Prof. Geeta Gandhi Kingdon is the Manager of City Montessori School (CMS), Lucknow. Under her stewardship, CMS has seamlessly embedded the UN Sustainable Development Goals and India’s National Education Policy 2020 into its educational framework, championing a values-based and globally conscious model of learning.

An education economist by training, she holds a BSc (Hons) in Economics from the London School of Economics and MSc and DPhil degrees from the University of Oxford. She is currently Emeritus Professor at UCL and has previously served 31 years as an Academic Economics at LSE, the University of Bristol, and the University of Oxford, later becoming a Tenured Professor of Economics of Education at University College London. Based on her policy-relevant research, she is ranked among the top 5% of economists globally (RePEc database), and her research has shaped education and labour-market policy in India, South Africa, and the UK. She has advised the World Bank, the European Union, and UK’s Department for International Development. In 2013, she received an Honorary Doctorate from Kingston University London for her “outstanding contributions to education and development”.

As Manager of CMS, Prof. Kingdon leads an institution that promotes project-based, experiential learning; skill-based, competency-based assessments; and global citizenship education through curated international events that develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills in students. Her leadership seeks to nurture students who combine academic excellence with moral courage and social responsibility.