Ms. Dana Kursh is the Consul General of Israel in Bengaluru with consular jurisdiction over the states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and the union territory of Puducherry. Prior to assuming the role of Consul General of Israel to the South of India, she was serving as the Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of Israel in India from June 2015 – July 2017. Ms. Kursh has vast experience as a diplomat in the Israeli Foreign Ministry. Amongst her managerial positions in Ministry of Foreign Affairs were: Policy Advisor to the Director General, Director of the department for recruiting and training of the next generation of diplomats for the Israeli Foreign Ministry. Her first assignment abroad was as a Deputy Consul General of Israel to the Southwest of the USA, based in Houston Texas. Ms. Kursh chose also to take part in Israel’s flourishing NGO’s eco-system. She took leave of absence from the Foreign Ministry to become the General Manager of JVP Community, a non-profit organization aiming at transforming Jerusalem via education & culture.
For the first years of her professional life she had the privilege of working in Israel’s cutting edge hi-tech industry.
She holds a BA in International Relations from Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a MA in Public Policy (the Executive program of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem). She has pursued Diplomatic Cadet Course – Training to be a career diplomat by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
During her military career she achieved the rank of a Captain and was the Liaison Officer for bereaved families of the Northern Command of the Israeli Defense forces (IDF).
Ms. Kursh was born and raised to a farmer family in a village called Moshav Merhavia, located in the north of Israel, in the Lower Galilee.
Here is some excerpts from an exclusive interview with Ms. Dana by one of our ISBR students.
What would you like to suggest to further strength collaboration lecture India & Israel as far education industry is concerned?
What I see in ISBR student taking care further in management area Israel & India had a great collaboration. Just 4 months ago prime minister Narendra Modi had visited our PM in January, they discussed the collaboration of education two months ago our president came to India and more than 20 agreements had been signed between the Indian Institution of higher education in Israel and in this visit PM launched few initiatives towards higher education and also to push generally for connection between two people and one important connection is innovation because you need to innovate in order to prepare for the future, you need to be educated how to be innovative and to give the right atmosphere for bright mind worth in India and Israel and for that they have allocated 20 million each, so 40 million funding for innovation that would be given to PhD students. Israel and Indians find solutions together with weather, health, and agriculture. We are human celebrating the achievement of humans, one of the things two prime ministers of Israel and India had announced is to do great collaboration and a conference for pushing Womens to go for higher education in science and profession that are on occasion are going to move a predominant because you seriously see in India and Israel female either are in defence, you have a minister for defence. We have many hierarchical of women in different parts of decision making. If I want to summarize everything education in the future and I am looking for a partnership between India and Israel. Education can be a tool for a better world and we can utilize amazing students of ISBR to go and study in Israel, 10% per cent of foreign students reserve on the government of India. While we put effort into the next generation of leadership in India to interact with a next-generation leader in Israel that endorsed the next generation of the base in this university and we can really make a difference and utilize the bond between India and Israel for the future for all.
Thank you mam we had been celebrating the Abhinandhana success of women achievers and thanks for being part at this time for the sixth Abhinandhana 2018.
We would like to know about your view regarding Abhinandhana?
Achieving in difference avenue of life and I think that we live in a world that called an achievement should be celebrate for male and female. For the people who are worth it I basically give great contribute to soceity back home in Israel and India lam commenting on leadership of ISBR and for organisation for making this important event and inviting us to be part and to able me as Israel diplomatic to give another angle of the bond between Israel and India.