Location: Noida, Uttar Pradesh

Engagement Type: Approximately 4–5 days a month, flexibly deployed and is not a full-time job.

Experience: We are looking for a senior professional who has completed a distinguished career in government, education, academia, public policy or advocacy, but still wants to put their experience, relationships and energy behind a cause that matters.

Qualification: Master's degree

Compensation: Honorarium based

Role Summary

You can help bring learning to 5 crore children.

Sampark Foundation today impacts 2 crore children across nearly 2 lakh government schools in 8 states. Our next ambition is to reach 5 crore children across 5 lakh schools.

For this, we are looking for a senior professional who has completed a distinguished career in government, education, academia, public policy or advocacy, but still wants to put their experience, relationships and energy behind a cause that matters.

This is not an advisory role. It is a hands-on mission.

You will help us build partnerships with Central Government ministries and departments, national educational institutions, universities, associations and other organizations shaping education in India. You will help bring Sampark's experience from the field into conversations that can influence policy, partnerships and action at a national level.

The commitment is approximately 4–5 days a month, flexibly deployed, and is not a full-time job. The honorarium cannot compensate for a lifetime of experience, and that is not the proposition.

Please apply only if the idea of helping bring better learning to 5 crore children excites you enough to roll up your sleeves and help make it happen.

About the Organization

Sampark Foundation was founded by Anupama Nayar and Vineet Nayar (Former Vice Chairman and CEO of HCL Technologies) with the belief that frugal innovation, combined with relentless execution in partnership with the government, can drive large-scale change in learning outcomes.

Since 2013, our flagship Sampark Smart Shala programme has transformed learning in rural government schools through low-cost teaching-learning materials,



audio devices with the voice mascot “Sampark Didi” and bot enabled mobile apps that reach teachers directly in their classrooms. Our operating model is anchored in government partnerships — working alongside State Education Departments, SCERTs, DIETs and block-level officials to make our programme the state's programme, not an external intervention.

Today, Sampark Foundation impacts 2 crore children across nearly 2 lakh government schools in 8 states —Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra and Rajasthan —

and trains over 5 lakh teachers at the block level every year.

Our next ambition is to reach 5 crore children across 5 lakh schools. This fellowship is central to that goal.

Visit us: https://samparkfoundation.org/

Key Responsibilities

Policy & Advocacy

- Bring Sampark's experience from the field into national policy conversations and consultations — surfacing what frugal, large-scale innovation is achieving in classrooms to influence education policy, partnerships and action.
- Represent Sampark at national policy forums, expert consultations and sector convenings, and monitor policy developments so Sampark can engage early where relevant.

Government & Institutional Partnerships

- Build and deepen Sampark's relationships with Central Government ministries and departments — the Ministry of Education, NITI Aayog and the Department of School Education & Literacy — supporting sustained engagement and collaboration over time.
- Open and strengthen partnerships with national educational institutions, universities and associations — NCERT, NIEPA, CBSE, NCTE and State SCERTs — and support effective collaboration.

Positioning & Leadership Collaboration





- Work directly with the Founder and senior leadership to sharpen Sampark's national positioning and decide which institutional doors to open first, and in what sequence.
- Advise leadership on where Sampark should lend its voice in the national education conversation, drawing on your standing to strengthen how the organisation is seen across government and the wider ecosystem..

Required Skills and Competencies

- Credible professional standing in India's education, policy or government ecosystem.
- Active network across Central Government ministries, national institutions or policy organizations.
- Deep understanding of India's school education landscape — policy, government structures and reform history.
- Proven ability to build and sustain trust-based institutional partnerships.

Educational Qualification

- Master's degree in Education, Public Policy, Public Administration, Social Work, Development Studies or a related discipline. Doctoral qualifications are welcomed.
- Candidates from non-traditional academic backgrounds with a strong track record in government, policy or advocacy are equally encouraged.

Preferred Candidate Profile

- 25 years of substantive experience in government, education, academia, public policy or advocacy at national or state level.
- Prior engagement with Central Government ministries, national educational bodies (NCERT, NIEPA, CBSE, SCERTs) or recognised policy institutions.

How to Apply

Submit your CV with the subject line “Senior Fellow – National Education Advocacy” at [email protected]

Answer the below two questions:

1. “Why do you want to join Sampark Foundation and what you would bring to this role” — in 150 words.
2. “5 reasons you are suited for this role.” in 100 words.

So, if you are

- A seasoned qualified with the relationships, credibility and conviction to influence education at a
- national level.
- Energised by the idea of rolling up your sleeves to help bring better learning to 5 crore children.

Come join us to create a million smiles — at scale.

📌 Senior Fellow – National Education Advocacy (Noida)
🏢 Sampark Foundation
📍 Noida