Empowering Teachers
The mission of Jhumki Basu Foundation is to foster teaching mastery in teachers, and through them empower youth around the world in all subjects.
We are dedicated to revolutionizing the learning experience by integrating cutting-edge technologies like AI into the classroom. Our vision is to empower students to become future innovators in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics among others. By leveraging AI in classes, we aim to inspire a new generation of thinkers and problem-solvers.
Who We Are
Founded in 2009, JBF is proud of its dedicated team of teachers who have worked in classrooms across the world. Our backgrounds include serving as teacher leaders, as department chairs and as coaches.
Our Board Members
"A treasured member of our faculty, Jhumki touched countless lives and left an indelible mark on our students and our school. She was a brilliant researcher and educator who, in her all too brief career, achieved great success in advancing the state of Science Education. Her death is a great loss for the field and for all of us who were with her."
Prof Mary Brabeck
Dean, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development
New York University
Prof Shreyashi Jhumki Basu attended Stanford University where she received a B.A. in Human Biology in 1998. In 2006, she earned a doctorate in Science Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. Later that year she joined NYU's Steinhardt School of Education as an associate professor. Between 2003 and 2006, Jhumki served as co-founder, assistant principal and science department chair at the NYCDoE School for Democracy and Leadership in Brooklyn, New York. She received an Early Career Award from Columbia University, the Distinguished Alumni Award from Castilleja School, and the Outstanding Dissertation Award from the American Educational Research Association.
Jhumki passed away in 2008 at age 31, after a seven-year battle with cancer.
Jhumki Basu Foundation
In 2009 Jhumki's parents, Dipak and Radha founded the Jhumki Basu Foundation. the objective is to discover, nurture and spread innovative and sustainable programs to carry on Prof. Jhumki Basu’s vision of democratizing science education.
JBF raises funds, makes grants, executes projects, manages awards, scholarships, science fairs, competitions and other programs in science education. JBF is a registered nonprofit corporation with section 501(c)3 tax-exemption status from the Internal Revenue Service.
Mission to Teach is the inspirational story about Prof Jhumki Basu who took on American science education reform against deeply-established practices, suffering along the way several tragedies that only spurred her on to astonishing achievements in her all-too-short lifetime. Incredibly, Jhumki realized her achievements as she battled breast cancer for seven years before it engulfed her at age 31 but could not stop her legacy.
