Winner 2020
Mrs Rajita Kulkarni
Nominations: 2020
Category: Education
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
About Mrs Rajita: Rajita is a humanitarian, an educationist, an author, a global leader and a leadership coach. In March 2018, Rajita Kulkarni was selected as on... Read More
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She is currently holding the following prestigious positions; - President, World Forum for Ethics in Business (www.wfeb.org), - President, Sri Sri University (www.srisriuniversity.edu.in), - Trustee Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Vidya Mandir Trust (www.ssrvm.org), - Global Board Member (www.tlexi... Read More
- In March 2018, Rajita Kulkarni was selected as one of the top 100 i... Read More
- In April 2019, Rajita was conferred the “Exceptional Women of Excel... Read More
- In August 2019, awarded “Future 50 High Impact Leader 2019” by For... Read More
- 2006 “Global Growth Forum Award”- Orange County USA Award for leadi... Read More
- Feb 2009, Vishalakshi Award- Bangalore India - By Art of Living Fou... Read More
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As the President of WFEB Rajita leads a global Board of Directors comprising Members of European Parliament, CEOs, diplomats and international experts from business and development. In the last 7 years of her Presidency, she has built and worked with global coalitions of organisations from the pu... Read More
- President, World Forum for Ethics in Business
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Rajita took over as the President of the prestigious Sri Sri University in India in April 2017. Before that she served as a member of the Board of Governors of Sri Sri University from 2009. From 2012, she and her team successfully launched the Faculty of Management Studies, A School of Yoga & Nat... Read More
- President, Sri Sri University
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Rajita was the Trustee of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Vidya Mandir from 2009-13 and again from April 2017. In this role, she is responsible for over 100 educational institutions in India, Nepal and the Gulf, reaching education to over 29000 students (including 90 schools, 1 junior college, 1 college of ... Read More
- Trustee, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Vidya Mandir Trust
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Rajita is responsible for global design and roll out of the Transformational Leadership for Excellence program. This program is helping leaders and teams across the world access their full potential and catalyse the process of growth. She has trained and coached leaders of over 50 countries to ri... Read More
- Global Board Member, TLEX Institute
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As the Governor of Finance she oversees the administration of 425 educational institutions in India that reach free education to over 55000 children 20 states of India. These schools also offer free mid day meals, uniforms, extra curricular facilities and transportation to the children. She suppo... Read More
- Governor Finance - Ved Vigan Maha Vidya Peeth – India
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She is currently holding the following prestigious positions;
- President, World Forum for Ethics in Business (www.wfeb.org),
- President, Sri Sri University (www.srisriuniversity.edu.in),
- Trustee Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Vidya Mandir Trust (www.ssrvm.org),
- Global Board Member (www.tlexinstitute.com),
- Board Member, AOL Health and Education Trust (www.aolhet.org),
- Board Member, The United Way India ( www.unitedwayindia.org)
- Governor of Finance Ved Vignan Maha Vidya Peeth (www.vvmvp.org),
- FICCI India National Higher Education Council ( www.ficci.in) ,
- CII Co-Convener Odisha Education Committee ( www.cii.in) ,
- Citibank, N.A. ( 1992-2010)
- Member FICCI FLO
- Member CII Womens Network
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In March 2018, Rajita Kulkarni was selected as one of the top 100 inspirational women of India by the National Bar Association of India and published in the book “The Phenomenal She”.
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In April 2019, Rajita was conferred the “Exceptional Women of Excellence” Award at the Global Women’s Economic Forum.
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In August 2019, awarded “Future 50 High Impact Leader 2019” by Fortune Magazine (Along with ET Now, Amity University and Univariety)
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2006 “Global Growth Forum Award”- Orange County USA Award for leading the training effort in Consumer Finance Asia Pacific. This was the first and only recognition for a function other than direct sales.
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Feb 2009, Vishalakshi Award- Bangalore India - By Art of Living Foundation for service to humanity in the fields of ethics, education & empowerment.
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Rajita is a humanitarian, an educationist, an author, a global leader and a leadership coach.
In March 2018, Rajita Kulkarni was selected as one of the top 100 inspirational women of India by the National Bar Association of India and published in the book “The Phenomenal She”.
In April 2019, Rajita was conferred the “Exceptional Women of Excellence” Award at the Global Women’s Economic Forum.
She helps organisations globally achieve excellence in governance, finance and administration. She is committed to create global advocacy to inspire individuals and corporations to embrace an ethical way of life. She has been instrumental in leading a number of action-oriented initiatives towards this goal.
Her keen understanding of the education landscape of the world, her ability to connect with academicians, students and regulators and her unique skill of bringing together diverse groups of stakeholders towards a common goal is driving the Sri Sri University team to build it as a global centre of excellence.
Her expertise lies in leading large, multicultural, multi country, diverse teams to unleash their full potential and fulfill their vision. She is a certified leadership coach and has trained CEO’s, current and ex Heads of Governments, Parliamentarians among others to sharpen their leadership skills towards creating sustained public value.
Before committing her life to society five years ago, Rajita was a banker for 18 years with Citi. She held many international leadership positions in her career, last of which was Asia Pacific Head for Customer Advocacy and Training for the Retail Assets Business where her portfolio responsibility was annual revenues of 750 million US dollars, 16,000 employees and over 800 branches across 12 countries.
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As the President of WFEB Rajita leads a global Board of Directors comprising Members of European Parliament, CEOs, diplomats and international experts from business and development. In the last 7 years of her Presidency, she has built and worked with global coalitions of organisations from the public and private sector, government and institutions like the United Nations, The World Bank Group, The European Parliament, The Council of Europe, CERN, The International Olympic Association, FIFA, The Max Planck Institute, Institute of Chartered Accountants of England & Wales, Chambers of Commerce and various civil society organisations globally. Her skill in consensus building, fostering win-win partnerships and leading a multi stakeholder platform in a purpose oriented and objective manner has seen WFEB grow from strength to strength in this past decade.
In 2016 she steered WFEB to become part of a Global Partnership of 86 Institutions including Harvard, Stanford, UNDP, OECD, OGP, Accenture, GIZ, University of Birmingham among others. WFEB has advocated the message of ethics, good governance and transparency in business around the world with annual conferences in the European Parliament, national/regional conferences in London, Singapore, Netherlands, Slovenia, Nepal, Poland, Russia, India, Geneva, Zurich and Mexico.
WFEB is expanding its scope of work to initiatives in the areas of Ethics in Sports and Ethics in Science and Innovation. Two World Summits on Ethics in Sports have been held in partnership with FIFA, Government of Switzerland and representatives from 21 sports in 2014 and 2016. In June 2018 and 2019 WFEB organized its 3rd & 4 th World Summit on Ethics in Sports in Oslo, along with the Norwegian Olympic Association, WADA , Anti Doping Norway and others.
The annual WFEB award has grown to be prestigious and most sought after with organisations like Unilever, Tata Services, Novartis, Transparency International among others being awarded as winners.
The World Youth Forum held under the aegis of WFEB, trains youth leaders in transformational, ethical leadership inspiring them to lead their communities for sustainable development. Universities like Nyenrode from Netherlands and Hasselt from Belgium have partnered in this effort.
Her ability to inspire a big vision, create collaborative multi culture, multi country teams and passion to drive action oriented initiatives has been instrumental in bringing together global leaders, CEOs, current and previous Heads of States, religious leaders and youth. Rajita is committed to creating global advocacy to inspire individuals and corporations embrace the values of ethics, good governance, sustainability and shared value.
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Rajita took over as the President of the prestigious Sri Sri University in India in April 2017. Before that she served as a member of the Board of Governors of Sri Sri University from 2009. From 2012, she and her team successfully launched the Faculty of Management Studies, A School of Yoga & Naturopathy, A School of Good Governance and Public Policy, A School of Performing Arts and a PhD program in Management & International Business, Bachelors programs in Business Administration, Commerce & Architecture and a first in Asia Masters in Osteopathy program ( a first of its kind in Asia).
The University operates 35 Undergraduate and Post Graduate Programs currently with 1700 students , 400 staff ( including faculty and operational teams) and will reach full capacity of 10000 students by 2023.
Along with the phase wise launch of the University, she also drives sustainable community development in villages in the vicinity of the campus. She has launched vocational employment oriented programs for youth in collaboration with Larsen & Toubro, tailoring schools for women and young girls, health and hygiene camps for children. Under her supervision homes, community halls and medical care facilities have been built for 3 villages. In the last 3 years Over 550 unemployed young village boys and girls have got vocational training and are now gainfully employed.
In the short time since its launch Sri Sri University has already been a recipient of many awards - Most Green campus Award from the Government of Odisha, Most Holistic Education University, Most Innovative University, Award for Synthesis of ancient and modern approaches and more. The University is also forging international collaborations with institutions from other countries,
Rajita’s keen understanding of the education landscape of the world, her ability to connect with academicians, students and regulators and her unique skill of bringing together diverse groups of stakeholders towards a common goal is driving the Sri Sri University team to build it as a global centre of excellence.
In a tough environment of uncertainty and complex stakeholder pressures, Rajita has steered the University to deliver operating profits from year 1, with an operating return of 23 % in the financial year 2017-18. This comes from Rajita’s keen processes orientation, tight expense controls, regular monitoring and innovative approach to continuous improvement and cycle time reduction.
Trustee, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Vidya Mandir Trust X Close
Rajita was the Trustee of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Vidya Mandir from 2009-13 and again from April 2017. In this role, she is responsible for over 100 educational institutions in India, Nepal and the Gulf, reaching education to over 29000 students (including 90 schools, 1 junior college, 1 college of Ayurveda & 1 college of Computer Science). As a member of the Board of Trustees, Rajita guides the strategy, academics and administration of these institutions ensuring value based, holistic and stress free education to children and young adults.
Global Board Member, TLEX Institute X Close
Rajita is responsible for global design and roll out of the Transformational Leadership for Excellence program. This program is helping leaders and teams across the world access their full potential and catalyse the process of growth. She has trained and coached leaders of over 50 countries to rid themselves of their stress and live a happy, healthy life. She has worked with close to 25 governments around the world helping them accelerate and catalyse their process of social development and growth. She has worked with CEOs, Ministers, bureaucrats among others to enhance their leadership effectiveness for excellence in life. She is committed to nurturing talent by training trainers to sharpen their skills of facilitation, presentation and communication.
Governor Finance - Ved Vigan Maha Vidya Peeth – India X Close
As the Governor of Finance she oversees the administration of 425 educational institutions in India that reach free education to over 55000 children 20 states of India. These schools also offer free mid day meals, uniforms, extra curricular facilities and transportation to the children. She supports and guides the team in forging collaborations, fund raising and financial governance.
