Program Director – Centre of Excellence

Piramal Foundation envisions solving India's most intractable problems through innovation, collaboration and 'Sewa Bhaav'. We aim to build Bharat by driving leadership development, digitization, decentralization, and inclusion—led by women and youth— through reimagining systems, co-creating solutions, and driving sustainable progress. Inclusive Bharat Collaborative (IBC), erstwhile Tribal Health Collaborative, is an initiative under the broader umbrella of the Piramal Foundation. IBC envisions building an inclusive Bharat with Tribal and Indigenous communities by transforming their health and education ecosystems for equity, dignity, and lasting change.We strive to strengthen Tribal/Indigenous representation and ownership in shaping health and education systems through active citizenship and integration of indigenous knowledge in policy and practice. With extensive experience in improving health outcomes in tribal-populated regions of Assam, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, IBC is now expanding its work in the education domain. It aims to realise its vision through the four Centres of Excellence (CoEs). Centre for Early Indigenous Education: We envision a future where every tribal child grows up with joyful, identity-affirming early learning and proper nourishment. We work to integrate culturally rooted, multilingual, and community-led approaches into early education and nutrition systems. Centre for Adaptive Youth Leadership: We aim to preserve and integrate tribal knowledge systems in the Public Education System (PES) towards creating culturally relevant and future-ready learning opportunities for tribal youth. Centre for Cultural Diversity: We strive to build an education and health ecosystem that values cultural diversity. It works to make inclusion part of the public systems by bringing cultural understanding into teaching, training, and institutional practices. Centre for Traditional Knowledge and Practices: We endeavor to institutionalize the knowledge, practices, and philosophies of tribal communities as legitimate, recognized, and valuable contributions to mainstream education and health. Role Purpose As the Program Director (CoE Lead), you will own the strategic vision, operational execution, and ecosystem engagement for one CoE. You will translate high-level mandates into field-tested pilots, influence policy, and build stakeholder capabilities to mainstream inclusive, context-driven solutions at scale.

Piramal Foundation envisions solving India's most intractable problems through innovation, collaboration and 'Sewa Bhaav'. We aim to build Bharat by driving leadership development, digitization, decentralization, and inclusion—led by women and youth— through reimagining systems, co-creating solutions, and driving sustainable progress.