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Sugandi Krishnan
Senior Manager - People and Culture at Madhi Foundation, Chennaihttps://www.iimjobs.com/r/209077-sugandi-krishnan
About Madhi
Madhi Foundation was established in 2016 as a non-profit organization committed to the cause of bridging
the equity gap in education for children across India. The Foundation draws its inspiration from the Tamil
proverb, “Destiny can be conquered with intellect (Madhi)”. Madhi Foundation specifically works to solve
the foundational learning crisis in India. Our vision, "Foundational Learning First, so every child is set up for
success", guides our every action and gives our work the purpose and direction it needs.
What we do
Madhi works closely with the Tamil Nadu School Education Department to conceptualise and implement
large scale quality improvement programmes in Tamil Nadu’s government schools. Over the course of the
next 5 years Madhi will strengthen its existing programmes in the state (as well as undertake new
programmes) with the singular aim of ensuring transformative improvement in the quality of school
education in Tamil Nadu and beyond.
Ennum Ezhuthum: We are currently also working as the ‘Chief Management Partner’ for Tamil Nadu’s
official Foundational Learning Mission, The ‘Ennum Ezhuthum Mission’ - a Rs. 500 Cr Mission of national
and regional importance aimed at universalising foundational learning for all children in Tamil Nadu’s
37,000 government schools.
Enjoy English: Enjoy English is a tech-based product-service offering aimed at improving foundational
English among children from low-exposure to English contexts. It is one of a kind idea that adopts an oracy
first approach to language learning which is different from most programmes that adopt a subject teaching
approach to English learning.
Communities Enabling Foundational Learning (CEFL): CEFL aims to equip the parents with the knowledge,
skills and tools to understand the quality of foundational education their children receive in public schools
and in turn, start advocating for improving the quality of education with stakeholders such as teachers,
administrators and local political leaders. We support parents to establish peer groups and networks of
parents and community members to support each other towards educating their child and collectively
demand for the same.
What is the work culture at Madhi like?
The work culture at Madhi is built both organically and inorganically. We articulate our core values and
reinforce them through actions consistently. Team members imbibe Madhi's values and help grow the
culture. Our core values (Mission obsession, Empathy, Resilience, Integrity, Inquiry) form the basis of our
actions, policy and interactions. Madhi nurtures a collaborative work culture where individual growth and
team success go hand in hand.
Given the nature of our work (our close partnership with the government) we often realise that we work
with partners who espouse a work culture that is vastly different from ours which can sometimes create a
sense of cultural dissonance. This is not something we are able to change and we expect team members
to join us knowing full well that when working with critical partners and stakeholders there would certainly
arise a need to adapt and accept the differences and the challenges that come from working in such an
environment. We have been fortunate to find team members over the years who have joined us and helped
build a strong and purposeful culture and despite our rapid growth we have been able to sustain our culture
over time.
Madhi Foundation was established in 2016 as a non-profit organization committed to the cause of bridging
the equity gap in education for children across India. The Foundation draws its inspiration from the Tamil
proverb, “Destiny can be conquered with intellect (Madhi)”. Madhi Foundation specifically works to solve
the foundational learning crisis in India. Our vision, "Foundational Learning First, so every child is set up for
success", guides our every action and gives our work the purpose and direction it needs.
What we do
Madhi works closely with the Tamil Nadu School Education Department to conceptualise and implement
large scale quality improvement programmes in Tamil Nadu’s government schools. Over the course of the
next 5 years Madhi will strengthen its existing programmes in the state (as well as undertake new
programmes) with the singular aim of ensuring transformative improvement in the quality of school
education in Tamil Nadu and beyond.
Ennum Ezhuthum: We are currently also working as the ‘Chief Management Partner’ for Tamil Nadu’s
official Foundational Learning Mission, The ‘Ennum Ezhuthum Mission’ - a Rs. 500 Cr Mission of national
and regional importance aimed at universalising foundational learning for all children in Tamil Nadu’s
37,000 government schools.
Enjoy English: Enjoy English is a tech-based product-service offering aimed at improving foundational
English among children from low-exposure to English contexts. It is one of a kind idea that adopts an oracy
first approach to language learning which is different from most programmes that adopt a subject teaching
approach to English learning.
Communities Enabling Foundational Learning (CEFL): CEFL aims to equip the parents with the knowledge,
skills and tools to understand the quality of foundational education their children receive in public schools
and in turn, start advocating for improving the quality of education with stakeholders such as teachers,
administrators and local political leaders. We support parents to establish peer groups and networks of
parents and community members to support each other towards educating their child and collectively
demand for the same.
What is the work culture at Madhi like?
The work culture at Madhi is built both organically and inorganically. We articulate our core values and
reinforce them through actions consistently. Team members imbibe Madhi's values and help grow the
culture. Our core values (Mission obsession, Empathy, Resilience, Integrity, Inquiry) form the basis of our
actions, policy and interactions. Madhi nurtures a collaborative work culture where individual growth and
team success go hand in hand.
Given the nature of our work (our close partnership with the government) we often realise that we work
with partners who espouse a work culture that is vastly different from ours which can sometimes create a
sense of cultural dissonance. This is not something we are able to change and we expect team members
to join us knowing full well that when working with critical partners and stakeholders there would certainly
arise a need to adapt and accept the differences and the challenges that come from working in such an
environment. We have been fortunate to find team members over the years who have joined us and helped
build a strong and purposeful culture and despite our rapid growth we have been able to sustain our culture
over time.
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