About Us

Former President Bill Clinton to NEF Chairman Dr. Appu Kuttan "...I salute you for your ongoing commitment for creating a better and stronger America."

Kathy Johnson, Advisor to the Governor of Alabama: “Dr. Kuttan, your generosity never ceases to amaze me. You are a blessing to so many, and your friendship is a blessing to me. I'm looking forward to getting a copy of your new Happy Executive book! I truly value our working relationship and friendship.”

Nonprofit: The National Education Foundation (NEF) is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization, headquartered in metropolitan Washington, D.C. Founded in 1989, after consultations with national leaders including former President Bill Clinton and Intel founder Dr. Gordon Moore, NEF is the world's leading nonprofit organization bridging the employment, digital and academic divides by providing high quality affordable 21st Century online education to millions of students and jobseekers in many countries including the U.S., India, Egypt and Mauritius. NEF offers 5,500 high quality K-99 online courses and mentoring using state-of-the-art LMS (Learning Management System) and interactive video platform.

Motto: "High quality education for all."

Projects: NEF fulfills its mission through the following projects:

- CyberLearning Academy provides 21st century skills for disadvantaged students in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) business, reading, management and testprep to close the academic and digital gaps. The goal is to set up a STEM+ CyberLearning Academy in most disadvantaged schools in the U.S. by 2020.

- NEF University provides workforce training solutions to close the skills gap. The immediate goal is to train one million U.S. jobseekers during 2011-2012.

- NEF International provides academic, digital and workforce training to disadvantaged students and adults in many countries including India, Egypt and Mauritius (training the entire population in digital literacy and IT). NEF believes that training and placing in jobs unemployed college graduates in terror-prone countries is the most cost-effective way to combat global terrorism. To this extent, NEF launched the MIITE (Million Indians IT Education) project in India in 2011 in partnership with IGNOU, the world’s largest open university with 4 million students. The US State Dept. is interested in NEF’s terrorism-fighting projects.

Our Team:

Dr. Appu Kuttan, NEF Founder & Chairman

Acclaimed national and global expert in digital education, STEM academies, education systems, management systems, total education solutions, zero interest school financing, and empowerment of women, minorities and disadvantaged
Advisor to many national and world leaders including the Clinton, Bush and Obama Administrations and U.S. Congressional leaders, former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi (in helping to make India a global IT power) and Mauritius Prime Minister (on transforming Mauritius into an IT-focused nation)
Author of many innovative concepts such as MBS (Management By Systems), CyberLearning (coined the word), Total Tennis, Win-Win-Win, Happy Executive, Holistic Executive, Kuttan Preschool (Mind-Body-Soul Life Style Development) and acclaimed books such as "From Digital Divide to Digital Opportunity,” and Happy Executive - Nurturing Mind, Body and Soul.
Philanthropist who donated most of his personal funds from the sale of the world-famous Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy to the National Education Foundation (NEF), described as a "Dedicated Difference Maker;” 2006 Global Digital Literacy Champion, and 2011 University of Wisconsin Distinguished Achievement Award Recipient
Mentor to many including world tennis champions Andre Agassi and Monica Seles, and U.S. Presidential Honoree Roger Kuttan

Robert Eichorn: NEF K-12 Learning Advisor

National expert in alternate, at-risk and high school education& turn-around schools
National expert in differentiated digital education and standards-based learning
Recipient of several national, regional and local awards
Principal of New Directions Alternative Education Center in Manassas, VA
Improved at-risk student graduationrate from 61% to 97%

Dr. William Diehl: NEF K-12 CyberLearning Academy Program Director

National expert in Distance Education
The American Journal of Distance Education Interviews Editor
K-12 teaching and technology experience
Author of several articles and book chapters
Speaker at national seminars

Sushant Mohanty: NEF Chief Technology Officer

Vast experience in IT and technology applications, elearning and ecommerce
Formerly CTO of several IT companies including Register.com

Pankaj Rai: NEF VP International

Vast experience in international operations in CyberLearning, elearning and IT certifications
Significant Experience with India, Mauritius, Egypt and other countries
India CyberLearning CEO
Director of the MIITE (Million Indians IT Education) project

Roger Kuttan: NEF VP for Strategy and General Counsel

U.S Presidential honoree
Stanford JDand MBA
Vast experience in business development and investment strategies

Carey Kriz: NEF Software Applications Platform Expert

Thirty years of experience in higher education, healthcare and technology including substantial experience with IBM, a variety of health care and technology enterprises, and the Web 3.0 interactive secure video platform development
Former CIO of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Author of "The Patient Will See You Now” (2009) series, a view on the future of healthcare, featured weekly on the CISCO website

National Educational Foundation
4926-C Eisenhower Ave., Alexandria, VA 22304
Phone: 703-823-9999
Fax: 703-823-9990
Email: courses@nefuniversity.org