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24Sally Goggin,Director Education, British Council IndiaSally comes from Artsbackground but sincejoining the BritishCouncil over 22 yearsago she has movedprogressively intothe governance andeducation sectors.Sally spent the first 10 years of her BritishCouncil career in the UK, latterly as Directorof Operations in the International SeminarsDepartment. She has worked for the past 11years overseas and has been based in thePalestinian Territories, Turkey, and Egypt beforeher current posting to India.In the Palestinian Territories and Turkey Sallyled the Council’s governance agenda, and inparticular managed one of the largest humanrights portfolios on behalf of the Foreign andCommonwealth Office.She continued to work on the governanceagenda in Turkey, where as DirectorGovernance she managed a portfolio of workthat directly supported Turkey’s EU Accessionambitions.While working in Egypt as Deputy Director, Sallywas also Director of Education for the Near Eastand North Africa, a remit covering 9 countriesfrom Morocco through to Syria.During her time overseas Sally has alsomanaged large scale donor funded projectsin Education and Governance for World Bank,DFID and the European Commission.Sally took up her current role as Directorof Education India for the British Councilin September 2008. In this role Sally hasresponsibility and oversight of the BritishCouncil’s work in every aspect of education.Professor Gouri Srivastava, NCERT, DelhiDr. Gouri Srivastavais Professor & HeadDept. of Women’sStudies NCERT. She hasauthored books andresearch articles onwomen’s education anddevelopment. She is arecipient of scholarshipsfrom National and International organizationson issues concerning women’s education andgender concerns in textual materials.Susan Douglas, British Council, UKSusan currently sharesher time between theBritish Council and theEden Academy.As SeniorAdvisor, Schools at theBritish Council Susanhas played a pivotalrole in the developmentof ConnectingClassrooms, a global programme linkingeducation ministries and schools in over 70countries worldwide. She has responsibility forleadership programmes in Asia, Latin America,The Middle East and Africa. As CEO of the EdenAcademy Susan was instrumental in founding,and now leads the board of, a multi-academytrust in London which provides 3-19 educationfor children with profound and multiple learningdifficulties.