05 — Governance

How the Council is governed, and how decisions are made.

As a Section 8 not-for-profit organisation, IPEC operates through a combination of statutory governance, executive leadership, subject-matter expert committees and volunteer networks — a structure designed to build multidisciplinary expertise while maintaining clear lines of accountability.

The framework

IPEC has adopted a governance framework designed to promote transparency, accountability, collaborative leadership and evidence-based decision-making.

The model has been designed to support long-term institutional development and the scalable implementation of national and international initiatives — which means distributing authority far enough to build genuine expertise, while keeping accountability legible.

01 — Governance architecture

Six tiers, each with a defined authority.

Authority narrows as it descends; capability widens. Every tier below the Board exists to make specialist expertise available without fragmenting accountability.
  1. 01

    Board of Directors

    Highest governing body

    Strategic direction, organisational oversight, financial stewardship, regulatory compliance and long-term institutional sustainability.

  2. 02

    Executive Leadership

    Translation of strategy into delivery

    Translating the strategic vision of the Board into programmes, partnerships, research initiatives and implementation frameworks.

  3. 03

    NEP 2030 Draft Core Committee

    Principal academic and strategic body

    Developing the NEP 2030 framework and practical implementation frameworks that strengthen the execution of educational policy through collaboration, research and institutional innovation.

  4. 04

    Six Excellence Committees

    Domain authority

    Each responsible for a strategic domain of national importance, with a chairperson, up to twelve members and three functional sub-committees.

  5. 05

    Eighteen Sub-Committees

    Functional delivery

    Curriculum, Excellence Cells and Ambassador Programme sub-committees within each of the six domains, responsible for the practical production of frameworks, institutional support and volunteer networks.

  6. 06

    Experts, advisors, ambassadors and volunteers

    Distributed capability

    Domain experts, institutional volunteers, academic advisors and student and faculty ambassadors, contributing to curriculum development, translation, research, outreach and institutional transformation.

02 — Board of Directors

The highest governing body.

The Board is responsible for providing strategic direction, organisational oversight, financial stewardship, regulatory compliance and long-term institutional sustainability.
Full leadership profiles

  • Board member

    Col. Raj Kalra

    Founder Chairman

    Strategic leadership, institutional vision, governance oversight and international engagement.

    Profile

  • Board member

    Brajesh Kumar Singh

    Co-Founder and Director

    Organisational development, governance systems, enterprise transformation, technology adoption and strategic partnerships.

    Profile

03 — Executive Leadership

Deepak Dwivedi

Head — Education Policy and Knowledge Innovation

Education policy research, institutional transformation, knowledge management, curriculum innovation and the NEP 2030 Strategic Forum.

Profile

04 — NEP 2030 Draft Core Committee

The principal academic and strategic body.

Working under the guidance of the Board of Directors, the Committee brings together experts from education, healthcare, industry, governance, process excellence, behavioural sciences and knowledge management.

Its purpose is to develop practical implementation frameworks that strengthen the execution of educational policy through collaboration, research and institutional innovation. The Committee operates with the vision of contributing to Viksit Bharat @2047 by facilitating the transition from NEP 2020 to NEP 2030 through measurable, evidence-based and scalable implementation models.

The NEP 2030 Strategic Forum

05 — Six Excellence Committees

The work of the Core Committee is organised through six interdisciplinary committees.

Each is responsible for a strategic domain of national importance and is led by a named chairperson.
All six committees

06 — Committee structure

Every committee follows the same constitution.

A common organisational framework ensures consistency, accountability and scalability across all six domains.

Every committee consists of

  • 01One Chairperson
  • 02Up to twelve Committee Members
  • 03Three functional Sub-Committees
  • 04Domain Experts
  • 05Institutional Volunteers
  • 06Academic Advisors
  • 07Student and Faculty Ambassadors

Three specialised sub-committees, in every domain

  • 01

    Curriculum Sub-Committee

    Responsible for curriculum development, learning outcomes, teaching-learning resources, assessment frameworks, teacher support material and research publications.

  • 02

    Excellence Cells Sub-Committee

    Responsible for establishing Excellence Cells in schools, colleges, universities and research institutions — local centres for innovation, research, quality improvement and implementation.

  • 03

    Ambassador Sub-Committee

    Responsible for building a nationwide and international volunteer network of students, teachers, researchers, school leaders, professionals and volunteers.

The long-term vision of the Ambassador Sub-Committees is to develop a community of one million ambassadors per country — students, teachers, researchers, school leaders, professionals and volunteers. IPEC describes this explicitly as a long-term aspiration.

07 — Current committee members

Members constituted to date.

As of the current phase of organisational development, several committee positions have been constituted, while additional members are being inducted from academia, industry, healthcare, government and civil society.
  • Deepa Palaniappan
  • Dr. Chitra Kashyap
  • Dr. Asjad Usmani
  • Shruti Sharma
  • Farah Aqueel
  • Deepak Gupta

Allocation of members to individual Excellence Committees will be published by IPEC as appointments are finalised.

08 — Accountability and transparency

What the Council publishes, and what it will publish.

Published

  • Legal status, incorporation date and tax registrations
  • Board of Directors and executive leadership
  • Excellence Committee chairpersons and constituted members
  • Committee and sub-committee structure
  • Programmes delivered, with participation figures
  • Governance, ethics, safeguarding and partnership policies

To be published

  • Annual report, covering the period from 15 July 2025
  • Audited financial statements
  • Registration numbers and statutory identifiers
  • Measured impact data against the published framework
  • Committee-level member allocation
  • Advisory group appointments

Transparency

Legal status, statutory information and policies.

Legal and transparency Code of ethics
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