CEO, Community and Individual Development AssociationCommunity and Individual Development Association City Campus
Dr Taddy Blecher is CEO of the Maharishi Invincibility Institute and the Imvula Empowerment Trust, CEO of the Community and Individual Development Association, and Chairperson of the SA National Government team on Entrepreneurship, Education, & Employability.
He is a pioneer of the free tertiary education movement in South Africa, helping to create six free access institutions of higher learning as well as co-founding the Branson School of Entrepreneurship with Sir Richard Branson. As a result, over 21,000 unemployed South Africans have been educated, found employment, and moved from unemployment into the middle-class.
As a qualified actuary and management consultant, Dr Blecher is passionate about the approach of Consciousness-Based Education, a system of education developing the full potential of every student. This has led the Maharishi Institute to winning multiple prizes including the first prize in a global competition for the most innovative education initiative in the world
Early Childhood to Primary EducationEconomic OpportunityEducationEnvironmental SustainabilityLivelihoodsPeacePeace and Human RightsPost-Secondary EducationSecondary EducationSustainable MarketsWomen's and Girls' EducationYouth Job Skills
Eastern and Southern Africa
