Gautam Adani with Sunny Varkey, Founder & Chairman, GEMS Education.
| Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
The Adani Foundation has tied up with GEMS Education, which is into private K-12 education, to establish schools across the country to provide high quality education to students at affordable costs.
This initiative will take off with initial donation of ₹2,000 crore from the Adani family. The Foundation is the CSR arm of the Adani Group.
The first ‘Adani GEMS School of Excellence’ will come up in Lucknow in the academic year 2025-26. Over the next three years, at least 20 such schools in the K-12 segment will be rolled out across India’s primary metropolitan cities and, subsequently, also in Tier II to IV cities, Adani Foundation said in a statement.
In these schools, 30% seats in CBSE curriculum will be free for under-served and deserving children. Leveraging the Adani Group’s pan-Indian presence and extensive infrastructure capabilities and also GEMS’ educational expertise, the partnership plans to develop a scalable, affordable and sustainable model for quality education for students across India.
“This initiative reflects our commitment to making world-class education affordable and widely accessible,” said Gautam Adani, Chairman, Adani Group.
“By adopting global best practices and innovative digital learning through our partnership with GEMS Education, we aim to equip the next generation of change-makers to become socially responsible leaders in India,” he said.
“Our vision has always been to make quality education accessible to every learner, regardless of their socioeconomic background,” said Sunny Varkey, Founder & Chairman, GEMS Education.
Published – February 17, 2025 09:45 pm IST
