the plastering and painting and setting of the solar panel. This, according to the participants, was the fun part of the work. 

The completed Solar Bath was inaugurated by the King of the Spiti Valley in a ceremony held at the monastery. Later, the participants performed various skits and songs as a part of the “closing ceremony”. 

23^rd June 2012 to 25^th June 2012

The next day we left for Manali early in the morning. But, unfortunately, we got stuck due to a landslide and had to spend the night at a dhaba. The next day we crossed the landslide hit area on foot and went to the nearest bus stop sitting in the back of a truck. After the roads opened, we left for Rohtang Pass in our respective taxis but got stuck in traffic, again. We reached Manali in the evening on 24^th June and left for Delhi immediately. 

Need to obtain Operators License before 31st Dec 2011

Award units/ schools need a License to operate

The Award Programme Foundation (APF), a Registered Charitable Trust, with the Charity Commissioner in Mumbai, is licensed to run The International Award for Young People (IAYP) in India by The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award International Association (IAA) based in London.

The APF empowers the National Award Authority (NAA) as the only licensing body in India, with the national office is at New Delhi. All Schools, Colleges, Award Units and Operators in India must have a valid License to operate The International Award Programme. Please check your records and ensure that you have a renewed/ current License to operate The Award Programme. The NAA Office is committed to assisting you and ensuring that young people in India get the best possible support while they participate in The Award Programme. The website explains the structure of the organization in India.

License and Operation of The Award Programme

We recommend you get a copy/ renew your Operators License with the NAA office. This will help you with training and development support and your Unit will be able to participate in events, exchanges and other activities of IAYP all over the world. 

Kindly send us a copy of your existing / expired / valid License, to enable us to revalidate / renew the same positively before the 31st day of December 2011.

The NAA mandates that all Award Units and Licensed Operators use the Common Award Participation Form only. Each form has a unique number and is tracked by us. The Forms are supplied free and are to be filled and submitted to NAA India office for the Database Registry, as per the IAA License needs. No one will now produce, print or distribute Award supplies, the National Office will be the exclusive licensed supplier. 

The Common Participation forms must be submitted with a Fee of Rs 500.00. The Schools, who do not wish to get a License, must connect with the National Office alone and send all completed forms to the National Office please.

Status of Schools registered with the erstwhile Zones:

1. Every School has to have a Valid License; if the School has one from the Zones, they must provide us with a copy for record with details of registration date, expiration date, etc. to enable us to send the new Operator's License.

2. The NAA alone issues the Operator Licenses, if you do not wish to renew your old Operator License or get the new YES License, your Participants can still do the Award Programme, all you need to do is submit the Forms at the nearest YES Centre or to the National Office. 

What is the YES Centre License?

The new NAA Operators’ License enables the Licensed Award Units to not only operate the IAYP in their own schools, but also in the community and the society the schools exist in. This updated license is now referred to as the YES Centre license, and is issued to a Society, Trust or registered body keen to operate the Award Programme in their area of operations. The YES Centres partner with the NAA office and help to deliver The Award Programme to participants and schools without a License.


For more information about YES Centres and how the Award partner institutions operate the Award Programme, please visit http://www.iayp.in/yes.htm

The Award Programme is available to young people in the ages 14 to 25, the YES Centre License is mandatory for the Operating Award Authority / School/ Unit to Register. The Award Programme Foundation charges an Annual License Fee of Rs. 10,000.00 per annum. The Corporate License for pan India use, and for operators who have a footprint at multiple locations is Rs. 35,000.00 per annum. All the YES Centres are supported by the NAA with training and development. 

For help and information, please call  Bivujit Mukhoty +9192122 33900. 

The Website www.iayp.in has all the information and the operation guidelines please.

We ensure the interest of Award participant is paramount and we will help you serve them better. The NAA Office is well stocked with all Award Programme materials and you are welcome to visit us any working day of the week.

Award units need a License to operate

Greetings!

The Award Programme Foundation (APF), a Registered Charitable Trust registered with the Charity Commissioner in Mumbai, is licensed to run The International Award for Young People (IAYP) in India by The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award International Association (IAA) based in London.

The APF as the National Award Authority (NAA) is the only licensing body in India and has its National Office in New Delhi. All Schools, Colleges, Award Units and Operators in India must have a valid License to operate the International Award Programme. Please check your records and ensure that you have a renewed License to operate The Programme. Do contact us anytime by phone at 011 2649 7154 or by email at ai@iayp.in for further clarifications. The NAA Office is committed to assisting you and ensuring that young people in India get the best possible support while they participate in The Award Programme.

For schools who have been operating under Zonal Authorities, we recommend you to please renew your Operators License with the NAA office; so we can provide training and development support to engage and participate in events, exchanges and other activities of IAYP all over the world.

The NAA Operators’ License enables the Licensed Award Units to not only operate IAYP in their own schools, but also in the community and the society the schools exist in. This updated license is now referred to as the YES Centre license, and is issued to a Society, Trust or registered body keen to operate the Award Programme in their area of operations. For more for further information please visit our website www.iayp.in

The NAA mandates that all Award Units and Licensed Operators use the Common Award Participation Form only. Each form has a unique number and is tracked by us. The Forms are supplied free and are to be filled and submitted to NAA India office to build up the Database Registry on the secure server www.dofe.in, as per the IAA License needs. No one will now produce, print or distribute Award supplies, the National Office will be the exclusive licensed supplier.

For more information about YES Centres and how the Award partner institutions operate the Award Programme, please visit http://www.iayp.in/yes.htm

Please use the new Common Participation Forms only. They are supplied by the Zones or the NAA. You may want to get some from nearest YES Centre.

Each forms must carry with it a Fee of Rs 500.00 when submitted to us; we can only accept Forms from Schools Licensed to Operate please. The Schools, who do not wish to get a License may send the Forms from the nearest YES Centre.

For any queries, clarifications, order of supplies, etc please call our Programme Manager- Mr. Bivujit Mukhoty on +91 9212233900.

If you have any doubt do call us, and we will be very happy to help.

GAHS January News

WEST ZONE 

Meeting with Ex Students from Campion and Greenlawns twice at Garware Club House
( am free to met the IAYP members on all Wednesday from 6 pm on prior appointment , since I have to sign them in ) and once at Cafe Day.

YMCA follow up not yet done, since the person concerned was not in town

2 New schools approached

1) Children Welfare Centre High School & Junior Collage, Versova 

2) Hill Spring International School, Tardeo

Conducted  3 IAYP Camps in the month of January, 2011

2 Bronze camps at Pune and One Gold around Matheran.

Called up GAH from West Zone and send mails to remind them to join the GAHS and to inform them on the forth coming GAH Kenya get.together

Juzer

Femco Tours
Outbound Camps,Adventure & PackageTours, & Hotel Bookings
177-79 Nagdevi Street,Mumbai 400003.India
Mob: +91 99205 44171

SOUTH ZONE

Monthly Report - January 2011

●      Introduced the Award programme to fellow engineering students at SRM Easwari Engineering College.

●      Registered two participants from southern districts of Tamil Nadu (Chidambaram and Thanjavur/Tanjore)  for the Gold Level. These students will spread the word in their districts and hope to extend the reach of the Award. Have provided them with brochures and copies of Award World/India.

February 2011 - Goals

●      Registration of at least 50 participants.

●      Have got TAFE’s (Amalgamations Group) Financial Officer’s contact - he is interested in CSR opportunities and working with Young People. Will introduce the Award to the organisation and hope to rope in as a partner.

●      Organise a GAH meet in the South to bring together volunteers and plan events for the year, extend to universities and other institutes.

Rahul Shanker
rahul@dofe.in
GAHS South India

Coming On Board - IAA

The International Award for Young People, India (IAYP)

Member: The Duke of Edinburgh's Award International Association

 

 

The Award Programme Foundation (APF) is licensed by The Duke of  Edinburgh's Award International Association. APF has a Board of  Trustees and they appoint the National Director. The office of the National Award Authority (NAA), is in New Delhi and the National Award Authority has an advisory Governing Council. The Zones are represented on the Governing Council through the Chairpersons. 


The NAA  issues Operators Licenses to Zones, Corporate, Social / NGO bodies and other youth organisations. The Indian Special Projects are all licensed and supported by the NAA.


The four Zones in India i.e. North, South, East and West, administer the Award in the Schools, and serve the needs of the participants in the 14-18 ages. In addition the national office under the YES (youth engaging society) initiative partners with institutions, social bodies, universities and governments to help young people of the 14-25 ages participate in The Award Programme.


All the Zones and member schools are listed on the website at: http://www.iayp.in/school_award.html


To learn more and partner for youth engaging society (YES), 
check out http://www.iayp.in/yes.htm 

Coming-On-Board video may be viewed at www.facebook.com/iayp.in

Welcome to call us on +91 11 26497154 or write to us at 'ai@iayp.in'
Visit the website http://www.iayp.in/

The Organization chart for IAYP, India

Youth and Sports

As part of the 2010 Asia Pacific Regional Meeting - and to celebrate the spirit and values of the Commonwealth Games - we will be hosting a Youth in Sports photo exhibition at the British Council New Delhi in October. If you would like to submit your photos from the region, please upload them to the following site http://203.19.70.21:8080by 31st August. Pictures must be provided in a jpeg format.

Australia & India Sign MOU

Pursuant to the sign up of the Australia India MOU, the National Director IAYP India is on a one week tour to Australia, to work out further development initiatives.

Commonwealth Youth Programme (CYP) Asia Centre in the news

23rd Feb 2010, the CYP Asia centre invited partner orgranisations, governments, ngo representatives and others working for youth empowerment. The Strategic Plan of CYP 2008-12 was formally released and a forum created to bring togther youth bodies, to take ahead the common agenda to challenge everyone to serve the young. Good meeting, from University heads to Government heads all were frank and had a good interface with individuals who are all doing their bits as change agents. Hope the spin offs from this meeting benefit the youth, all over the country.

National Office is now house full!

The NAA office now has on board all five team members:
Tripti Bansal - Volunteer Manager
Chittaranjan Das - Office Manager
Nivedita Samanta - Communications Manager
Era Premwani - Programme Manager
Sandeep Dutt - National Director

The five set out to further the programme, ensure quality and build reach.

Chees!

JCB Team at Award Office today

The JCB Team visits the IAYP National Office today, they will meet the team members and help build up the HR strength. JCB is the HR Partner of Award in India, and have promised to sponsor all HR needs of the Award in India. We sometimes get tempted to call them the first friends of the Award in India, as they have been very supportive and over the year have enthusiastically helped us build a great Award team in India. Welcome Mr. Rajiv Kapoor , Vice President HR and Mr. Harish Kerpal, who supports IAYP as the single point of contact! Big thanks to Mr. Vipin Sondhi, MD JCB India and the JCB UK management for all they do for us.

The APF Trust and India office

Capacity Building & Training Workshop (CBT), New Delhi India, 9-11 October 2009

Participants List

A R Parmeswaran
P A Srinivasan
R Elangovan
M Singarayan
Suma Kuttiapan
Darshana Dahiya
Naval Singh
P P Vermani
Madhulika Bakshi
Usha Bhalla
Bishakha Banerjee
Chirantan Bhaduri
Kalyani Chakraborty
Kuntak Gupta
Dr. Tapti Dasgupta
Leon Blaise Pereira
Parag Fatehpuria
Fernandez Rita
Alok Virmani
Juzer A Shaikhally
Ratuli Chakraborty

Bhagirathy Jhingran
Karisma
Divyangana
Utkarsh
Tripti
Paridhi
Devyani
Vinod
Chittranjan

Programme

Friday 9th October
11.00 AM to 12.30 PM
Arrivals (check-in from noon) - Accommodation Venue (Sri Aurobindo Ashram)
1.00 – 2.00 PM Informal Lunch – at  Training Venue (Sri Aurobindo Society, Shaheed Jeet Singh Marg)
2.00 - 6.00 PM Training Sessions
8.00 PM Welcome dinner – at ESSEX FARMS

Saturday 10th October
9.00 to 4.00 PM Training Sessions
Evening Free time (Visit Delhi Haat / Saket City Walk)
Sunday 11th October
9.00 to 4.00 PM Training Sessions
Evening departures

Detailed programme has been sent to individual participants, along with the Welcome Dinner invitation.

Sandeep Dutt
National Director

“Train the Trainer” – Capacity Building and training at Coimbatore and Delhi

Workshop at CIRS Coimbatore
NTW Coimbatore : 9th, 10th & 11th Oct.’09

The NAA workshop with International Support will now happen at this great venue!

http://www.cirschool.org/

We are happy to work with the School and the Chinmaya family to build up the Award Programme.
Workshop will commence 9th morning and end 11th evening. Details will be worked out this week.

The workshop is in two parts with one session in Delhi (Role of Volunteers) – this will have 20 in all, the delegates for this will be decided by National Office.

Participation in Coimbatore:
Total 30 = North, West & East will have 5 each, 5 for NAA and 10 for South.
30 number includes faculty and trainers (NAA 5 will cover that).
NAA 5 delegates = Director QA (Quality Assurance), One AV Team Member and three trainers.

The Zones are free to decide the five participants and may need to do rail bookings ASAP. Zones to please start the search for the 5 participants in each zone.

AT DELHI - more for Award Volunteers and Partners of the Award Programme.
The session in Delhi (Role of Volunteers) –  will have 20 in all, the delegates for this will be decided by National Office alone.

Please send us your suggestions and inputs latest by the 31st of July 2009. Nominations for trainers are welcome too.

Award Programme Foundation, India - Trustees

Chairperson: Naina Lal Kidwai
Naina Lal Kidwai (born 1957) is the Chief Executive Officer of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation India branches. She is the first Indian woman to graduate from the Harvard Business School.
Fortune magazine listed Kidwai among the World's Top 50 Corporate Women from 2000 to 2003. According to the Economic Times, she is the first woman to head the operations of a foreign bank in India.
She began her career in banking with ANZ Grindlays Bank (acquired by Standard Chartered Bank in 2000)and then moved on to head the Indian operations of Morgan Stanley. She left Morgan Stanley in 2002 to join HSBC India as head of its investment banking business. In May 2005, she was named country head of the HSBC Group in India.
She has been awarded with Padma Shri, one of the highest civilian honours bestowed by the Government of India. The announcement was made by Rashtrapati Bhawan on 26 Jan 2007. Naina has got the honour for her exemplary work in the promotion of Trade and Industry.
Naina Lal is a Chartered Accountant and pursued an MBA at Harvard Business School. Her mother is the sister of industrialist Lalit Mohan Thapar. Her cousin, Gautam Thapar currently manages Ballarpur Industries Ltd, one of the largest manufacturers of paper in the country. Naina is married to Rashid Kidwai who runs the NGO, Digital Partners.
Naina Lal Kidwai is currently the Group General Manager and Country Head of HSBC India.

Mr. Anand Mahindra
Mr. Anand G. Mahindra, Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Mahindra Group, graduated from Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Magna cum Laude (High Honours). In 1981 he secured an MBA degree from the Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts. He returned to India that year and joined Mahindra Ugine Steel Company Limited (MUSCO), the country's foremost producer of speciality steels, as Executive Assistant to the Finance Director. In 1989 he was appointed President and Deputy Managing Director of the company.
Mr. Mahindra is the recipient of the following awards:
'Knight of the Order of Merit' by the President of the French Republic.
Rajiv Gandhi Award 2004 for outstanding contribution in the business field.
2005 Leadership Award from the American India Foundation for his, and the Mahindra Group's commitment to corporate social responsibility.
Person of the Year 2005 from Auto Monitor
CEO of the Year from India Brand Summit 2006
CNBC Asia Business Leader Award and India Business Leader Award for the year 2006
NDTV Profit Car & Bike Award 2007 for Automobile Man of the Year
Mr. Anand Mahindra is a Member of the following organisations:
1. Harvard Business School - Asia-Pacific Advisory Board
2. Harvard Business School - Member of the Board of Dean's Advisors
3. Harvard University Asia Centre - Advisory Committee
4. Harvard Business School - Advisory Council of the Initiative on Corporate Governance
5. Harvard Business School India Research Centre Society - Founder Member
6. Asia Business Council
7. International Enterprise Singapore - 2nd India Advisory Panel
8. Microsoft India - Advisory Board
9. National Sports Development Fund (NSDF), Government of India - Council and Executive Committee
10. The Nehru Centre, Mumbai - Executive Committee
11. National Council of Applied Economic Research
12. National Institute of Bank Management, Pune - Governing Board

Dr. Sanat Kaul
Dr. Sanat Kaul has the Bachelor and Masters degrees in Economics from the Delhi University, Masters of Science degree in Social Planning in Developing Countries from the London School of Economics (LSE), and holds a PhD degree in Economics from LSE. He also has a Post Graduate Diploma in Air and Space Law from the McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
Dr. Sanat Kaul has several years of experience in the aviation sector. He was the Joint Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India with responsibility for management and administration of all aspects of International Civil Aviation including bilateral relations with other countries as well as with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). In addition, he was responsible for management and administration of (i) privatization/long-term leasing of the major international airports and; (ii) construction of new green-field airports. He was also a member of the Board of Airport Authority of India and a member of the Steering Committee for the Bangalore Greenfield Airport. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Air India. Dr. Sanat Kaul gained experience in addressing global concerns/issues facing the aviation sector as Representative of India to the Council of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Montreal, Canada from September 2002 to September 2005. Dr. Kaul recently retired as the Chairman and Managing Director, Delhi Tourism & Transportation Development Corporation (DTTDC) and Principal Secretary(Public Relations), Govt. of NCT of Delhi. As Chairman and Managing Director, Delhi Tourism, he was responsible for promotion of tourism in Delhi, and managing the Corporation’s Training Institute where training in tourism related activities is imparted.

Mala Ramadorai
The founder member of TCS Maitree and the guiding force behind all TCS Maitree initiatives, is a well-known educationist and former vice-principal of Bombay International School. She is the wife of Subramaniam Ramadorai Head of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), and more so the spirit of this much admired company in the world.

Maitree is a 60,000-strong friendship and support network that plays the role of companion, counsellor and guide to the far-flung family of Tata Consultancy Services employees and their kin.
Maitree, set up in 2001 by the wives of the employees of TCS as a welfare organisation, is primarily engaged in social service, working for the betterment of the environment and the less privileged.
The essence of Maitree is to build an extended family and community among the families associated with the company, says the TCS CEO's wife and the chairperson of Maitree, Mala Ramadorai.

Mr. Ishaat Hussain
Mr Ishaat Hussain graduated in economics from St Stephens College, New Delhi. He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (FCA). Mr Hussain joined the board of the Indian Tube Company (a Tata Steel associate company) in 1979. His association with Tata Steel goes back to 1981, after Indian Tube was merged with Tata Steel.
Mr Hussain was the Senior Vice President and Executive Director of Finance at Tata Steel for almost 10 years, before he finally moved to Tata Sons. Currently he holds the position of a Board Member at Tata Sons.
Mr Hussain is a member of the SEBI committees on insider trading and primary capital markets. He is also a member of the CII Finance Committee.

Vice admiral Suren P Govil PVSM, AVSM, MBE
Executive Trustee

Vice Chief, Naval staff (Retired), 39-year career in the Indian Navy. As Vice Chief, he was directly responsible for naval plans. Admiral Govil is a member of the Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), United Service Institution (USI) of India and Saturday Discussion Group and until recently was the Chairman of the Board of Management of the USI Research Centre.

15 years of voluntary service to the IAYP, the architect of the program in its current form. At his behest the National Constitution was adopted on 1st March 1994. This led to the formation of a single National Award Authority (NAA) of India and the appointment of the first National Director. A 15 member Governing Council of the NAA was formed and Mr. Vikram Mehta (India’s first Gold Award Holder) elected as its first Chairman. Is also present Chairman of the NAA Governing Council is Vice Admiral Suren Govil.