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Jan 30, 2022
Super स्कूल | Reframe yourself | Dr. Shankar Goenka- Managing Director, WOW Factors India
About Speaker: Dr. Shankar Goenka is the recipient of a string of prestigious awards from India and abroad in Creative Thinking, Transformational Leadership, Capacity Building, Happiness and many more… He has facilitated more than 2,00,000 people & his clientele which include an ocean of school children from 200+ schools, universities from India and overseas, professionals, academicians, CEOs, judges, Bureaucrats, Business owners from more than 150 Corporations, PSUs, most of the Fortune 500 Companies. #Superस्कूल #howtomakehighlyeffectiveschools --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Jan 30, 2022
Super स्कूल | INVENT-Internship in virtual enterprise | Dr Nalini Anand- Dir-Asia Pacific, K12 Activity Academy
About Speaker: Dr Nalini Anand is PhD in Child Psychology, MBA in Marketing and Operations, B. TECH in Electronics and Communication with 22 years of experience in IT and Edu Tech industry. Currently working as Director Asia Pacific in K12 activities academy. A Unique Ed Tech company that provides experiential learning opportunities to make every school a Highly effective school through our platform INVENT - Internship In Virtual Enterprise. The program is outcome driven and helps students explore and learn about different types of enterprises, functions, and levels. During this learning, they also learn enterprise culture, collaboration, building strategy, building executable plans and driving outcomes that are measurable. #Superस्कूल #howtomakehighlyeffectiveschools --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Jan 30, 2022
Super स्कूल | Leadership in School Education | Dr. Sumer Singh- President, Boarding Schools Association of India
About Speaker: Dr. Sumer Singh is an alumnus of the Doon School & St. Stephen’s College. He received an Honorary Doctorate in Education from De Montfort University, UK. He was Head of School at Lawrence School, Sanawar and Director of Asian School, Dehradun, Daly College and Daly College Business School, Indore. He is currently President of the Boarding Schools Association of India, on the Boards of PPS Nabha and Info Beans and on the Council Board of World Leading Schools Association. He has authored six books and held three one-man exhibitions of oil on canvas. He has designed schools and is currently working as a consultant in the realm of school education. #Superस्कूल #howtomakehighlyeffectiveschools --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Jan 30, 2022
Super स्कूल | How Emotional wellbeing of staffs & students is integral to building a great school | Dr. Neeta Bali- Director Principal, GD Goenka World School
About Speaker: Dr. Neeta Bali started her career as Head of Department Mater Dei School, Delhi, for 18 years, as a Vice- Principal, Apeejay School, Noida for 6 years; Headed GD Goenka World School, Sohna, as Director-Principal for 6 years; Kasiga School, Dehradun for 2 years and briefly served Podar International School- Powai, Mumbai. As of date, she is serving a second stint as Director-Principal at GD Goenka World School in Sohna, Haryana. Dr. Bali also specialises in teaching subjects such as the English Language, Psychology and Career. Her repertoire includes various curricula such as the ICSE/ISC and CBSE; IBO Accredited programmes – PYP and IB-DP and Cambridge accredited programmes – IGCSE and AS and A-Levels. #Superस्कूल #howtomakehighlyeffectiveschools --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Jan 30, 2022
Super स्कूल | Best Practices in Progressive Education | Daniel Curry- Director and Principal, Vega Schools
About Speaker: Daniel Curry has decades of experience as a leader in the field of education. He has lived throughout the United States, Europe and the Middle East. Most recently, he founded an international school in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE and led it during its first five years. Dan has been a coach, teacher, principal, and superintendent in both public and private schools in California and internationally for over 20 years. Prior to that, Dan served in the United States Air Force, 1987 onwards, and was stationed throughout the Middle East and Europe. Dan is passionate about serving students and families with a caring and compassionate approach to education while also striving for academic excellence. He is readily available to students and parents to discuss their interests, concerns and hopes. #Superस्कूल #howtomakehighlyeffectiveschools --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Jan 30, 2022
Super स्कूल | Are the best learning spaces also healing spaces? | Vijayaraghavan Chariar- Professor, IIT Delhi
About Speaker: Prof VM Chariar joyously practices an immersive and experiential pedagogy for which he has been awarded the Teaching Excellence Award by IIT Delhi. He loves to transform the conventional role of teacher to that of co-learner which enables the innate creativity and qualities of each element of the collective to be experienced and expressed. In addition to IIT Delhi, he is much loved by students at BITS Pilani, IIT Kharagpur & School of Planning & Architecture. Prof Chariar lovingly creates impact in water, sanitation & well-being through IITD partnered ventures Ekam Eco Solutions & Joy Is You. He loves to co-create on discovering self joyously, designing with empathy and appreciating natural abundance. #Superस्कूल #howtomakehighlyeffectiveschools --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Jan 29, 2022
Super स्कूल | Looking back to look forward - role of teachers and students | Amrita Chandra Raju- THPS Hyderabad
About Speaker: Amrita Chandra Raju is a Principal of The Hyderabad Public School. She is a post graduate gold medallist in English Language and Literature. She has been an educationist for more than 30 years. She has garnered experiences from a host of actives ranging from academic to cultural. She brings to the table a rich understanding of various aspects of educational management- an appreciation of the true spirit of a public school with an innate Indianness. Ms Amrita Chandra Raju’s strength is her ability to ensure an educational ambience where all stakeholders of the schoolwork together as a team and feel encouraged, respected, safe and valued. #Superस्कूल #howtomakehighlyeffectiveschools --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Jan 29, 2022
Super स्कूल | Resilience, Flexibility and Focus | Shailesh Tewary- Founder President, Hridai & HRD Advisor
About Speaker: Shailesh Tewary is a Founder President Hridai, Society for HRD Advisor Human Resources, Labour & Employment and Director – Globalx Biztrade Solutions Pvt. Ltd. He is also a Dean International Relations of The Libertas University, Croatia. His core competencies include taking lead role on strategic alignment, collaborations, organizational agility through structured training and development processes. Focused skills and abilities to leverage likely internal and external relationships to resolve complex business issues related to global employment, management development, statutory & legal matters, and overall productivity enhancement. #Superस्कूल #howtomakehighlyeffectiveschools --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Jan 29, 2022
Super स्कूल | Making Science and Maths Models in School | B.R. Sitaram- Director, Zeal Education
About Speaker: B.R. Sitaram is a PhD in theoretical physics from the University of Delhi, worked as a scientist at the Physical Research Laboratory from 1983 to 1996 and as the Director of the Vikram A. Sarabhai Community Science Centre from 1996 to 2002. His main interests are in the teaching of science and mathematics and in the use of computers in education. He was one of the chief designers of the syllabus for the teaching of computers in Std. VIII-X in the state of Gujarat and was the subject expert for the textbooks for the same. He has served on committees in science education at the Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Delhi. #Superस्कूल #howtomakehighlyeffectiveschools --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Jan 29, 2022
Super स्कूल | What sets Integral Education apart | Dr. Ramesh Bijlani- Ex Director, Sri Aurobindo Ashram
About Speaker: Dr. Ramesh Bijlani is a medical doctor, writer, teacher, scientist, and above all a person committed to using his unique blend of talents for touching the hearts and lives of his fellow beings. Educated at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, where he did his MBBS and MD; and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge MA, USA, where he did a master’s course in nutrition, Dr Bijlani spent nearly 30 years on the faculty of AIIMS, teaching and conducting research on nutrition in relation to cardiovascular disease and diabetes. He has more than twenty-five published books to his credit, including one on ‘Integral Education’, the system of education based on the philosophy of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. #Superस्कूल #howtomakehighlyeffectiveschools --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Jan 29, 2022
Super स्कूल | Education for the future | Dr Amrita Vohra- Director Education, GEMS Schools India
About Speaker: Dr. Amrita Vohra with over 25 years of transformative work in education, Dr Amrita Vohra is a passionate learner and educator currently serving in a dual role as Director Education for GEMS Education, India and Executive Principal for GEMS International School, Gurgaon. A PhD in English Literature and a certified Program Leader for Cambridge Professional Development Qualifications for teachers and school leaders. Her key research interests are women and child psychology, pedagogy, assessment, inclusive education, teacher professional development, curriculum design, school improvement, quality assurance, early childhood, and theatre in education. #Superस्कूल #howtomakehighlyeffectiveschools --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Dec 24, 2021
Raw & Real | Energy & Environment problems facing the third world | Dr DP Kothari - Ex Director IIT Delhi & VIT
About Speaker: Dr. DP Kothari is an educationist and professor who has held leadership positions at engineering institutions in India including IIT Delhi, VNIT Nagpur and VIT University Vellore. Dr. Kothari has written 63 books, holds 52 PHDs, 845 research papers, 3 patents, 38 foreign visits and 50 years of teaching research and administrative experience. Now, hon. adjunct professor VNIT Nagpur. As a recognition of his contributions to engineering education, he was honoured as an IEEE Fellow. #RawAndReal #whywasschoolcreated --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Dec 24, 2021
Raw & Real | Why do we send our children to school in the 21st Century? | Akshal Agarwal- NatureNurture
About Speaker: Akshal Agarwal's entrepreneurial ambition started at a very young age, whilst pursuing law from the National Law University, Mumbai. He secured an All India Rank 13. Subsequently, Mr. Agarwal was admitted into the prestigious Young Leaders Program (MBA) of the Indian School of Business in collaboration with Kellogg’s and Wharton. He also secured entry to Stanford University’s Prestigious Seed Program 2021-22. His interest in education developed after he was exposed to global pedagogic practices when he attended the London School of Economics and Political Science in the United Kingdom. He aims to make NatureNurture a path breaker in the field of education to shape the next generation of young minds graduating from Indian schools. #RawAndReal #whywasschoolcreated --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Dec 24, 2021
Raw & Real | Understanding your important role in the safety & support of children is imperative | Chrissy Sykes, My Body is My Body UK
About Speaker: My Body is My Body is written and animated by award-winning singer/ songwriter Chrissy Sykes, the MBIMB programme is supported by (The International Society For The Prevention Of Child Abuse and Neglect), Compassion International, The Global Goodwill Ambassadors Foundation, Cognizant Outreach and hundreds of smaller NGO's, Charities, Education Departments and Organisations and has been presented to over 1 million children around the world. The programme is currently available in 25 Languages. Chrissy spends her time teaching educators and community leaders around the world how to introduce this programme into their local areas and schools. #RawAndReal #whywasschoolcreated --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Dec 23, 2021
Raw & Real | Developing 21st century skills | Dr. Abdulla Rasheed- Minister of State for Education Maldives
About Speaker: Dr. Abdulla Rasheed is an enthusiastic educationist with 30 years of experience in the field of education. He is currently working as a Minister of State for Education, Maldives. Before this, he was the Vice Rector of Avid College, Maldives. He served as a principal of government schools for 18 years. He did a school management diploma from NIE, Sri Lanka, Bachelor of Commerce major in Accounting and HRM from University of Tasmania, Master of Educational leadership from Nottingham University and Doctor of Philosophy in Instructional Leadership from Asia e University, Malaysia. #RawAndReal #whywasschoolcreated --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Dec 23, 2021
Raw & Real | Learning by doing/indigenous knowledge | Joshua Kwaku Asiedu- Founder, Livetolearn_Learntolive Ghana
About Speaker: Joshua Kwaku, born and raised in Milan, Itlay. At the age of 20 years-old he decided to go outside of his own bubble to explore the world in a solo adventure. With 50 euros in his pocket and a one-way ticket he left without knowing where this new chapter would have brought. After 7 years of incredible and mind-blowing adventures and experiences, touching almost every remote corner of the globe, living and sharing with many indigenous communities, he came to the conclusion that this modern/western world, based on materialism, consumerism, and superficialities is leading nowhere if not far from the source of life: Mother Nature. #RawAndReal #whywasschoolcreated --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Dec 22, 2021
Raw & Real | Making Learning Fun | Deepika Goyal- Director, Popcorn Furniture
About Speaker: Deepika Goyal is an MBA from the Indian institute of foreign trade. She founded Popcorn in 2000 as a small kindergarten furniture company and today its India’s largest educational furniture supplier and has sold to over 8000 institutions. She has always been very passionate about providing safe furniture to children across all school platforms as ergonomic furniture goes a long way in providing a great learning environment. Popcorn has offices in New Delhi, Mumbai and Dubai and the company has sold furniture to schools in Dubai, Muscat, Singapore, Ghana and Nepal. #RawAndReal #whywasschoolcreated --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Dec 22, 2021
Raw & Real | Building Emotional Resilience | BK Shivani- Spiritual Teacher, Brahma Kumaris Spiritual Movement
About Speaker: BK Shivani has been a practitioner and a teacher at Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual Organization. Her widely popular television show Awakening With Brahma Kumaris aimed at Self transformation enjoys the rare distinction of having completed 2,000 episodes. Viewers of her show have overcome mental stress, depression, addictions, low self-esteem, and unhappy relationships, by taking personal responsibility of their emotions. In March 2019, BK Shivani was awarded the prestigious Nari Shakti Puraskaar, the highest civilian honor for women in India, for her role in transforming human behaviours. #RawAndReal #whywasschoolcreated --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Dec 22, 2021
Raw & Real | Future of Education | Rajiv Podar- MD, Podar Enterprise
About Speaker: Shri Rajiv K. Podar is the Managing Director of Podar Enterprise. He was instrumental in setting up of the Textile Units of the Group and later diversified the activities of the Group into new areas of Sports, Affordable Housing, Skill Developments and Advisory Services. Shri Podar is the Founder Chairman of the International Business Linkage Forum, Vice Chairman of Anandilal Podar Trust and Board of Trustee of the Richmond the American International University in London. #RawAndReal #whywasschoolcreated --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Dec 22, 2021
Raw & Real | Education for life and livelihood | Suriyaprakash C- Professor, Jansons School of Business
About Speaker: C. Suriyaprakash, PhD is professor or Organisational behaviour at Jansons School of Business, Coimbatore. As a tertiary educator over thirty years, he believes in the holistic development of children and the role of teachers as a model and not mere repository of knowledge. He strives to create a value-based learning environment to bring out the full potential of his students. He recently founded an NGO, Child First Society, to place the child first in the education arena and emphasise the need to focus on education serving both the purposes of earning a livelihood and learning for life. #RawAndReal #whywasschoolcreated --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Nov 28, 2021
XPLAINed | Student Career Guidance and University Applications | Vinayak Sudhakar, Associate Director Partnerships India- Cialfo Singapore
About Speaker: Vinayak Sudhakar started his career taking on administrative roles and teaching Business Studies and Mathematics at an international School in the United Arab Emirates. He returned to India and worked in a Chartered Accounting Firm specializing in Institutional Accounting and Colleges in audit practices. Mr.Sudhakar in his previous role as Senior Manager, worked with Cambridge Assessment International Education for over 15 years which was a leading provider of International examinations for ages 5 to 14 years. In his previous role in School Development, he has supported over 500 International Schools in implementing international assessments and qualifications, networking schools and training teachers to share best practices. He has visited schools in several countries including Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Germany, Malaysia, UK and the UAE supporting teachers and students. He has a Master’s Degree in Commerce and recently completed a programme on strategic leadership for school…
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Nov 27, 2021
XPLAINed | Can Biology + Engineering Save the Planet | Professor Vijay Chandru, Professor- Indian Institute of Science Bangalore
About Speaker: Professor Vijay Chandru (PhD, MIT 1982) is engaged with interdisciplinary research in digital health at the Indian Institute of Science. An elected fellow of the Indian academy of sciences and engineering, he is a co-founder of Strand Life Sciences, India’s leading precision medicine solutions company. Strand was India’s first sanctioned start up in 2000 that was promoted by faculty of a public research institution. Professor Chandru is a technology pioneer of the World Economic Forum and recipient of the Hari Om Trust Award of University Grants Commission in 2001 for serving science and society. #XPLAINed #Mastercourse #Loveyoursubject --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Nov 27, 2021
XPLAINed | Cooking, the unconventional medium for expression | Rohan Sureash, Chef & Founder- Rohan Chefology Singapore
About Speaker: My name is Rohan Sureash. In May 2021, I graduated from UWCSEA East Campus, Singapore, and received the IB diploma scoring 45/45 points. Now I am currently a recruit in the Singapore Armed Forces, serving my mandatory 2 years of National Service. In 2018, I started my own social enterprise called rohanschefology.com. This is a private chef service where I visit my clients and prepare them a fine dining meal in the comfort of their own homes. Apart from cooking, my hobbies entail playing tennis, Taekwondo, and exploring the outdoors #XPLAINed #Mastercourse #Loveyoursubject --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Nov 26, 2021
XPLAINed | Adaptive Leadership for Organizational & Personal Renewal | Samuel Kim, Center for Asia Leadership
About Speaker: Samuel Hungsoo Kim, a Korean national, is the Founding President of the Center for Asia Leadership. He is passionate about nurturing and empowering talent in Asia and runs over 70 programs annually, in 31 Asian countries, to help the region’s decision-makers and emerging leaders face today’s varying complex realities by initiating and managing the process of making critical adaptations and improvements.His research and programs focus on Organizational Adaptability and Resilience, Futures Thinking, Decision Making, Learning Organization, Moral Leadership, and Power and Influence. He has worked for or with over 30 renowned organizations, including the United Nations, UNESCO, Samsung, and Toyota. Samuel holds an MPA from Harvard University. He is the editor of 13 books and regularly writes opinion pieces and editorials. #XPLAINed #Mastercourse #Loveyoursubject --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Nov 26, 2021
XPLAINed | Teaching for Understanding: The Project-based Approach | Kamala V Mukunda, Teacher- Centre For Learning Bangalore
About Speaker: Kamala Mukunda is trained in educational, developmental, and cognitive psychology, and has been working at a teacher-run school for nearly 30 years. She has a deep interest in conveying relevant psychological research to teachers, because she believes that this will enrich their professional lives and spark a lasting sense of wonder in learning. She has published two books for teachers and parents: What Did You Ask at School Today, Books 1 and 2. #XPLAINed #Mastercourse #Loveyoursubject --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Oct 31, 2021
Unlearning | unLearning Success Mantras | RamG Vallath, Keynote Speaker, Bestselling Author, Life Coach
About Speaker: RamG Vallath is the happiest and most positive individual he has ever met. Having graduated from IIT and completed his post-graduation from XLRI, RamG went on to build a highly successful career. But a crippling disorder derailed his dreams. However, RamG reinvented his life as a bestselling author and motivational speaker. Today, he has addressed over 50,000 professionals and over 60,000 students and helped them instil traits such as growth mindset, resilience, and positive thinking. He is the author of the bestselling book, Active Parenting that helps parents with practical tools to raise truly successful adults. #unlearning #learn_relearn_unlearn #unsungeducators --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Oct 31, 2021
Unlearning | Bridging Sustainability & Holistic Education: Growing a Community | Jim Connor- Whispering Seed
About Speaker: Jim Connor is the founder and co-creator of Whispering Seed, a small NGO working in Myanmar (Burma) on youth empowerment and teacher training by bridging sustainability and holistic education. With over 20 years’ experience living and working in Asia, he and his children started Sprouting Seeds Café, Bakery and Eco Shop, a training centre to empower local youth and teachers. Currently they are developing Whispering Earth Living and Learning Sustainability Training Centre, a 14 acre learning centre located in rural Myanmar focusing on Permaculture, natural building, organic farming, seed saving and holistic education. #unlearning #learn_relearn_unlearn #unsungeducators --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Oct 30, 2021
Unlearning | Sustainability through Natural Building | Dharan Ashok, Architect- Thannal Natural Homes
About Speaker: An architect by education and filmmaker by profession. Over 6 years of travel with Thannal he has directed two video songs about natural building and also launched India's first Natural building app. This collective understanding between architecture and filmmaking has given him a new perception to portray the dimensions of natural building. #unlearning #learn_relearn_unlearn #unsungeducators --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Oct 30, 2021
Unlearning | UX (User Experience) in Education: an educator’s perspective | Gautham Sarang, Director-Sarang Hills
About Speaker: Gautham, educator, entrepreneur, and global citizen, hails from Attappady, a remote village in Kerala, India, and works as a web developer. Realizing that education is the practice of living and letting live, his parents established Sarang, a life-based learning center. His education at Sarang helped him take on many roles in life with clarity. At the time his parents dreamt of education beyond schools, it was unheard of. Today there are many working in the field of education taking inspiration from Sarang. Working towards taking the Sarang experience to children, parents, and teachers, Gautham is seeking team members and resources. #unlearning #learn_relearn_unlearn #unsungeducators --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Oct 30, 2021
Unlearning | Neuro Linguistic Programming approach in Education in Mainstream schools | Pooja Joshi, Mimaansa
About Speaker: Pooja Joshi Samant is a Founder Trustee & Executive Director of Mimaansa. She have been running the organisation for last 8 years. Learning Disability was a reality, and someone had to address it. A disability which affects about 12 million kids in India could not have any more gone ignored. Which is how Mimaansa with its early intervention model took form. She continues to look after the monitoring & evaluation of the program along with Fund Raising. Mimaansa recently bagged the best innovation award in India from among 367 entries. We have also been featured by The Vodafone International foundation in their coffee table book on 50 most inspirational women in India. Mimaansa also received a Key transparency award from Guidestar which validates Mimaansa to be a fair and transparent NGO. #unlearning #learn_relearn_unlearn #unsungeducators --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Oct 29, 2021
Unlearning | Leadership for Change: Unlearning and Relearning Pathways | Rashmi Diwan, Professor & Head- NIEPA
About Speaker: Prof (Dr) Rashmi Diwan, Head, National Centre for School Leadership, National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration. She is instrumental in establishing the first National Centre for School Leadership at NIEPA under the aegis of Government of India. In her professional journey of more than 35 years at NIEPA, she is committed to teaching, capacity building, empirical research and extensive published work primarily in the areas of school education, leadership and management. She has also led educational programmes in East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii in United States of America, National Centre for Leadership and Teaching in the United Kingdom and several Educational Institutions in Paris, France, Helsinki, Finland, and several others across the world. #unlearning #learn_relearn_unlearn #unsungeducators --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Oct 29, 2021
Unlearning | Reimagining Education | Deepti Gubbi, Head of Education- Jai vakeel Foundation, Mumbai
About Speaker: Deepti Gubbi, Currently Head of Education at - Jai Vakeel Foundation. She is a Child Development Specialist, and an Autism Interventionist and therapist for specific learning differences. She has been working for and with children with special learning needs for the last 20 years #unlearning #learn_relearn_unlearn #unsungeducators --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Oct 29, 2021
Unlearning | The Future Has Changed | Sam Durrant- Deputy Headteacher- River House Academy, Goa
About Speaker: Sam Durrant taught French for many years in comprehensive schools in the UK. I mainly specialised in pastoral care at Key Stage 4, administering GCSE exams for 16-year-olds at all ability levels. I have worked in Goa for 6 years. Our curriculum combines an in-depth mastery of academic subjects like Maths, English, Science, Humanities and Languages along with the development of the skills needed for a happy and successful future. SO a deep subject knowledge as well as developing higher order thinking skills such as; learning from mistakes; positivity; self-awareness; team-work; research; extended writing; presentation skills; critical thinking and problem solving. Transferable skills that last a lifetime #unlearning #learn_relearn_unlearn #unsungeducators --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Oct 29, 2021
Unlearning | Mechai Bamboo School and its philosophy | Mechai Viravaidya, Chairman- Mechai Pattana School
About Speaker: Mechai Viravaidya is a widely acclaimed leader in the fields of public health, education, and community development. Since 1974, Mr. Mechai has initiated community-based family planning services, innovative poverty reduction and rural education programs, large-scale rural development, and environmental programs, as well as ground-breaking HIV/AIDS prevention activities throughout Southeast Asia. In 2008, the Bamboo School was established to be a lifelong learning center for students as well as other citizens and a hub for social and economic advancement. He has received many international awards including the United Nations Population Award, the Bill and Melinda Gates Award for Global Health, the Prince Mahidol Award for Public Health, the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service, and the Skill Award for Social Entrepreneurship #unlearning #learn_relearn_unlearn #unsungeducators --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Oct 29, 2021
Unlearning | Examination must be delinked from Education | Sandeep Pandey, General Secretary- Socialist Party
About Speaker: Sandeep Pandey is social & political activist. Founder of Asha for Education and Asha Trust which works for education of underprivileged children. Have fasted twice to get Justice Sudhir Agarwal's U.P. High Court judgement, that children of all receiving salaries from government must attend government school, implemented but have been unsuccessful. Have been a member of Central Advisory Board of education during UPA government. My areas of interest include Education for underprivileged children, Human rights, Empowerment of marginalized communities, struggles for strengthening of Democracy, Right to Information for Transparency and Accountability, Right to Food, Employment Guarantee Scheme, People’s politics, Governance, Communal Harmony, Nuclear Disarmament and Peace, India Pakistan Friendship, Corporate Accountability #unlearning #learn_relearn_unlearn #unsungeducators --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Oct 12, 2021
Sacred Summit | Future Focused Leadership for Schools | Maxine Driscoll- Think Strategic for Schools | Australia
About Speaker: Maxine is an award-winning educator who draws on outstanding leadership experience in Australia and internationally. She has led International Baccalaureate schools in Asia and Australia for 20 years. Maxine has consulted on leadership and strategic planning in Australia, Asia, Europe and the USA. Completing a Leadership Fellowship at Columbia University, USA and a Master of Education at Deakin University, Australia she is both qualified and passionate to inspire educators to plan for success in OUR NEW COVID REALITY. #SacredSchool #InternationalSummit --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Oct 12, 2021
Sacred School | Evolutionary learning ecosystem | Delfina Terrado Kaehler, Colegio Binacional Chileno | Argentina
About Speaker: Delfina is a Delicate Activist who designs educational and social innovation journeys. She is the initiator of Iniciativa Murmullo, which is born from the joint need of a community of professionals who considers their practice as the path of development, learning and growth. This community works steadily towards the inner life of social organisations to generate practical, reflective, and collaborative practices, thus creating conditions conducive to life. Delfina’s strategy is to hold sustainability of the viable spaces within organisations to generate systemic well-being. Communities of practice represent the container where synergy occurs in such a way that regenerates the social tissue of the system. She believes that we can work as a community to become the community we want to see in the world. #SacredSchool #InternationalSummit --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Oct 11, 2021
Sacred School | Green School: A School for the Future Now | Sal Gordon-Head of School, Green School Bali | Indonesia
About Speaker: He realised that school had impeded his education. Sal’s gap-year turned into a gap decade. He travelled and worked around the world, learning new languages, customs, cultures; working different jobs and upskilling his life-skills; sailing boats, writing books, driving trucks, running warehouses, working in labs, building houses. You name, he probably did it - adapting to everything new (again and again), building resilience, and fine-tuning his love of people, for learning, and for this beautiful planet. After ten years, when starting a family, he knew his true calling was in Teaching and Learning - after all, that’s what he had been doing all his life. Sal Gordon joined the green school bali to teach Mathematics, Science, Thematics and later becoming Head of Middle School for two years - before moving into the ‘Head of Teaching and Learning - Principal’ role in August 2019. #SacredSchool #InternationalSummit --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/futu…
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Oct 11, 2021
Sacred Summit | Accessibility and Interactive Learning In Education | Mohit Rauniyar- Co-Founder, Canopy | Nepal
About Speaker: Mohit Rauniyar is the Co-Founder of Canopy Nepal, a social enterprise working to create educational accessibility for underprivileged students and promote interactive learning in Nepal. He has been in the education field for the past 9 years and is actively consulting various educational institutions in Nepal. Rauniyar is also a part of the Global Shaper Kathmandu, which is a part of the Global Shapers Community, and is also a Guide at The Resolution Project and a Global Changemaker at Youth Forum Switzerland. #SacredSchool #InternationalSummit --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Oct 10, 2021
Sacred School | Coaching: Why you need to become a coach | Dr David Porritt- Principal, BBIS | Hungary
About Speaker: Dr David Porritt is an experienced UK and International School Principal having worked in the role for 25 years. He is the proud Principal of Budapest British International School. He is a regular programme facilitator, executive coach and leadership mentor as director of coaching services at KAA. David has facilitated several coaching programmes in schools internationally and works directly as a coach with numerous school leaders worldwide. He has recently completed a Doctorate in leadership and coaching in schools. David facilitated several cohorts of international teaching staff through the International Programme for Middle Leaders for the Council of British International Schools and has taught several Heads and principals how to facilitate their own programmes. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership and Management. #SacredSchool #InternationalSummit --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Oct 10, 2021
Sacred School | Mindfulness Education: A Worthy Challenge for School Leaders & Teachers | Michel Thibeault | Thailand
About Speaker: Michel is a primary school principal, an experienced meditator with training in Search Inside Yourself, and a certified ICF Leadership coach and NLP coach. He ordained as a Buddhist monk for a short time and part of his responsibilities at Panyaden include leading meditation retreats for the staff. Panyaden is a unique bilingual and green international school with mindfulness at the centre of its values-based education. “Mindfulness is not something we teach students. It’s something teachers and leaders must model. Mindfulness is about cultivating the heart and sharpening the mind of all the school stakeholders." #SacredSchool #InternationalSummit --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Oct 9, 2021
Sacred School It all begins with education | Bhushan Dahal- Executive Director, Kids of Kathmandu | Nepal
About Speaker: With rich experience in managing and coordinating large teams including government, private and international organizations, Bhushan now works as an Executive Director for Kids of Kathmandu. Over 4,000 students from all over Nepal are served by his projects that build schools with modern infrastructure in remote and underdeveloped areas of Nepal. Furthermore, he is also the project director of e-education Japan, which develops concepts and contents related to teaching materials, especially STEM subjects, to enable public schools in Nepal to significantly improve their education materials. He is also a lecturer at the Shanker Dev Campus, affiliated with Tribhuwan University, Nepal. A graduate of the Mphil program, he's been featured in the United Nations documentary, 'Nepal: Rebuilding after the earthquake'. #SacredSchool #InternationalSummit --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Oct 9, 2021
Sacred School | Making schools smart today | Akash Deep Singhal- Founder & CEO, OneLXP by illumnus | Pune
About Speaker: Akash Deep Singhal Graduated from IIT Bombay, Akash is Founder and CEO of OneLXP, a B2B SaaS-based Learning Experience Platform (LXP) for premier schools and universities across the globe.He is a serial entrepreneur with 9+ years of experience in the startup ecosystem. He has previously co-founded a healthcare startup, Medd which after a tremendous response and 3 rounds of investment was later acquired by 1mg/HealthKart+ Originating from a technology background, he has helped several organizations in developing scalable tech architectures and growing the business to reach profitability. He has also been a successful participant of Google Summer of Code. #SacredSchool #InternationalSummit --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Oct 8, 2021
Sacred School | Critical Thinking | Candida Williams- Lead - Academic Partnerships, Singapore MathGym | Chennai
About Speaker: Candida Williams is currently with Singapore MathGym as their Lead in Academic Partnerships, empowering and facilitating a global partnership base whilst understanding social and client responsibility principles/practices to ensure partnership sustainability. With over 16 years of experience in strategic partnerships and client management, Candida has been working with various industries and handling Corporate HR, Corp Comms, Marketing and now with Schools.A passionate and purpose driven individual who wants to make an impact through education and the challenges in the need to transform and empower children. #SacredSchool #InternationalSummit --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Oct 8, 2021
Sacred School | Schools amidst the pandemic; Why our enrollment numbers are rising | Jaspal Sidhu | Singapore
About Speaker: Jaspal Sidhu, a Singaporean, leads Indonesia’s premier chain of private schools operating at multiple price points under the umbrella ‘SIS & Inspirasi Group of Schools’. In a strategic partnership with the International Finance Corporation (World Bank), the Group is in an expansion mode in Indonesia and as well as other parts of Asia. In 2019 the Group was awarded the prestigious Financial Times (UK) -IFC (World Bank) award for its transformational work in education. This year Capital Finance (London), named the Group as the “Best Educational institution in SE Asia” for its impact work. Jaspal was also part of a committee with Harvard University and IFC (World Bank) looking at developing a set of principles called “Ethics in Education” for various stakeholders. Jaspal is also an advisor to the Indonesian Education Forum that advises the government on education policies. #SacredSchool #InternationalSummit --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fu…
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Sep 26, 2021
Enlightened Leader | Pedagogical Leadership for leading learning by school Principals | Dr. N. Mythili
About Speaker: Dr. N. Mythili is a former Assistant Professor at the National Centre for School Leadership. Currently she is working as an associate professor with Mahindra University. She has been leading research and discourse on School Leadership, in Indian context through her research monographs and peer-reviewed articles published in international and national journals. Her recent works include ‘Women in School Leadership’ published by Sage and ‘Pedagogical Leadership: A handbook for leading learning in Schools’. The handbook on Pedagogical Leadership defines school leadership and explores the process of leading schools by principals in Indian context. This book is being used to redefine the roles of principals as pedagogical leaders taking a shift from administrative roles in all schools affiliated to CBSE (India and Abroad), NVS and KVS. #EnlightenedLeader #LeadershipConference --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Sep 25, 2021
Enlightened Leader | How learner experience can be beyond curriculum | Kanak Gupta- Director, Seth M R Jaipuria Schools
About Speaker: Kanak Gupta is Group Director of Seth M.R. Jaipuria Schools, which is running 37 schools (Nursery to Grade 12) pan-India with 30,000+ students and 2000+ educators associated with the group, primarily at Tier 2/ Tier 3 cities. Kanak is an educator with 16+ years of experience working in India, UK, and Germany. Kanak works with leading media networks as consultant and television panelist, he is also co-founder of Theatrecian, the most prolific English theatre group in India, and co-Trustee of We Log Charitable Trust, involved with pollution issues, police reforms and protection laws. Kanak has been awarded 'Young Creative Entrepreneur' by the British Council in India, Indian Educator of the Year by Achievers Forum, and recognized as one of the 40 under 40 educators in India, among other awards. #EnlightenedLeader #LeadershipConference --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Sep 25, 2021
Enlightened Leader | Women leadership and rural entrepreneurship | Sahithi Divi - Founder, Impactscientist
About Speaker: Sahithi Divi Forbes 30 under 30 2021 and Founder impactscientist, national brand ambassador for SDGs by CISMSE on a mission to bring out the stories of women made products form bottom of the pyramid and create a women leadership platform for incubating and providing partnerships individuals and entrepreneurs of various stages. #EnlightenedLeader #LeadershipConference --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Sep 24, 2021
Enlightened Leader | Market Vs Society | Arunachalam Muruganantham- Inventor, Founder & CEO- Jayashree Industries Padman
About Speaker: Arunachalam Muruganantham is a social entrepreneur from Coimbatore Tamil Nadu. He is the inventor of a low-cost sanitary pad-making machine and is credited for innovating grassroots mechanisms for generating awareness about traditional unhygienic practices around menstruation in rural India. His mini-machines, which can manufacture sanitary pads for less than a third of the cost of commercial pads, have been installed in 23 of the 29 states of India in rural areas. His social entrepreneurship has given low-income women dignity, by making it possible for them to afford to buy sanitary towels and provide them with an income at the same time. In 2018 his innovation and life story were featured in the movie Padman starring Akshay Kumar. In 2016, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India. #EnlightenedLeader #LeadershipConference --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Sep 24, 2021
Enlightened Leader | How Skill Education in Schools can raise Socio-Economic status of the Country | Dr. S. K. Rathor
About Speaker: Dr. S.K. Rathor, is Founder, Chairman & MD of SANFORT Group of Schools. He is a Founding President of Early Childhood Care & Development Educator’s Association, a voluntary organisation working for the welfare of early learners, educators, and parents. He is the most sought-after speaker on education and entrepreneurship in the country. He inspires and encourages thousands of people to realise their true potential and help them to become successful Entrepreneurs and tens of thousands of parents have been benefitted from his Parenting Workshops “Art of Parenting”. #EnlightenedLeader #LeadershipConference --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Sep 24, 2021
Enlightened Leader | Converting adversities into opportunities | Major Mohommed Ali Shah Motivational Speaker and Actor
About Speaker: Major Mohommed Ali Shah is the most sought after International TEDx speaker who has given the highest no. of TEDx talks not only in India but in the world. He was recently invited to speak at the Prestigious Seeding Stem Global Summit conducted jointly by the esteemed Cambridge University and London University and his keynote address on 5th September 2020 was highly applauded by all! His storytelling makes kids and elders aware of the Indian culture, rituals, and the significance behind the festivals. As a motivational Speaker he specialises in converting one's negatives into positives, disadvantages into advantages, liabilities into assets, darkness into light, weaknesses into strengths. #EnlightenedLeader #LeadershipConference --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Sep 4, 2021
Young Minds | Nanomaterials/Material Science | Carlos Jarquin - Nanotechnology & Materials Science, TKS USA
About Speaker: Carlos Manuel Jarquin is a 16-year-old with a mission to solve energy production and energy storage via nanotechnology and advanced materials and creative writing. He is a high schooler at The Buckley School with an interest in Nanotechnology and Material Science. He's a student intern at The Climate Crew, & Author of "100 Nano-Stories: Bookmarked!", an e-book on Medium.com which talks about the material science of nanomaterials, aerogel, & graphene. #YoungMinds #PoweredByTheSmartClass #Youngchangemakers --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Sep 4, 2021
Young Minds | The Story of "Manish" | Prof. Soborno Isaac Bari - Founder, Bari Science Lab USA
About Speaker: Soborno Isaac Bari is a Bengali American prodigy, author and university professor, born on April 9, 2012 at New York. His parents noticed he began talking in full sentences at 6 months and was able to solve mathematics, physics, and chemistry problems at 2 years old. His parents started recording his problem-solving abilities and shared his videos on social media, some of which caught the attention of local TV channels and colleges in New York. In 2016, at age 4, Bari received a letter of recognition from President Barack Obama for his accomplishments in math and science, and in 2018, at age 6, he received a letter of recognition from Harvard University for his problem-solving abilities. #YoungMinds #PoweredByTheSmartClass #Youngchangemakers --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Sep 3, 2021
Young Minds | Skill To Upskill | Amit Phull - Founder & Ceo, The Smart Class Gurugram
About Speaker: Amit has been awarded amongst ‘India’s Top 30 Marketers’ in Education Sector, He is a certified digital marketing expert and has over 16 years of diverse experience in Marketing & Finance roles across industries like Education, Retail, Financial Services.With his growing proficiency & Industry recognition in the Education Space, Amit has recently co-founded the brand ‘The Smart Class’, an E-Learning platform that specializes in delivering online master- classes across critical skills required by students, faculty members as well as young industry professionals.Amit has previously worked with Sushant University (Erstwhile Ansal University) as ‘Chief Marketing Officer & Director- Admissions’ where he spearheaded the growth initiatives through innovative marketing & brand promotion campaigns across platforms. #YoungMinds #PoweredByTheSmartClass #Youngchangemakers --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Sep 3, 2021
Young Minds | The Virtues of Literature in Education: Thrills of Learning & Unlearning | Harsimran Kaur- Pastlores
About Speaker: Harsimran Kaur is an acclaimed author of The Best I can do is to Write My Heart Out, I am Perfectly Imperfect, and Clementines on My Poetry Table. She is a record holder under the India Book of Records and Asia Book of Records for her first publication at fourteen. Her work, consisting of Poetry, Fiction, and Academic writing, has been featured and recognized on various national and international forums. She is also the founder of Pastlores, an online club dedicated to literature enthusiasts. #YoungMinds #PoweredByTheSmartClass #Youngchangemakers --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Sep 3, 2021
Young Minds | Can a “Like” change the world- The Power of clicktivism | Jenk Oz - Founder- Thred Media, London
About Speaker: Jenk is a 16-year-old social entrepreneur, professional actor, public speaker, and social change activist as well as the Founder of Thred Media, one-stop digital publishing company producing original content aimed at young people. He is the youngest CEO in the UK. The central tenet of the Thred business is the social change focused where they write on all aspects of youth culture seen through the lens of social change. It reaches teens and young adults in 130+ countries a month and has won several awards including four W3 Awards, an International Davey Award, Amazon AWS Activator Award and been a finalist for a global KidScreen award. Jenk is a member of The Knowledge Society (TKS) and sits on the Marketing Board for Founders4Schools, WorkFinder App, UpNext Education and Prospect 100. #YoungMinds #PoweredByTheSmartClass #Youngchangemakers --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Sep 2, 2021
Young Minds | Pursuit of Passion | Arnay Agarwal - Founder- Ereadingshala, Storylok, The Talk Bar
About Speaker: Arnay is a two times TEDx speaker. He is a youngest soft skill trainer and Reporter at National Newspaper in India and USA. He gives talks on various topics such as attitude of gratitude, anger management, how to be multi-talented, how to become a storyteller, how to stay positive, mantra of life, how to be an avid book reader and many more. Currently, Arnay is the founder of The Talk Bar, StoryTelling Society of India and eReadingShala. He has a Reading speed of 650 words per minute. (Average reading speed of an 11 to 14-year-old is 150 to 200 WPM, and Average adult reading speed is 300 WPM) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Sep 2, 2021
Young Minds | Why do we think the way we do | Souhardya De - President’s Awardee Columnist & Podcaster
About Speaker: Souhardya De is a seventeen-year-old Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of London, an author, art and culture columnist, and podcaster. He is the recipient of the Rashtriya Bal Shakti Puraskar, the nation’s highest honour for civilians under 18, and has been presented with the honorary Colonelcy of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, bestowed upon him by the Governor Andy Beshear, for his contributions to the revitalisation and popularisation of Indian art, culture and heritage. His upcoming work based on the Mughal India will be out with Rupa Publications India. #YoungMinds #PoweredByTheSmartClass #Youngchangemakers --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Sep 1, 2021
Young Minds | My journey as an entrepreneur | Aditya Pachpande - Founder, Nextgeninnov8 Pune
About Speaker: Aditya Pachpande is an entrepreneur, and an innovator, who while still a student of grade 9, is a force to reckon with in the field of education and innovation. He co-founded NextGenInnov8 Global Solutions Pvt. Ltd. – a company dedicated to spark the power of innovation in every child. As a way to combat COVID-19, he created SURAKSHA BOX – a UVC light sterilization box, which is used to sterilize essential items like food and groceries and protects all strains of COVID-19. The Box also has a Govt. Of India Patent Published and certified by ICMR Approved Lab. Winner of multiple awards and the youngest ever student to complete three summer academies at Harvard and an entrepreneurship course at Babson. He has an MOU with Harvard for bringing Summer Business Academy Program to India. #YoungMinds #PoweredByTheSmartClass #Youngchangemakers --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Sep 1, 2021
Young Minds | The First Step Matters | Hasini Lakshminarayanan - Freelance Writer & Founder - The First Step
About Speaker: What started as a surprise video interview planned for fathers on 'Father’s Day' along with her father turned young Hasini into the Founder of THE FIRST STEP at the age of 12. Her acumen in bringing out the best in the people she interacts with, has sprouted as her venture 'THE FIRST STEP'. Through this project she interviews children in the age group of 7 to 17 who have stretched their limits to pursue their passion. She shares their stories on her YouTube channel to inspire millions of children across the world. Her live event on YouTube in September 2020 saw 1000 plus children from across India interacting with Young Entrepreneurs leaving them motivated to unleash their hidden potentials. #YoungMinds #PoweredByTheSmartClass #Youngchangemakers --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Sep 1, 2021
Young Minds | Organic solutions to climate change | Dr. Vandana Shiva - Founder, Navdanya Uttrakhand
bout Speaker: Dr. Vandana Shiva is an Indian scholar, environmental activist and anti-globalisation author. She is often referred as "Gandhi of grain" for her activism associated with anti-GMO movement. She has written and spoken extensively about advances in the fields of agriculture and food. She has assisted grassroots organisations of the Green movement in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Ireland, Switzerland, and Austria with opposition to advances in agricultural development via genetic engineering. In 1991, she founded Navdanya a national movement to protect the diversity and integrity of living resources, especially native seed, the promotion of organic farming and fair trade. #YoungMinds #PoweredByTheSmartClass #Youngchangemakers --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Jul 30, 2021
Swadeshi स्कूल | Exploring - Can education be a response to a world in crisis. | Tanushree GB, Educator - Shibumi
About Speaker: Tanushree’s keen interest in education and love for children lead her to many non-formal learning spaces as a young person navigating the frameworks of society. The question of right education was integral in her explorations, where she discovered education as a way of life. In 2008, she was part of a group that started a learning space called Shibumi, on the outskirts of Bangalore. Can one nurture a mind that is awake? Staying with this question has been the basis of her investigations in education. #Swadeshiस्कूल #ProgressiveEducation #UnconventionalMinds --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Jul 30, 2021
Swadeshi स्कूल | Learning, Form and Conversations -Pathashaala a Young School | G. Gautama, Palar Centre for Learning
About Speaker: Serving as the Director - Secretary of the Palar Centre for Learning (KFI) comprising Pathashaala school, Outreach programs and a Krishnamurti study centre. He was Principal of The School, KFI from 1991 to 2009, where he guided several initiatives such as Mixed Age Group Learning in Junior and Middle school, Active Learning for SSA that was taken to 50,000 classrooms in October 2007, a dynamic wide learning programme for High School students and establishing a short-term Teacher Training programme. The core of his work has been to facilitate the building of a robust and sustainable staff culture through which initiative and change can emerge from within an educational institution. #Swadeshiस्कूल #ProgressiveEducation #UnconventionalMinds --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Jul 29, 2021
Swadeshi स्कूल | Blended Learning with Fliplearn | Deepika Kumari, Training & Customer Engagement- Fliplearn
About Speaker: Deepika kumar, heading the training and customer engagement vertical at fliplearn,previously worked extensively in CSR for 6 plus years in the corporate sector.worked as a teacher in various reputed schools across India and then moved to teacher training. Area of specialization were, pedagogy and soft skills and tech education for more than 12 years #Swadeshiस्कूल #ProgressiveEducation #UnconventionalMinds --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Jul 29, 2021
Swadeshi स्कूल | Changing Language and Lenses | Anisha Baura, Team Member- Goonj Foundation
About Speaker: Anisha is a team member with Goonj in Chennai, A Non-profit Organisation. During her stint with Goonj, she has Co-Ordinated with various campaigns of Goonj such as Dignity for work, School to school and has contributed strategies to design solutions. Her initiatives to work with ignore and artisan communities have helped the community in terms of their sustainability. She had a flamboyant style of connecting with rural communities to create awareness on Goonj's initiative of NJPC which focuses on menstrual hygiene. Her passions include Theatre Artist. She was instrumental in designing, stage and street plays on various socio-development themes for capacity building. She is currently coordinating the relief work in name of Rahat to address the needs of Ignored and missed communities across India. #Swadeshiस्कूल #ProgressiveEducation #UnconventionalMinds --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Jul 28, 2021
Swadeshi स्कूल | Leveraging LeadSquared technology to achieve admission cycle efficiency in schools | Dushyant Sachdeva, Leadsquared
About Speaker: Dushyant, is an individual with 11 years of experience in SaaS Tech, Skilling & Education industry. Currently working with LeadSquared as Associate Director, he is working to grow LeadSquared Education vertical and extending their services to Schools, Higher-Ed colleges & institutions and Training institutes. Previously associated with Mercer-Mettl, he was associated with stellar government projects like PMKVY and PMGDISHA-Ministry of IT’s initiative at making rural India digitally literate. #Swadeshiस्कूल #ProgressiveEducation #UnconventionalMinds --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Jul 28, 2021
Swadeshi स्कूल | I started a school when I was 9 years old | Babar Ali- The youngest headmaster in the world
About Speaker: Babar Ali started a school named "Ananda Siksha Niketan"(Home of Joyful Learning) in the backyard of his family's home when he was nine years old, bringing affordable education to an impoverished area of West Bengal,India.At the age of 16, he was named as “Youngest Headmaster in the world” by the BBC. As a TED fellow and public speaker, Babar Ali inspired many individuals and organisations with his mission " Education for All". For the last 18 years since inception more than 6000 students benefited with complete free education from this institution. His biography is a part of syllabus in different curriculum across the globe. Hon’ble President of India mentioned about him and his work in his speech towards nation on 25 January 2020. #Swadeshiस्कूल #ProgressiveEducation #UnconventionalMinds --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Jul 28, 2021
Swadeshi स्कूल | The Concept of Vedic Education | Sri Bhaktividya Purna Swami, Kulapati- Bhaktivedanta Academy
About Speaker: His Holiness Bhaktividya Purna Swami Maharaja established the Bhaktivedanta Academy 37 years ago in Sridham Mayapur. The concept of the Academy is based on the teachings of Bhagavad Gita and Srimad Bhagavatam as presented by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the Founder-acarya of ISKCON. Maharaja extensively travelled throughout India researching the traditions and culture of Vedic heritage, applying these in the curriculum of the Academy. Over the years, Maharaja has trained hundreds of children from all over the world to develop and practice Krsna Consciousness. #Swadeshiस्कूल #ProgressiveEducation #UnconventionalMinds --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Jul 27, 2021
Swadeshi स्कूल | Rooted and Free | Soumya Aggarwal, CEO & Co-Founder- IGenPlus
About Speaker: Soumya Aggarwal is the CEO and a co-founder at IGenPlus, an initiative focussed on building next-generation thought-leaders. She believes that young students hold the future in their hands, and it is our responsibility to guide them with ancient wisdom and modern insights. Soumya curates experiences and designs curriculum to introduce teenagers to Yogic thinking, Design thinking and Exponential thinking through fests, conferences, and expeditions, thus equipping them with tools to become future leaders. She is the curator of Families for Change at Vision India Foundation. She has developed Manifesto, a card game on electoral politics. She has also written several articles in newspapers and web magazines on important national issues. She likes to conceptualize and implement new initiatives for youth leadership. She has been recognised as a Youth Leader at Indo-ASEAN Youth Summit by the Ministry of External Affairs. Also, she represented India in the Youth - G20 summit in…
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Jul 27, 2021
Swadeshi स्कूल | School as a Lighthouse of Society | Dr Jagdish Gandhi, Founder Manager- City Montessori School (CMS)
About Speaker: Influenced greatly by Mahatma Gandhi, Vinoba Bhave and others, a young and idealistic Dr Jagdish Gandhi ventured out in 1959 to create a new mindset through education. With just five children on rolls, no personal wealth, and the equivalent of ten US dollars in borrowed capital, the motivated Dr Gandhi began his own personal experiment in Lucknow, India, by the name of City Montessori School (CMS). He saw this as a more powerful vehicle to prepare minds to prevent conflicts than working with negotiations and top-down policy efforts alone. Today, at the age of 83, Dr Gandhi has no regrets. He works with the same undiminished zeal towards multiplying his mission for peace through education. In the past 59 years, he has not taken a single day off. He has slept little and has worked through every weekend and holiday. Although the journey has by no means been easy, the citizens of Lucknow have greatly endorsed Dr Gandhi’s mission and values. Their support has made CMS the w…
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Jul 27, 2021
Swadeshi स्कूल | Learning to Learn | KV Sai Chandrasekhar, Agastya International Foundation
About Speaker: Sai Chandrasekhar is the Chief of Operations at Agastya International Foundation, Bangalore, a non-profit which runs the world’s largest hands-on science education program serving the education needs of economically backward school children in 21 states across India. He is a member of the senior management of Agastya and is actively involved in Strategy and Planning as well in addition to Operations. Sai has spent over 8 years at Agastya and has seen it grow manifold over this period. Sai is very passionate about education and strongly believes in the concept of self-learning. He is an Electrical Engineer and an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta. He also attended a program on Strategic Perspectives in Non-Profit Management at the Harvard Business School. Prior to joining ECF, Christina earned her doctoral degree at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and has held positions in academic administration at Brown University, Rhode Island and…
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Jul 26, 2021
Swadeshi स्कूल | Raising Gender Equitable Boys: Engaging Boys in Conversations on Gender Equality | Christina Furtado
About Speaker: Christina Furtado, Executive Director, Equal Community Foundation Christina has been associated with Equal Community Foundation since 2015. She is passionate about ECF's mission to raise 'Every Boy in India to be Gender Equitable' and is currently focused on leading ECF's efforts to scale the approach of engaging boys in gender-transformative programmes across India. Equal Community Foundation was established by Will Muir and Rujuta Teredesai in 2009 and has been implementing its flagship gender-transformative programme for boys, Action for Equality, in Pune, Maharashtra for the last 10 years. ECF has also built the capacity of over 50 organisations across India to implement similar programmes for boys, most recently having served as the technical capacity building partner for ICRW on their Gender Equality Movement in Schools programme in Rajasthan and UNESCO-India on their 'Transforming Men-talities' programme for CBSE school networks in India. Prior to joining EC…
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Jul 26, 2021
Swadeshi स्कूल | Advancing agency & resilient livelihood among small scale farmers through technology | Krishnan Pallassana, Country Director- India DIGITAL GREEN
About Speaker: Krishnan is a sustainable development professional, thinker and strategist, including strategic leadership experience for more than a decade with organisations like ActionAid International, The Climate Group and Population Foundation. His multifarious experience includes varied contexts including India, Nepal and Afghanistan as well as varied sectors ranging from disaster risk reduction and climate change to livelihoods and and tech for development. He has developed country strategies for institutions like Actionaid, Sphere, The Climate Group and CIFF. Krishnan is also an experienced evaluator and an accomplished international trainer. He is a recipient of fellowship grants from Winrock and Prevention Consortium. Krishnan is graduate in Physics and post graduate in business administration. #Swadeshiस्कूल #ProgressiveEducation #UnconventionalMinds --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Jul 25, 2021
Swadeshi स्कूल | DeepGrade AI Platform Introduction | Swaminathan Ganesan, Co-Founder & CEO- Smartail Pvt Ltd
About Speaker: Swaminathan Ganesan, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Smartail, is a solution-based technology specialist and product leader. He is leading Smartail through the transformation that is defining a new era in the Education industry with AI. With an overall 17 years of experience in the IT Industry, he is passionate about building products and leading high productivity teams. He is a subject matter expert in building Software as a Service products and implementation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the real world. He enjoys mentoring and engaging with young engineers. #Swadeshiस्कूल #ProgressiveEducation #UnconventionalMinds --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Jul 25, 2021
Swadeshi स्कूल | The critical importance of Education for Sustainable Living | Seetha Ananthasivan- Prakriya Green Wisdom School
About Speaker: Seetha Ananthasivan is a Founder and Executive Trustee of Prakriya Green Wisdom School, Bengaluru. She has an abiding and intensive interest in designing processes and curricula for education for sustainable living. She has been working for over two decades on applying ecological principles in many areas of learning - including holistic education in schools, building culture for ecological communities and applying holistic thinking to management processes. Over the last two and a half decades she has also been the progenitor for several national and international conferences that have focused on climate change, economics for wellbeing and holistic education. #Swadeshiस्कूल #ProgressiveEducation #UnconventionalMinds --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Jul 24, 2021
Swadeshi स्कूल | Education -- Where are we going wrong? | Sunanda Ali, Executive Director- The Peepal Grove School
About Speaker: Sunanda Ali is Executive Director of The Peepal Grove School in Andhra Pradesh. She have been involved in Education for many years and my interest and passion for it has remained constant. She also loves reading, music and trekking in the wild and enjoy sharing these interests with my students and colleagues. She like working collaboratively with people and feel that the process of working together is as important as the result. The world has become a very difficult place especially over the last twenty years and I feel that all of us need to work together to make it a better place for ourselves and the generations to come. #Swadeshiस्कूल #ProgressiveEducation #UnconventionalMinds --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Jul 24, 2021
Swadeshi स्कूल | Future Hybrid Work Culture | Dr. Manjula Pooja Shroff, MD & CEO- KALOREX Group
About Speaker: Dr. Manjula Pooja Shroff is MD & CEO of Kalorex Group, she has been instrumental in founding and managing several premier schools. Kalorex, since its inceptions in 1995, is a name synonymous to professionalism and excellencein schooling. It has under its umbrella, the Delhi Public Schools, Calorx Olive International School at Ahmedabad and Calorx Public Schools across the Western Belt of India with 40+ educational Institutions. Kalorex is recognized as a quality conscious group with a focus on Innovation and use of Technology in Learning.Her concern for the marginalized and those with special learning needs is evident through the projects Visamo Kids and Prerna- a school for dyslexics.She is a recipient of several awards, among them, the prestigious Secular India Award from the President of India, Shri Shankar Dayal Sharma & Woman of the year by American Bibliography Society, North Carolina #Swadeshiस्कूल #ProgressiveEducation #UnconventionalMinds --- Send in…
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Jun 20, 2021
INVEST | Money Matters- Growing and Protecting Wealth | Founder - AmbiClass | Trader | IIM-A | IIT-G
About Speaker: Mahesh is an ex-banker with BFSI and entrepreneurship experience of over 6+ years. He has completed his education from premier institutes like IIM Ahmedabad (MBA) and IIT Guwahati (BTech). He is actively involved in financial markets and investment planning as he holds Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) from the CFA Institute USA. Mahesh is on a mission to raise awareness about financial literacy in teenagers through his AmbiClass initiative because irrespective of career path, everyone will have to deal with personal finances. #INVEST #LearnToEarn #FinancialLiteracyForEducators --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Jun 20, 2021
INVEST | What should post covid schools look like? | Dr. Bindu Rana- Millennium Education Management
About Speaker: Dr. Bindu Rana is an educational entrepreneur and a well-known educationist with an expertise in curriculum design and pedagogy. She is credited with having led the largest R&D initiatives ever undertaken in India, building a formidable repository of constructivist educational content and disruptive teaching systems, and created proprietary Learning Systems for pedagogic excellence adopted by hundreds of schools in India. Dr Rana has authored over 900 curriculum textbooks in her illustrious career span and has also been instrumental in setting up more than 50 plus brick-and-mortar schools in the country. She was titled the Gem of India in the year 2017 and has won several national and international awards for her exemplary work.
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Jun 20, 2021
INVEST | To make money, you must unlearn how to make money | Mandeep Gill, Labour Law Advisor
About Speaker: Mandeep Gill is the co-founder of Labour Law Advisor. What began as an ordinary YouTube channel back in 2016 has now grown into a brand with over 1.6 million+ subscribers on YouTube and about 200k on other social media platforms. He along with Rishabh Jain (IITB Alum) started Labour Law Advisor with an aim to simplify complex labour laws and various benefits of social security schemes for the Indian working class who were otherwise oblivious to the same. At some point in 2018 Mandeep started to realise the ugly truths of his household’s financial condition and identified the root causes for the same. While he decided to work towards setting things right, he realised that there are millions of families going through the same and at that point, he made it a mission to educate as many people on personal finance as possible and prevent them from losing what his family had already lost, time. He started creating content on personal finance under the same brand name as the a…
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Jun 20, 2021
INVEST | Starting out as an Education Consultant| Nancy Ekpezu- Consultant, Certified Coach, Speaker
About Speaker: Nancy Ekpezu is currently the Lead Consultant and Trainer of Pezu Smith Consulting. Nancy has spoken at several reputable platforms within Nigeria and beyond, including a TEDx Talk. In 2018, she was nominated for an award by the prestigious Arc Lights Foundation for Education Advancement in Africa for her contribution to the development of education in Nigeria. In 2020, she was named a Global Educational Influencer by the Excelligent Group in Asia, and in 2021 she was featured among 100 Admired People in Education. Nancy has a passion to see organisations in Nigeria and West Africa function effectively with proper processes and procedures for productivity and sustainability. So, she trains and coaches school administrators and managers. She is the author of the book Dear Educator which was published in May 2019.
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Jun 20, 2021
INVEST | My inventions helped India to be a clean country | Dr Bindeshwar Pathak, Sulabh Shauchalaya
About Speaker: Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, Sanitation Crusader, has made contribution for solving problems of open-defecation, removal of inhuman practice of manual scavenging associated with untouchability, by inventing appropriate, affordable, technology for household toilets with minimum water use dispensing manual scavenging and maintaining 9000 ‘pay and use’ based public toilets attached with biogas plants linked to Sulabh Effluent Treatment device, constructing 1.5 million household toilets and thereby liberating most of 10 lac scavengers. At instance of Supreme Court has ameliorated widows’ living conditions. Awarded Padma Bhushan, The International Saint Francis Prize for the Environment “Canticle of All Creatures” at Assisi, Italy, Global 500 Roll of Honour Award by UNEP at Beirut (Lebanon), Scroll of Honour by UN-Habitat at Rio-de-Janeiro (Brazil), Stockholm Water Prize, etc. New York Global Leaders Humanitarian Award conferred to him in April 2016”. Mr. Bill De Blasio…
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Jun 20, 2021
INVEST | Life’s Golden Buckets – A simple money management system to create financial freedom | Kieron
About Speaker: Kieron Sweeney is a highly regarded and inspiring international speaker, author, Tedx Speaker and a Public Speaking Mentor. He has trained public speaking and business courses for entrepreneurs and youth for over 20 years in Canada, U.S.A, Europe, Asia, Australia and South Africa. Kieron facilitates seminars in mindset and money, personal growth, leadership, mindset and sales & influence. Kieron mentors early-stage entrepreneurs, financial planners, executives, and youth to achieve a higher level of success by applying public speaking as a tool to advance their careers and life. In 2016, Kieron delivered a Tedx Talk on financial illiteracy in the school system. He teaches a simple money management system called Life’s Golden Buckets and today Kieron will teach us this system.
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Jun 20, 2021
INVEST | Skill Development Courses & Entrepreneurship | Puneet Ahuja, Director & COO- AVAS & IIVA
About Speaker: We believe in Best of the Best services and do not compromise on the quality of education of our students. We believe the real difference between success and failure in an organization can be very often traced to the question of how well the organization brings out the energies and talents of its people. Our professionally qualified teachers with regular trainings have proved and given enormous results. We look forward to increase every child's maths skills, remove maths phobia, inculcating proportional thinking, problem solving skills and overall school performance, while building confidence and creating positive attitude towards the subject. "It is easier to square the circle than to get round a mathematician".
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Jun 20, 2021
INVEST | 5 easy ways to save and Invest | Anuppama Das, Founder- AmbiClass & COO- Sambal Foundation
About Speaker: Anupama Das began her journey as a teacher and credits her career as a teacher for her successful sting in business consulting IT companies and edu talk anchor. During her journey as a businesswoman she realised the power and importance of inculcating empathy in today's youth and channelizing this energy for the growth of Grass root India and the world. She is currently the founder of Ambiclass and COO of Sambal Foundation. Anupama always says being in a human life is a responsibility given by God to make this world a more empathetic place to live in and I am working on it every second I am living on this earth.
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May 2, 2021
INTERN | Dr Pawan Agarwal - President, Kamlabai Educational & Charitable Trust (Dabbawala)
About Speaker: Dr. Agrawal's Name has been associated with the Dabbawalas of Mumbai for a while . He has been working tirelessly to increase the profile of this integral Mumbai network ever since he began to work his Doctoral thesis "A Study of Logistics and Supply Chain Management of Dabbawalas in Mumbai". He has given several talks on the Dabbawalas and their system around India, as well as in various countries in Asia and Africa and beyond the Pacific in the United States and the United Kingdom. Dr. Agrawal has received several awards for his work as teacher including the 'Utkrusht Shikshak Sanman' from the Mumbai National Congress in 2010 and the Rajiv Gandhi Puraskar in 2007. Along with his regular work, Dr. Agrawal also runs the Mumbai Dabbawala Education Centre under the Kamlabai Educational & Charitable Trust to further the education of Dabbawalas as well as underprivileged children. Now he is also working on a new thesis "Emergence and Importance of Newspaper Dis…
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May 2, 2021
INTERN | Vijayaraghavan Chariar - Professor, IIT Delhi & Founder- Ekam Eco Solutions
About Speaker: Prof Vijayaraghavan Chariar joyously practices an immersive and experiential pedagogy for which he has been awarded the Teaching Excellence Award by IIT Delhi. He loves to transform the conventional role of teacher to that of co-learner which enables the innate creativity and qualities of each element of the collective to be experienced and expressed. In addition to IIT Delhi, he is much loved by students at BITS Pilani, IIT Kharagpur & School of Planning & Architecture. Prof Chariar lovingly creates impact in water, sanitation & well-being through IITD partnered ventures Ekam Eco Solutions & JoyIsYou. He loves to co-create on discovering self joyously, designing with empathy and appreciating natural abundance. #INTERN #SkillsBeyondSchool #IndustryInnovators --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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May 2, 2021
INTERN | Jose Thomas - President, Choice Canning Co. & The Choice Group Of Schools
About Speaker: Mr. Jose Thomas is a rare visionary and personality who continues to prove his mettle both as an entrepreneur and educator par excellence. He is the epitome of making it in life amidst all its share of challenges following a continuous learning path with a self-imposed curriculum complemented by sincere application of knowledge in the fields of his varied interests - the sea-food business, canning, shipping, civil constructions, IT solutions, AI, finance, commerce, aviation, governance, culinary arts, music and above all school education. He is indeed a trend-setter and a master-architect celebrating each person’s talents whilst breaking stereotypes. Consequently, he inspires generations to realize their ikigai in life with a great sense of self-discipline, self-discovery and social responsibility. Mr. Jose Thomas is the Chairman and Managing Director of the Choice Group of Companies with businesses operating in India, USA, Canada, Singapore, South Korea, and Jap…
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May 2, 2021
INTERN | Shruti Arora - President, Confederation of Education Excellence
About Speaker: Shruti Arora is a professional expert and knowledgeable orator who can persuade people effortlessly through her clear and farsighted vision. She continues her interest in adding values to the current education system by bringing the virtues of ancient education system to solve gaps and issues in the present system. She had participated in live discussions/debates with national speakers on educational issues (Such as Marks moderation politics, improvisation of government school and student security and safety issues) where she has been highly appreciated for her clear views and noncontroversial statements. She has shared Dias with eminent personalities; few of them were Shri Kaptan Singh Solanki (Governor of Haryana), Shri Manish Sisodia (Education Minister), Dr. Udit Raj (Ex. IRS Commissioner, M.P Lok Sabha), Prof. Yashpal (Padma Vibhushan, Former Chairman UGC, Eminent Scientist, ISRO ), Dr Purushottam Lal, (Padma Vibhushan, Chairman Metro Hospitals). Her ideolog…
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May 2, 2021
INTERN | Antony Nellissery - Chief School Excellence, Bharti Foundation
About Speaker: Antony is an educationist with more 24 years of experience and a certified Coach. He started his career as a teacher at Don Bosco School. In Rajya Shiksha Kendra (Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan program of Government of Madhya Pradesh), Bhopal, he was instrumental in introducing research based monitoring indicators and building the capacity of SCERT and district education officials for research and training. He worked in UNICEF to implement the quality package in Madhya Pradesh. As an Area representative for North India for Sight savers International he established its eye care program. As a Project Director in Save the Children he led the Technical Cooperation fund established by European Union for Ministry of HRD, Government of India and in coordination with NIEPA, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, Nottingham College for School Leadership, CSIE Bristol and Institute of Education, London. The project saw the mainstreaming of School Leadership and teaching standards in SSA.…
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May 2, 2021
INTERN | Niharika Joshi - Head of Customer Strategy, Workplace- FACEBOOK
About Speaker: Niharika is a Management Consultant turned Tech Enthusiast who is passionate about building products that make Enterprises more efficient and agile. She works at Facebook where she leads growth for its B2B product (Workplace) in India and South Asia with the aim to accelerate digital transformation of organizations. An Indian School of Business Alumnus, she comes with an exhaustive experience of working in the technology space and has built her expertise in B2B SaaS and Product Strategy. She has worked for Tech giants like Microsoft where she helped in digitization of SMBs in India and at Uber where she was driving disruption of enterprise mobility. Her passion for technology has also won her the Women in Corporate Award by Women's Web. She is a strong proponent of women representation in tech and works as a mentor for the Cherie Blair Foundation where she helps women-led early-stage startups in formulating their product and business strategies. #INTERN #SkillsBeyondSc…
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May 2, 2021
INTERN | Kanika Mittal - Business Head, Twitter & Top 50 Brand Leaders, Asia
About Speaker: Leading Brand Solutions for India's biggest and most exciting brands across the Tech, Tech OEM, Auto, BFSI, FMCG etc. Kanika is proud to drive Revenue for Twitter India's largest business portfolio. With this role intersecting marketing, technology, digital first thinking and culture, She have found a #passion that she can drive with #purpose. Before Twitter, she was the Marketing Head at Reebok and led the brand through a number of noteworthy milestones:- 1) Delivered extremely strong brand health metrics. Like Topping the sports and footwear category in Brand Equity’s most Exciting Brands despite lowest MWB spend and achieving the Highest Quality of Consideration Score (QCS) in the world 2)Re-positioned into a premium fitness brand through an invigorated brand ambassador mix, inspirational brand communications, revamped point of sale consumer experience and digital transformation. 3) Disrupted the market with a Women’s First approach. Created FitToFight and G…
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May 2, 2021
INTERN | Abdul Basit Saboowala - Founder & CEO, Holo Shiksha & Forbes Great CEO Nominee
About Speaker: Abdul Basit Saboowala, popularly known as Holo Abdul for building science fiction hologram technology as watched in movies like 'Star Trek' & 'Iron Man' bringing it to reality with his global multi-award-winning social impact tech venture Holo Shiksha powered by Holo Abdul with a vision to revolutionize classroom experience with its world's first patent-protected 'Holographic Classroom' and 'Virtual 3D Classroom' Technology'. Apart from being the head of Holo Shiksha, Abdul began his journey as one of the Youngest Physics Professor in India and have been taking lectures at Schools & Colleges across the country. He is also an active Innovation Mentor and currently mentoring 100+ startups internationally. Furthermore, Abdul is a Forbes India Great CEOs Nominee and have received multiple National & International Awards such as by India Google Techstar, Nehru Science Centre, IIT Bombay, EO GSEA, Asia Top 500, etc. #INTERN #SkillsBeyondSchool #IndustryInnovators -…
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Apr 12, 2021
INSPIRE | Suranjoy Singh - Secretary, PRDA & India's First Floating School, Manipur
About Speaker: Suranjoy Singh is originally from Ishok Makha Leikai, Bishnupur District was brought up in a humble fisherman's family. Since his early adulthood he was in the profession of fishing. His passion and philanthropic sentiments towards people's suffering was deeply rooted ever since his youth. The suffering of the flood victims on account of the construction of Ithai dam in the region was the driving force for him to begin the journey of Social Work during 1980s and 1988 that he along with some local volunteers pioneered The People’s Resource Development Association”. Suranjoy Singh was graduated from Science stream in Manipur University and awarded the District Youth Award by NYK, Bishnupur District, govt of India. He has keen interest in serving people who are downtrodden. At present he is the secretary of People’s Resource Development Association, Bishnupur and committed his works for the welfare of people in the society, with high spirit of social work and shar…
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Apr 12, 2021
INSPIRE | Shri Bharatarshabha Dasa - Regional President – Delhi NCR, UP & Uttarakhand The Akshaya Patra Foundation
About Speaker: Inspired by the teachings of Srila Prabhupada, Bharatarshabha Dasa joined ISKCON movement in 1992 while studying B Tech in Computer Science from REC Calicut. Since then, he has dedicated his life in the service of society through various initiatives. Akshaya Patra has immensely benefitted from his many contributions to address classroom hunger across the country. In this direction, he has been handling multiple areas related to public affairs, strategic outreach, policy planning and implementation, programme management and emergency food relief activities. Bharatarshabha Dasa serves as the Regional President for Akshaya Patra's feeding initiatives in Delhi NCR, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand. He has been instrumental in the commencement of the organisation's feeding operations in various parts of India, such as Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, and NCR region. #INSPIRE #WhySchoolsMatter? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm…
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Apr 12, 2021
INSPIRE | Yogendra Bangar - Founder & Teacher, Aajibaichi Shala (Grandmothers' School)
About Speaker: Yogendra Bangar is the founder of Aajibaichi Shala, India’s first school for grandmothers. The school focuses to provide quality education to our Indian Grannies. The school was founded in 2016 on International Women’s Day in Fangane village in Maharashtra. Bangar is an activist and the zila parishad teacher of the Motiram Dalal Charitable Trust. The school had a simple name, it was set up by a simple man, and the idea was also simple. However, the simplest of ideas are somehow always the most life changing. This was a school set up solely for elderly women of Fangane, who wished to be able to pick up pencils as their children and grandchildren did and sign their names. Today, they wear bright pink saree-uniforms and head to school together to learn their rhymes, math, alphabet, and art — and like any other students, complain about homework and tests. They are living a life they never had access to. Pretty in pink, sprightly of step and wide toothy and toothless…
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Apr 12, 2021
INSPIRE | Prashant Gade - Founder, Inali Foundation & Award-winning Social Innovator
About Speaker: Prashant Gade, a 29-year-old, maker by profession and innovator by soul. Prashant is the founder and CEO of Inali, INALI works for the upliftment of people with certain upper limb disabilities. Inali was started by Prashant in 2018 with a thought to help a seven-year-old girl with missing limbs and the journey continued, till date through Inali 3500 free electronic prosthetic arms has been provided to people living in rural parts of the country. Inali has been recognized by several institutions like Infosys foundation for the innovation of the India’s most affordable prosthetic arm “Inali Arm”. Prashant currently heads the research and development of Inali and has a vision to create an organization in India which creates affordable but advance health care products. His initiatives has been Awarded with Infosys Social Innovation Award 2018, Nasscom Social Innovation Forum 2019 Award and James Dyson Award. Also featured at: Kaun Banega CrorePati, Better India, Logi…
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Apr 12, 2021
INSPIRE | Jinan KB - Co-Founder, E K Foundation & Victim Of Modern Education
About Speaker: Jinan KB has been deeply concerned with the total absence of knowledge creation in Indian society. Even though human beings are biologically equipped to create knowledge, we, as children gets conditioned to analyze second-hand information, which now can be replaced by intelligent machines. He believes that education needs to be reimagined based on the natural ability in children to create knowledge, to develop qualities, abilities, and sensitivities that can’t to taught to machines. Jinan has been studying how children develop their cognitive system meant for creating knowledge naturally for around 35 years and have been able to decode the whole system #INSPIRE #WhySchoolsMatter? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Apr 12, 2021
INSPIRE | Geeta Dharmarajan - Padma Shri, Founder & President Katha Foundation
About Speaker: Geeta Dharmarajan is an inspirational writer, editor, social entrepreneur, and educationist. An award-winning writer for children and adults, with over 48 published books and more than 450 pieces in leading newspapers and magazines, she has over 40 years of professional experience, having served at the India Today Group of Companies, The University of Pennsylvania and INTACH, before Katha. She believes in a world where every child can fulfil their potential and none is stunted by material, emotional or spiritual poverty. Her deep interest in how children and communities learn led to her starting Katha in 1988. She conceptualized and developed Katha’s unique Story Pedagogy and earth-friendly curriculum that is the bedrock for all the reading and education programmes of Katha. She believes that translation is a cohesive force in India and her work in literary translation has made Katha a pioneering publisher in the country with a strong pan-Indian community of writers,…
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Apr 12, 2021
INSPIRE | Dr. Prahalathan Kk - Co-founder, Bhumi, India’s Largest Independent Volunteer Organization
About Speaker: Dr. Prahalathan KK one of the co-founders of Bhumi, one of India's largest volunteer organisations. Bhumi mobilises citizens to work towards the sustainable development goals, and its 30,000+ volunteers educate over 25,000 under-privileged children and work for causes like environment, disability, and animal welfare. He strongly believes every child deserves a quality education and is passionate about making volunteering a habit among young people. By education, he is a doctor specialised in Ophthalmology. At Bhumi, he leads the corporate & youth volunteering programmes and also handles strategy & fundraising. #INSPIRE #WhySchoolsMatter? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Apr 12, 2021
INSPIRE | Adam Woodward - Director, Kalkeri Sangeet Vidyalaya (School For Music)
About Speaker: Adam Woodward is a Director of the Kalkeri Sangeet Vidyalaya. Who is originally from the UK, and has been settled in India for the last twenty years, is a passionate and committed Social Entrepreneur. He has been a key component in facilitating the growth and development at Kalkeri Sangeet Vidyalaya. Adam studied Horticulture and has a keen interest in Permaculture, Ecology, Natural House Building Methods, Landscape Design and Green Living. He is the committed Social Entrepreneur who shares the vision that a better world is possible; he oversees all the activities and development at the Kalkeri Sangeet Vidyalaya. #INSPIRE #WhySchoolsMatter? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Apr 12, 2021
INSPIRE | Ratnesh Mathur - Co-Founder, Aarohilife Education Trust, Unschooling For All Ages
About Speaker: Ratnesh is essentially a learner, and over the past 22years intensely learning about learning and children. Most of my teachers have been children. Ratnesh worked with all ages of children - from two years to teenagers and with parents and teachers.Instead of teaching, he propagates democratic, learner-driven environments. His chief role is to agitate, to confuse, to challenge, to listen, to converse, to reflect and to expand the learner's horizon wider and deeper. Currently he is the co-founder of Aarohi which is an Open Learning Community for learners of all ages: Open to all kinds of interests, abilities, styles and content areas. Learning by doing what one wants, how one wants, and self-reflection. Community to co-live, co-learn and co-support each other. Aarohi's Campus is in a village near Hosur in Tamil Nadu (near Bangalore) #INSPIRE #WhySchoolsMatter? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Apr 12, 2021
INSPIRE | Acharya Prashant - Author Vedanta Teacher, IIT-D, IIM-A & Ex-Civil Servant
About Speaker: Acharya Prashant is an emerging champion of socio-spiritual awakening in the world today. An alumnus of IIT-Delhi and IIM-Ahmedabad, and a former Civil Services officer, Acharya Prashant is an acclaimed Speaker, Vedanta Teacher and author of over 60 books. Apart from that he wears various hats: a veganism promoter, an environmental activist, a science activist, a campaigner against superstition, and a champion of essential human freedom. #INSPIRE #WhySchoolsMatter? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Apr 12, 2021
INSPIRE | Radha Goenka - Founder, Pehlay Akshar & Director RPG Foundation
About Speaker: Radha Goenka founded Pehlay Akshar Foundation in 2008. Looking at the disparity in the quality of education between private and Government schools, Radha felt the need to develop a program that is designed for 1st generation learners, focuses on tapping a child’s natural curiosity and builds critical thinking and communication skills. Her experience in the social sector has helped shape, expand and enrich the programs and organisations she leads, making them a powerful element in her overarching mission to drive employment and transform lives in India. #INSPIRE #WhySchoolsMatter? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Mar 1, 2021
700 Careers: How NEP 2020 has redefined Career Counselling | Namrata Sinha, BrainWonders
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As an Armed Forces child- born, raised and transferred across the diverse platter called India, Namrata has acquired a taste for novelty. A CBSE bred student, her growth has been multidimensional with high school education from the sciences. Having gotten a taste of the diversity she chose to pursue her graduation in Humanities with B. A. (Program) from Lady Shri Ram College for Women (University of Delhi). Here, she studied psychology and economics as her core subjects and additional courses in Language and Culture, and Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding. Her professional journey got a major boost when she was accepted by Tata Institute of Social Sciences to pursue her post graduation in Applied Clinical Psychology, where the egalitarian training on the campus was sharpened by supervised field placements. She also progressed to become an International Affiliate of American Psychological Association. Along with these, she also secured a Masters Diploma in Corporate…
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Mar 1, 2021
Let’s make education useful by making students LifeReady & CareerReady | Rohith K N, Future Ready Kids
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Rohith (Linkedin: http://bit.ly/INOV8) is an inventor & innovator with over 20 years of experience. Having worked in creating cutting edge technologies across telecom and internet, with Infosys-Bell labs, and later as director of Innovation in OnMobile global limited, a global leader in telecom services, he anticipated a rapid change in the world the tech would usher in. As a concerned father of two, with a stint as CEO of ThinkVidya, then a leading portal connecting students & teachers, he started http://futureReadykids.com, to enable kids to tackle the ever- changing future. Here using “Behavioural Engineering”, kids are habituated into “doing by self- learning” using principles of constructivism, bricolage, collaboration, & transfer of learning. Students through SmartProjects self-learn day to day activities connected to syllabus. Similarly, high school students get bite sized hands on experiences of current and future careers all connecte…
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Mar 1, 2021
Role of Tech in Education, global case studies and the right methodology | Manish Gir, Vertel
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Manish Giri is the Director of Operations, India of Vertel – Australia’s Largest Privately Held Telco. He is responsible for the overall performance and leadership of all company operations and execution of company strategy in India. Manish has vast experience in various dynamic business environments and building high growth Tech start-ups like Paytm. He is presently focussed on helping Educational Institutes by bringing Vertel’s globally proven Tech prowess and solutions to Schools in India. He is committed to the cause of education and volunteers for Pro-bono consulting with multiple schools. Manish has also been an Academic Scholar at the prestigious National University of Singapore with an engineering degree from Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology (Govt. of India). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Mar 1, 2021
Entrepreneur and Skill Development among the children | Anirudh Gupta - CEO, DCM Group of Schools
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Mr. Anirudh Gupta is a leading Edupreneur, an Eminent Writer and an enthusiastic Social Worker. He is an Environmental Engineer by qualification and has done his Masters in International Trade and Finance. Mr. Gupta is the CEO of the renowned D.C.M Group of Schools, which has off-shoots in various parts of North India and is a leading organization serving the cause of education since 1946. He has attended several National and International Conferences in the field of Education in U.K, Australia, Finland, UAE, USA, China, France, Japan and other countries and regularly speaks at various national/international forums on diverse topics like Industrial Revolution 4.0, School Education Sector, Safety & Security in Schools, Regulation & Autonomy – Maintaining Balance, Leadership & Teacher Development - Capacity building, Technology & Education etc. Mr. Gupta is also a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, USA. He heads the North Chair of F…
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Mar 1, 2021
Reboot your system to make education impactful | Ashok Pandey - Director, Ahlcon Group of Schools
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Listed by the Forbes India among the top 100 People Manager, Dr Pandey holds post-graduation in physics, consultancy management, and education. He is the Director of the Ahlcon Group of Schools in Delhi. He served as the Chairperson, National Progressive Schools’ Conference (NPSC). Author of several articles, projects and research papers, his educational travelogue- The Pedagogical Life- Essays in Educating India, was published in 2017. His edited volume: A design framework for future schools- a collection of essays, was published in 2018. His third book Launch your Inspiring Principal Leadership was published in Dec. 2019. Recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award by Ferguson Humanitarian Foundation International, Inc.,(USA), Advaith Foundation Leadership Award, and President’s Award’ for his contribution in education, Ashok has a keen interest in quality education, teachers’ professional development, and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). He is actively…
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Mar 1, 2021
India needs to open 50 schools & ONE university | Reekrit Serai - MD, Satluj Group of Schools
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Reekrit Serai is an Educator, Publisher, Author and Investor. He is the Managing Director of Satluj Group of Schools (Satluj Public Schools, Satluj World Schools and Little Satluj Pre-Schools), one of North India’s largest and oldest and largest private, independent K-12 group of schools, founded in 1976, with its headquarters near Chandigarh. Under his leadership, Satluj has been catapulted into the Top 5 CBSE & Day/Day-Boarding Schools of India, No. 1 in Haryana and No. 1 in Panchkula; Future50 Schools of India (Fortune Magazine); awarded for 'Innovation in Pedagogical Practices' at the World Education Summit; honoured as a 'Great Place to Study' in the world at the House of Commons, London, UK, amongst other national/international felicitations. Serai has been honoured as an ‘Education Stalwart’ at the India School Merit Awards, ‘WOW Edupreneur of the Year’ at the Global Teacher Awards and recognised for ‘School Leadership’ at the…
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Feb 27, 2021
Integrating 21st Century soft skills through technology education | Sahil Kapoor, Dino Lab India
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Seasoned professional with multidimensional experience in strategic planning and business development. Sahil has been instrumental in setting up businesses for Edtech giants like Tata Classedge and Ebix Smartclass. In last decade he has been a part revolution in Edtech space and has worked on creating world class educational products and teams with Edtech giants. Currently Sahil is setting up the business for Dinolab. Dinolab is a subsidiary company of UCHI.RU, the biggest EdTech company for school education in Russia. It is also present in the USA, Brazil, South Africa, China, Indonesia and Vietnam. The total number of active students comes to 10 million. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Feb 27, 2021
Applying learning science to the practice of education | Aanand Srinivas - Co-Founder, Stayqrious
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Aanand Srinivas was the content head at Byju's and first content head at Khan Academy, India. He is one of the most popular and trusted teachers in India with his videos being watched over 20Million times. At Khan Academy, he worked with the CBSE board and principals from govt and private schools to help implement mastery based learning in their classrooms. After almost a decade, to make mastery based learning and 21st century skills available to millions of students, Aanand founded StayQrious - an online school with the mission to create happy independent learners for Life.
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Feb 27, 2021
Schools in the post Covid Era-Technology in Education alone will not be the enabler | Shalini Nambiar - Founder, S.N. Educational Consultants
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Has a rich 26+ Years of experience in Education, and has been associated with various names like; VIBGYOR Group, G.D. Goenka Public School, the Heritage School, Excelsior American School and GEMS Education. Her unconventional vision and wisdom find roots in her attempt to break stereotypes that education is pinned down with. The outcome, she believes is not knowledge but a stack of degrees that provide employment. And this is the domain where she has worked intensively to bring about a change, moving ahead with the belief that education, when imparted in its true spirit has the power to change the world. Her comprehensive knowledge of running a school has helped in building quality institutes like Heritage School, Gurgaon, Excelsior American School and GEMS International School, which last for an eternity. Her last assignment was with VIBGYOR Group as Sr VP, Head Academics. She has recently founded her own company S.N. Educational Consultants in Dec 2019. Her philosop…
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Feb 27, 2021
Why it is even, more important to build resilience and self-love in students post pandemic | Anu Aggarwal - Founder Director, AAF
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Anu the star of the mega blockbuster Aashiqui has defied all odds, resilient, is a self made to self- healed woman a major role model to emulate, A gold medalist graduate holds a masters in Social Work the training she uses currently to empower the many through AAF, her foundation. Anu has been a monk, supermodel, an award winning actor, an activist, runs a non profit for the upliftlent of children, woman empowerment and mental health. Anu is the author of her memoir Anusual that sells well internationally, after six years of it being launched. Born in Delhi, Anu lives in Mumbai and has lived in Paris, New York, London, ran a meditation Center in Gujarat, Himalayas and is widely traveled over Australia, Africa, Italy, Norwegian giulf, America to name a few. Anu is single and believes marriage should on;lay be for true love. She is.a karma yogi, continues to serve and bring inspiration now to even the millennials., Anu is grateful for being awarded this incredible life.…
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Feb 27, 2021
Assessment | Dr. Amrita Vohra - Director Education, GEMS Schools India
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With over 25 years of transformative work in education, Dr Amrita Vohra is a passionate learner and educator currently serving in a dual role as Director Education for GEMS Education, India and Executive Principal for GEMS International School, Gurgaon. A PhD in English Literature and a certified Program Leader for Cambridge Professional Development Qualifications for teachers and school leaders, she has been a faculty for under-graduate and post-graduate programs in Women’s Studies, Literature, Feminist Literary Criticism, Women and Child Psychology and Business Communication. She has contributed various articles and research papers to a wide variety of professional publications and her personal blog www.pindropsilence.in is widely appreciated by educators and mothers. She is also a Bharat Natyam Dancer and has always had a keen interest in Theatre, dramatic arts and TiE. Her key research interests are women and child psychology, pedagogy, assessment, inclusive e…
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Feb 27, 2021
The future of education in the post-pandemic era, moving from 'click' to 'click and brick | Dr. Swati Popat Vats- President, Podar Education Network
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Dr. Swati Popat Vats is the founder President of Early Childhood Association India and Association for Primary Education and Research. As President of Podar Education Network she leads over 490 preschools and Daycares in India and UAE. She heads the teacher-training wing at Podar. She has received many accolades and awards for her contribution to Early Childhood Education and has been conferred the Fellowship of Honor from the New Zealand Tertiary College. She was the founder consultant for the Euro Kids preschool project in India and helped set up TATASKY’s children’s television activity channel- ACTVE WHIZKIDS. Swati has coined the term ‘Kiducation’ for early childhood teachers and parents to help them understand that young children need education from the point of view of their development. She also an expert on the global think tank of Kidzania. In her career spanning over 34 years, Swati has authored many books for parents, teachers and children, her most r…
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Feb 26, 2021
Importance of Financial Literacy for teenagers and FamPay’s role in evangelising this for Schools | Sambhav Anand Jain - Co-Founder, Fampay
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Sambhav Jain, is the Co-Founder of FamPay - India's first neo-bank for teenagers. Hailing from the small-town of Chandrapur, Maharashtra, he completed his graduation from IIT Roorkee in 2019 to start his own venture with his batchmate, Kush Taneja - making them the youngest fin-tech founders in India. He has always been passionate about entrepreneurship and got fascinated about the idea of startups after interning at orgs like Hotstar and Rivigo during college. Last year, while they were still in college, Sambhav and his co-founder were accepted into the coveted Y Combinator's summer program. Within 3 months of graduating, the 21-year-old entrepreneurs raised $4.7 million dollars by Sequoia, Venture Highway, Kunal Shah and other esteemed investors in the industry. Apart from work, he enjoys dancing, travelling and playing the piano. #INFLUENCE #digitalsummit #NEP2020 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Feb 26, 2021
Reframe Your Self – Through Whole Brain Thinking | Dr. Shankar Goenka - MD, WOW Factors India
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Dr. Shankar travels across the globe on invitations from national and international bodies for speaking and training assignments through his offices in India, Middle East, Nepal, Bangladesh & South Africa and is the recipient of a string of prestigious awards from India and abroad in Creative Thinking, Transformational Leadership, Capacity Building, Happiness and many more… He has facilitated more than 2,00,000 people & his clientele which include an ocean of school children from 200+ schools, universities from India and overseas, professionals, academicians, CEOs, judges, Bureaucrats, Business owners from more than 150 Corporations, PSUs, most of the Fortune 500 Companies…
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Feb 26, 2021
Opportunities & Challenges with NEP | Sudhir Aggarwal - Director, Government & Education, Microsoft
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Worked with • Thomson Reuters South Asia, Oracle India, IBM India, Sify Technologies, HCL, and Niveshan Technologies India • Founding Partner, ib PLATFORM LLP, a Consulting and Advisory on Ecosystem building & management Currently working as Director, Business Development, Public Sector & Education, Microsoft Corporation Industry Recognitions • Copyright a new concept ‘WANG@: What Am Not Good @ • ‘IT Industry Leader’ named by eGov (CSDMS) in Jan’ 2010 • ‘Good Governance National Technology Leadership Award 2010’ – nominated • Entrusted with Titled ‘Rishi’ by Re:think India • Advisor Member, “Futureskillsforce”, Amity Online • Founding Advisory Board Member of GITS’s Academia-Industry Advisory Board • Advisor, SME Value Advisors
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Feb 26, 2021
7 New Trends in School Education to watch out for in 2021 | Amol Arora, Shemrock Group of Schools
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Mr. Amol Arora – Award-Winning Edupreneur, Critically-Acclaimed Author and A Visionary. Mr. Amol Arora is a visionary person with a multi-dimensional personality. He has lead the SHEMROCK & SHEMFORD Group of Schools to become India’s leading Chain of Schools with 525+ Preschools, Primary Schools & Senior Schools located across India, Nepal & Bangladesh, with over 3,00,000 alumni. Mr. Amol has strengthened the SHEMROCK brand by outspreading its high-quality education & child-friendly environment in the entire country and further extending it to Nepal & Bangladesh, with 425+ branches. Additionally, with his far-seeing wisdom, he has also transferred the same stress-free & fun-filled learning environment to his Sr. School Chain – SHEMFORD Futuristic Schools. Today, there are 100+ SHEMFORD branches in 17 States & Union Territories of India, which makes it the fastest growing K-12 School Chain in the country.
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Feb 26, 2021
Creating love for learning | Dr. Arunabh Singh - Director, Nehru World School Ghaziabad
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Dr. Arunabh Singh is a committed Director - Principal of Nehru World School, Ghaziabad. An Alumnus of Kings College London and Hindu College - Delhi University, he is passionate about innovation, technology, entrepreneurship and igniting young minds. A proponent of distributed leadership model he firmly believes “Technology may not replace teachers, but teachers who use technology effectively will replace those, who don’t.” Dr. Singh is the Chairman of FICCI ARISE for UP West, a member of the School Standards Setting Committee under National Education Policy, India 2020 and also a British Council School Ambassador. He frequently participates in TV debates and speaks on various national and international forums across the globe on topics primarily concerning education and progressive learning.
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Feb 26, 2021
Building HUMOUR within Classrooms as a Teaching Strategy | Dr. Dheeraj Mehrotra - Rockstar Teachers
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Dheeraj Mehrotra, MS, MPhil, Ph.D. (Education Management) honoris causa., a white and a yellow belt in SIX SIGMA, a Certified NLP Business Diploma holder, is an Educational Innovator, Author, with expertise in Six Sigma In Education, Academic Audits, Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), Total Quality Management In Education, an Experiential Educator, a CBSE Resource towards School Assessment (SQAA), CCE, JIT, Five S and KAIZEN. He has authored over 40 books on Computer Science for ICSE/ ISC/ CBSE Students, over 20 books of academic interest for the field of education excellence and Six Sigma. A former Principal at De Indian Public School, New Delhi, (INDIA) with an ample teaching experience of over Two Decades, he is a certified Trainer for Quality Circles/ TQM in Education and QCI Standards for School Accreditation/ Six Sigma in Education. He has also been honored with the President of India’s National Teacher Award in the year 2006 and the Best Science Teache…
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Jan 30, 2021
How excellence in english language accelerated academic success | Aditi Mehta, Stones2Milestones
About Speaker: In Aditi’s own words “My, wonderful, open minded parents brought the joy of books to me and my life continues to be shaped by what I read and where I travel. I wander, wonder, learn, love & serve.” Aditi’s imagination and diligence coupled with an intense desire to serve and contribute makes her listen deeply and express articulately, not only with her teammates but to schools, teachers and children equally. She holds a master’s degree in Organizational & Social Psychology from the London School of Economics. She is trained in curriculum development, research, counselling and coaching from Harvard University Reading and education are both her areas of passion. Since past decade, she has been designing and creating curricular frameworks and English Learning Programs for young children along with innovative learning and development experiences for teachers. She creates innovative ways for teachers to collaborate and share best practices with each other to del…
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Jan 29, 2021
Blended learning with Fliplearn | Divya Lal - Founder & MD, Fliplearn
Divya is a visionary and charismatic leader and Ted X Speaker with over 2 decades of experience . Divya has created a special niche for herself in the Indian Education industry. Passionate about providing access to quality education to all, she strives towards creating innovative solutions which drastically improve the teaching and learning outcomes. At Fliplearn, her role as Managing Director provides her the unique opportunity to bring all her skills on board to create a platform which can address the need for quality education in India. Divya feels strongly about bridging the digital divide that currently exists in the Indian Education system and is happy to work towards creating 21st century Future-ready education solutions. She looks at Education as an opportunity to not just contribute to but to shape the future of the country.
Awards and Accolades
• TED X Speaker
• Inspirational Leader Award 2020 by White Page International
• Visionary leader in education 2020…
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Jan 28, 2021
How to become an independent & self reliant school? | Sudheer Kumar - Founder, Edtech School
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An entrepreneur and educator, who wants to revolutionise the way the students learn. My aspirations to impact the education system made me a keen learner and thereby worked with schools in various capacities. Post my graduation from NIT Warangal, He pursued his passion for education with Educational Initiatives Pvt Ltd as an Educational Specialist, where he worked as a content developer for math and science subjects. Later worked as Education Coach with XSEED Education Pvt Ltd and conducted workshops for teachers' professional development and coached schools to successfully implement XSEED curriculum.
Then worked as Associate Product Manager, with Next Education Pvt Ltd, developing product that can impact science education in India. My overall experience includes product development, content development, curriculum development, assessments and teacher training. So far, he worked with various organisations and made a difference in more than 500+ schools and 4500+ teache…
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Jan 27, 2021
What Does The World's First Values Lab Look Like? | Mayank Solanki - Founder, Val-Ed Initiatives
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Mayank Solanki is an Energetic Youth Prodigy & the Founder of Val-Ed Initiatives, India which provides 21st century Values, Life Skills & Character Education to Children, Parents & Adults across the Globe. A 2 time TEDx Speaker, He is the creator of the World's First Values Lab - A dedicated physical place in school to build stronger character in students & inspire values-based living. He is devoted to bringing character education to the forefront of conversation in the field of education and has been part of several initiatives across the globe that work on furthering the cause of Values-based Education, Social-Emotional Learning & Experiential Learning.
Val-Ed Initiatives design & build Saksham - The World's First Values Lab popularly known as "Temples of Self Reflection" in schools where 21st Century Values, Life Skills & Character Education is taught to Children, Parents & Adults through innovative, theme-based, inspiring architecture that inspire children towards…
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Jan 26, 2021
Importance of Digital Education | Hakeem Mohammad Junaid - Founder, Educatio Learning
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Hakeem Junaid is the Founder of Educatio Learning. Junaid has completed his degree in Business Management from Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, Junaid started his career with a destination management company Nam Ho which is based in Delhi, but his love for technology and online learning all made him start his venture in the year 2020.
Junaid’s initiative is the first of its kind in the valley. Junaid plans to develop a platform to make education accessible to all. He plans to provide online courses for competitive exams like NEET, IIT- JEE, UPSC, various other state level and national level exams, and supplementary courses for the K12 level. He also plans to offer structured courses that run parallel to the school’s curriculum. This platform will promise to make learning interactive through interactive video lectures, assignments, video solutions, doubt clearing sessions, weekly tests, textbook solutions. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor…
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Jan 25, 2021
VidyaGanga – Breaking boundaries through seamless learning | Mira Sood, Evidyaloka Trust
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A post graduate in Music Vocal and University topper, Mira wished to pursue a career in Music. As is said ‘Man proposes, God disposes’, circumstances propelled her into another direction. An opportunity to work in Delhi Public School under the mentorship of Dr. Shayama Chona carved a career path for her and made her fall in love with the profession she was launched into. A passionate educator with a zeal to make a difference to the education arena, Mira has an extensive experience of working in acclaimed educational institutes and EdTech companies of the country. Wearing many hats of that of a teacher, administrator, curriculum lead at PlayAblo, and now Content head at eVidyaloka, the rich experience gathered over years has been an enriching one.
4A firm believer that the right impact on our children can do wonders, she follows the dictum – ‘Children are like wet cement; whatever falls on them makes an impression.’ Working towards achieving best learning…
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Jan 24, 2021
Power Peace Practice - Grooming kids the right way | Mahesh Sangade - Founder, Ambiclass
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Mahesh Sangade is the founder of AmbiClass and a financial literacy expert. He completed his studies from premier institutes such as IIM Ahmedabad and IIT Guwahati. Mahesh worked with a leading foreign bank before getting into full time leading the team at AmbiClass. He has trained over 600 students in age group 8-14 yrs for financial literacy. He believes that financial literacy needs to be given utmost importance because every kid will have to deal with finances in future irrespective of career path!
About Company: AmbiClass started with 2 kids early last year and now has grown over a family of 1100+ students which are trained in various self-development-oriented sessions. Power Peace Practice (PPP) is our flagship program which is tailor made for age 8 to 14 yrs group to get ready for future! It’s a need of the hour to teach students the art of managing people (self and others) along with finances. This live workshop will transform the way kids approach these both…
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Jan 23, 2021
Skills for life & creativity in classroom – The need of the hour | Naimisha Sanghavi- Founder, Sensorian Edutech
After my Masters and Management degree, I started my journey with Repro India, and was soon one of the leaders for their CQ (Creative Quotient) division, that looked into content and design development.
Soon I found my calling into the education space, with passion to bring innovation to learning content I moved to leadership role at Quadrum Solutions, it gave my opportunity to ideated and developed over 1000+ books and learning material across spectrum and across countries.
Being a self-learner, my profile, passion and interaction with people give me an opportunity to research and bring innovation, and I was able to add a differentiator to every product developed. I enjoyed conceptualising, developing the blue print and then guiding the team to develop a WOW product.
I enjoy being an author (and at times a co-author too), but most of all I enjoy my sessions with children and educators. These interactions help understanding and empathy for both these sections of education society. A…
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Jan 22, 2021
Learning through problem solving | Vishakha Yadav - Founder, Bag of Tricks
After 7 years as an educator, curriculum developer and taking on different roles in schools, Vishakha has her dream gig—an entrepreneur/educator/mom who helps families everywhere, including hers, learn outside.
Vishakha has earned her Bachelors in elementary education degree from Delhi University. She went ahead to explore the forte more and did her MA in Education and Leadership from Tata Institute of Social Science, Mumbai. Prior to Bag of Tricks, Vishakha has worked as an Elementary, Middle school educator for different schools. She taught subjects like English, Theatre and Humanities.
When she is with her son, Vishakha is that unapologetic mom who plays along with him in mud, dances in the pouring rain, and builds a darn good pot with her bare hands. Therefore, when she was on her maternity leave, she realised that her passion solely lied in working together with kids in the best classroom possible- the nature! She puts together activities that help build core skills in the…
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Jan 21, 2021
Influence & Inspire through the spoken word: The science of connecting with your team and others | Kanu Priya Sekhri - Founder, In-Fluent Learning
Kanu Priya Sekhri, an alumna of IIM Bangalore, founded In-Fluent Learning 7 years ago to enable students and teachers to easily develop excellent Public Speaking and Interpersonal skills since these are a critical element of professional success. This year, under her leadership, In-Fluent has seen unprecedented success in developing and delivering fun-based classes for overall personality development and students from across the world have been part of these classes online.
With several years of business experience as a founding member of various start-ups, Kanu Priya has led teams in the areas of strategic growth, business development, marketing & communication, establishing partnerships, and designing leadership training. Apart from leading Team In-Fluent Learning, she conducts workshops for organizations in the space of Personal Excellence and Mastery. These are a combination of skill-building in the areas of Leading Self and Leading Others.
She started her career working with…
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Jan 20, 2021
Inclusive Personal Safety & Comprehensive Sexuality Education in Schools | Dr Sangeeta Saksena, Enfold India
Dr Sangeeta Saksena is a gynaecologist, author, counsellor and activist; working in the field of life skills, sexuality and personal safety for over 25 years. Along with Dr Saldanha, she cofounded Enfold Proactive Health Trust in 2001 to work with children, adolescents and adults in this area. Along with Dr Saldanha, Dr Saksena developed a curriculum on understanding sexuality and personal safety that is age appropriate, culturally relevant, values and rights based and respectful and empowering of Self. She has lead the development of the “Suvidha Kit” by Enfold Trust to explore these topics with children with intellectual disability, autism, and sensory impairment.
Dr Saksena has co – authored “On Track” series on Life Skills and Personal Safety for school students from grade 3-9 (published by Macmillan India). She is the author of Life Skills for Self Development, written for Jyoti Nivas College (Autonomous) Bangalore and the author of Life Skills - workbooks for adults, a…
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Jan 19, 2021
Re-creating Learning Spaces | Yogendra Patidar - Director, CIVOM
A dynamic person, erudite on purpose, an entrepreneur by passion, and proud alumni of EDI & JNV. Yogendra is fervent about cars and executing futuristic ideas. He started in his 20’s and now heads ventures into learning spaces, food processing, and clothing under UWC group of companies. He is also a trustee member in Shiv Om Sai Trust working in many philanthropic activities.
Having tried his hands into quite a few formal and informal enterprises, he always felt a calling in helping people and making a change. He believes in taking the decisions and then making them right. You come as a spark, he will act as a catalyst. He co-founded CIVOM in 2012 after he got inspired by the way the libraries were/are designed in Australia, with a vision to create responsive environments that enhance learning for our future leaders. Being a patriotic self, he has made it his mission to work tirelessly towards the much needed transformation in the education system in India and elsewhere.
He also co…
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Jan 18, 2021
Need for Universal Ethics in Education | Anshu Sahi - Trustee, AyurGyan Nyas
Anshu Sahi, M.Sc. Botany, M.Ed., B. Ed
As the first Born to my Gandhian father and a dynamic mother, she was always inspired by love for children which ultimately resulted in her becoming a teacher and a facilitator for children. She started her Teaching Carrier as a Lecturer in Department of Botany, in Regional College Of Education, Bhopal, and superannuated as Principal, Army Public School ,Dhaula Kuan New Delhi after completing a carrier of 32 years.
She is presently Trustee and Member of Managing Committee of Ayurgyan Nyas a Trust constituted for developing and implementing Curriculum on Universal Ethic based Education in Institutes of learning. She was trained for Development of Teachers Professional Guide “Call to Care” by Mind and Life Institute in Amherst University USA. She is also working as an educational consultant imparting In Service and pre service Training to Teachers and Principals all over India.
She is well known as an enthusiast who is endowed with except…
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Jan 17, 2021
Has online physical education failed? | Kunal Sareen - National Training Director, Zoommer Sport
Kunal Sareen is the founder and National Training director at Zoommer. After his MBA and a brief stint at his family business he soon realized that his passion lies elsewhere. Sport was always close to his heart but the hidden spark was his love for child development. He has a way with children like no other and has always been the pied piper of the family.
It was while running his chain of soccer schools, a business he helped scale across the country that he realised that children needed a structured physical literacy program that focused on developing motor skills. And that’s how Zoommer was born. From the very beginning his vision was to bring global standards and best practices to India in the early years physical development space.
Zoommer is probably the only Indian organisation that has at its very core some of the best curriculum developers from world over. Zoommer PLAY is an Age specific program established to improve the quality and quantity of physical activity of chil…
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Jan 16, 2021
Skill education through Abacus and Vedic Maths | Nalini Anand - CEO, AVAS & IIVA
I am Nalini Anand, B.Tech, MBA and PhD in Child Psycology with 21 years of experience with specialized skills in Operations Management, People Managment and Project Management
Serving Education industry as CEO of G.A Future Educore Pvt Ltd, since 8 years, It is a government affiliated organization, an approved NSDC SKILL INDIA PARTNER, having Global Presence.
Working towards bridging the skill gap through Abacus and Vedic maths. Empowering kids and youth with required skills to become successful in life.
Working closely with Govt in various projects working towards setting universal standards for SKILL EDUCATION as well.
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Jan 15, 2021
Importance of Handwriting and How it can be kept better | Pankaj Garg - Founder, Lets Write
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I Pankaj garg, started my teaching career 26 years ago in 1994 as a Maths teacher in a state board school.
After 8 years of teaching experience. I left my job and started a pre-primary school in Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan.
Within 2 years, I converted pre-primary school into a primary school up till class 8. I never thought of starting 9th to 12th class, because I feel there are so many things which should be changed in our primary schooling pattern.
During this process, I found out some problems in handwriting pattern in schools and where handwriting of students deteriorates. Bad handwriting impacts students academic performance in board and university exams. After deep analysis and research we found out some concepts which helps the students to keep handwriting better forever.
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Jan 14, 2021
Emerging technologies solutions to the educational sectors | Bibhu Mohapatra - COO, 3Idea Technology
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More than 16 years' of corporate experience in Strategic Planning, Sales & Marketing, Business Innovation, Operations and Team Management. Currently, associated with 3 Idea Technology, Mumbai since 2015 handling 3D printing business. Conducted more than 50+ Seminars, Workshops at Colleges / Institutions, Corporate Houses & Webinars for Students, Faculty Members, hobbyist & Working professionals. Prior to 3idea worked with companies like Tata Teleservices Ltd and Bharti Airtel Ltd. Education:
Post Graduate Diploma in International Business from IIFT, New Delhi.
B. Tech (Electronics & Communication Engineering) from NIT, Hamirpur.
PDDM (Professional Diploma in Digital Marketing) from DMI, Ireland.
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Jan 13, 2021
UniApply-The Common Application Platform for School Admissions | Vikram Shah, Chief Business Officer
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Vikram Shah is the Chief Business Officer at NoPaperForms. Vikram’s primary responsibility is to lead the “Uniapply Business” in the school segment and ensure that we serve the School administrators and Parents across India. School admissions especially in India is a massive untapped opportunity and NPF is poised to lead a revolution there. Uniapply is a common application platform for school, which simplifies the school search, application, and enrolment process.
Prior joining to NoPaperForms, Vikram was the Executive Director, South & Central Asia at The College Board. The College Board, a non-for-profit membership organization founded in New York in 1900, has been engaged in India for the last 50 years. Among other programs, The College Board is the owner of global entrance examinations such as the SAT, SAT Subject Tests and Advanced Placement (AP) tests.
Vikram was responsible to lead College Board’s new India office and on-the-groundwork related to th…
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Jan 12, 2021
A Fresh New Approach to School Photography | Brindala Raju Manian - YellowBus School Photography
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Brindala Raju Manian is the founder and the CEO of AAIRA VENTURES, the company that owns YELLOWBUS PHOTOGRAPHY, India’s only company that specialises in School Photography. With a master’s degree in economics, she is also a qualified interior designer with training in entrepreneurship from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. Her entrepreneurial journey has extended in founding and establishing companies in sectors of fine art, design, home interiors, furniture & furnishing, digital printing, and real estate.
She has a passion for anything creative, functional, aesthetic and believes a work of art is an inspiration forever. Having spent 14 years in the field of art consultancy she provided solutions in all aspects of fine art & interior design to homes, hospitality and corporate sectors pan India. This endeavour to decorate and redesign spaces took an upturn when her 3-year-old daughter could not identify herself in her class group photograph.
Her deep…
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Jan 11, 2021
Experiential learning in the hybrid classroom | Girish Nair - Founder & CEO, Curiosity Gym
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GIRISH NAIR is the Founder & CEO of Curiosity Gym. Curiosity Gym is an educational organization that provides curriculum and runs experiential learning Innovation Hubs is schools. Prior to founding Curiosity Gym, Mr. Nair was CEO at Netcore, India's leading email and mobile technology platform service provider and also a Partner at Tandem Capital a Silicon Valley based seed capital fund where he mentored entrepreneurs.
Mr. Nair has worked in Silicon Valley, USA for over fifteen years at technology companies like Siebel, Webvan and Intel in senior engineering management roles prior to his return to India 15 years ago. At both Intel and Webvan, he was one of the youngest Program Managers, tasked with automation of large integrated robotic systems for material handling within Intel’s factories and Webvan’s distribution centres.
Mr. Nair has a Bachelor’s in Engineering from IIT Bombay, a Masters in Industrial Engineering from Virginia Tech and also studied Engin…
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Jan 10, 2021
Education is useless | Rohith K N - Founder & CEO, Future Ready Kids
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Rohith (Linkedin: http://bit.ly/INOV8) is an inventor & innovator with over 20 years of experience. Having worked in creating cutting edge technologies across telecom and internet, with Infosys-Bell labs, and later as director of Innovation in OnMobile global limited, a global leader in telecom services, he anticipated a rapid change in the world the tech would usher in.
As a concerned father of two, with a stint as CEO of ThinkVidya, then a leading portal connecting students & teachers, he started http://futureReadykids.com, to enable kids to tackle the ever-changing future. Here using “Behavioural Engineering”, kids are habituated into “doing by self-learning” using principles of constructivism, bricolage, collaboration, & transfer of learning. Students through SmartProjects self-learn day to day activities connected to syllabus. Similarly, high school students get bite sized hands on experiences of current and future careers all connected to syllabus (vide…
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Jan 9, 2021
Get your school’s branded learning Apps | Ranjan Kumar - Cofounder, Learnyst
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After completing Computer Science Engineering, Ranjan worked with tech giants like IBM and GE for nearly 9+ years. An entrepreneur at heart, he decided to co-founded Learnyst with Shankar in 2014. Since then, Ranjan has been instrumental in helping teachers & coaching institutes in India, launch their academies online. Besides helping teachers cross the technology barriers, he guides them towards building their own profitable online teaching business through his live webinars.
He is an avid listener and loves knowing about people. Back in 2014, Shankar Mahesh (CEO) & Shivaranjan Kumar (CFO) with a cumulative experience of almost 25 years, kick-started their entrepreneurial journey through a small market survey – enquiring teachers who owned coaching institutes about what kind of solution would help them go digital.
Having started its journey in 2014, Learnyst today is one of the fastest-growing LMS companies, catering to 1000+ institutes with more than 3 million stu…
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Jan 8, 2021
Transdisciplinary approach in Virtual Classrooms | Akshal Agarwal, Director, NatureNurture
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Akshal Agarwal is a young and dynamic leader who is settling into his new role at NatureNurture. He is the Director, Operations and is heading the efforts to find progressive school in the country that can work with NatureNurture. His entrepreneurial ambition started at a very young age,whilst pursuing law from the National Law University, Mumbai, a leading law university of the country. Here he secured an All India Rank 13.
His interest in education developed after he was exposed to global pedagogic practices when he attended the London School of Economics and Political Science in the United Kingdom. He also attended the Berlin School of Economics and Law in Germany. He has also researched at University of Oxford about shaping Indian entrepreneurship in the years forward. Furthermore, he has earned a post graduate certification in branding, communication, and digital marketing from MICA.
He has spoken at several international forums and his vision for the company and…
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Jan 7, 2021
Keeping children physically engaged & healthy during school shutdowns | Saumil Majmudar - Co-Founder, CEO & MD, Sportz Village
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Saumil Majmudar is the Co-founder, CEO & Managing Director of Sportz Village. India's leading youth sports organisation that aims to get 100 million children to play.
Saumil represented EduSports on India's leading Social Activism Platform on Television - Aamir Khan's Satyamev Jayate Spor ts episode – where EduSports was chosen as the sustainable & scalable model of getting children to play. He has also received the CII Emerging Entrepreneur Award and has been recognized as one of the “Top 50 Leaders influencing Education” by Education World. school boards, parent forums, federations, brands, ministries and regulatory bodies In his student days, Saumil was selected for the Maharashtra Badminton team and represented IIT Bombay & IIM Bangalore in Football. Saumil is a core committee member of the CII National Committee on Sports and regularly builds the case for a more inclusive and funbased approach to Sports at forums involving school boards, parent forums, fed…
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Jan 6, 2021
A village boy turned IIT’ian: Journey throughout | Er. Dushyant Kumar - B.Tech, IIT Roorkee
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Er Dushyant Kumar is a distinguished Educationist. A self made man, Mr, Kumar face a lot of difficulties in his intial days and struggled to make his way to IIT Roorkee and compeleted his mechanical engeering, which has remained a dream for many.
Unlike others he was not fascinated with the attractive paying scale of the multinational companies, and rejecting all the offers he stepped into teaching students who aimed to become doctors and engineers and making their dreams come true.
Er Dushyant kumar has an experience of over 15 years in teaching chemistry. He started with a batch of 10 and until now he has taught lacs of students onlince and offline. He has authored many books and is keen on innoviating educational transaction. He was the first in India to introduce the idea of digital books for higher education. His unflinching dedication and remarkable contribution as a teacher is commendable. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders…
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Jan 5, 2021
Genetic Intelligence: The Future of Education | Manish Naidu, CEO & Founder - Brainwonders
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Mr. Manish Naidu founded Brainwonders in March 2011. BRAINWONDERS is the largest career counselling organization in the field of Biometric and Psychometric Tests for identifying inborn potential. Mr. Manish Naidu, works with a vision to recognise and channelise one’s abilities to perfection and aim to facilitate growth in the areas of Academic Excellence, Talent Maximisation and Professional Development. Brainwonders provides well-rounded services for quantitative and qualitative enhancement of the individual. Under his leadership, Mr. Manish Naidu has revolutionized the concept of Education and Career Counseling through: Interest-Aptitude Test, U.S. Patented DMIT Test, Personality Test, Intelligence Quotient (I.Q.) Test, School-Connect Programmes, Corporate Assessment and Trainings, and Child-Parent Workshops.
Mr. Manish Naidu has built Brainwonders on years of involvement and expertise in the industry. This body is endorsed by experienced professionals and leader…
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Jan 4, 2021
How can we make children think like a scientist? | Aneesh Bangia, Co-Founder - Open Door
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Aneesh Bangia is an alumnus of IIT Madras. After working in Ashok Leyland for a year, he discovered his love for teaching. He started teaching children and then turned into an entrepreneur to solve the more fundamental issues with the school system. He is the co-founder of a revolutionary start-up called Open Door.
Aneesh started Open Door in 2014 along with his college mate Abhishek Kariwal with the vision of making students better self-learners. In the first year of inception, they started teaching children in small batches in their learning centres in Pune and Bangalore. They used to teach by mainly asking questions and allowing children to understand difficult concepts by themselves.
Aneesh strongly believes that the teachers in classrooms should speak less, ask more questions and once they have asked a question, they should allow children the time to think. The purpose of teaching should mainly be to develop thinking habits among children, with learning of th…
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Jan 3, 2021
Importance of Sports & PE in School Curriculum | Jay Shah, Co-Founder -The Sports Gurukul
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An IT marketing professional, passion & love for sports drove Jay to enter the field of sports in 2002, eventually leading to the founding of TSG, one of India’s first private grass root sports firms. Jay, also a certified Yoga teacher which also forms the basis of the coaches training program of TSG, believes that “sports in the country does not suffer due to lack of places or funds only but essentially lack of ideas and initiatives from people''. In the last 18 years he has been working to promote sports & promote sporting communities and infrastructure at the local level. His creative ways of creating sports spaces led him to create India's 1st full size tennis court on a terrace of a building which was the result of his beliefs of creating unique ideas for sports to work. The work was published in Hindustan times for the unique creation.
Under his leadership, TSG‘s sports idea was selected amongst the Top 40 (among 16,000+) business ideas acro…
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Jan 2, 2021
Fee Payment Made Easy | Dr. Komala Krishna, Director - School Services Society
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Dr. Komala Krishna having 33 years of diversified experience in establishing and administrating schools, associated with universal scouts and guides as commissioner for Andhra and Telangana and got appreciation from president of India and Drona Award.
She has been conferred with a national award, south Indian women achiever’s award, gurubrahma award. RADHA Krishna saman award, APJ Abdul Kalam Excellence award and excellency in education award from UAE and China serving through education to nation is her passion.
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Jan 1, 2021
Innovation is Everywhere, so are we! | Anil Pradhan, Founder - NAPSAT
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Anil Pradhan (a.k.a. Ideas Man of India) is an Indian engineer, innovator, and revolutionary educationist. He is the founder of Navonmesh Prasar Foundation and School for Rural Innovation (IPSFRI), which was founded in 2015 to educate the less-privileged students of Odisha through an interdisciplinary curriculum. He is also known for designing innovative labs, teaching tools, indigenous rockets and projects which solves real-life problems.
After completing his engineering from UCE (University College of Engineering, Burla), Anil has quit three cushy jobs to follow his dreams. His mission is to create a thirst for innovation among students so that every student, regardless of background, becomes an achiever and, in the process, our country progresses. Engineering students go for jobs. However, Anil is exceptional. He founded a school in a rural pocket of Cuttack to boost the zest for creativity among students.
Prior to incorporating Navonmesh Prasar Foundation, An…
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Nov 30, 2020
INVISIBLE | Session 30 | Nepal | Ramchandra Das, Sri Aurobindo Yoga Mandir.
SWAMI RAM CHANDRA: He was born in Purkot, Gulmi District Lumbini zone in 3/11/1963. When he was just 12 years he left for India. Being many months in the streets he joined Indian army but did not like the service and left the Army to start learning Sanskrit. Later he became Vaishnava. He was inspired by the philosophy of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother after reading a book by Sri Aurobindo. And feeling the nectar of his life in Pondicherry he went to Pondicherry in 1983 and settled there for 12 years. After almost 2 decades came back to Nepal and got the inspiration to start the Ashram, Named Sri Aurobindo Yoga Mandir to Materialize the Ideology of Sri Aurobindo and Mother in 24th April 1993. Since then he has been working arduously for this work along with guiding many people spiritually and suggesting the way of life. It’s been small 18 years and this ashram under his single-handed effort has reached a present position as today. Apart from the Ashram in Kathmandu, he has also opened…
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Nov 29, 2020
INVISIBLE | Session 29 | Turkey | Tekin Baransel, BJK Kabataş Foundation Schools
Tekin Baransel was born in Germany in 1975. He lived there until he was 10. He graduated from Boğaziçi University as a Math teacher and started working as a math teacher in a private school and taught math to middle and high school students. In his 3rd year he became the head of math department and dean of students in a new establishing private dormitory school. In his fifth year he became the school principal in a k-8 school and afterwards continued his administrative roles in different private high schools applying the IB programmes. During his career he took several IB trainings such as IB Coordination (cat1&2), Administration (cat1&2), joined several IB symposiums, also attended and graduated succesfully from the PTC(Principals’ Training Center) programmes. The 4 subjects he took during his PTC trainings are Leadership and Group Dynamics, Curriculum Leadership, The Effective Prinicpal, Instructional Supervision and Evaluation. He had the opportunity to experience k-12 school le…
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Nov 28, 2020
INVISIBLE | Session 28 | Afghanistan | Dr. Sakena Yacoobi, Afghan Institute of Learning
Dr. Sakena Yacoobi is the CEO of the Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL), which she founded in 1995 in response to the lack of education and health care that the Afghan people were facing after decades of war and strife. Since its founding, AIL has either directly or indirectly impacted the lives of millions of Afghans. Under her leadership, AIL continues as an innovative organization working at the grassroots level helping communities and individuals. She is also co- founder and Vice President of Creating Hope International (CHI). In addition, Sakena has established private facilities in Afghanistan: 4 schools, a hospital and a radio station. Dr. Yacoobi has 6 honorary doctorates from institutions, including Princeton University. Dr. Yacoobi was honored in 2017 with the Sunhak Peace Prize and in 2016 as the Harold W. McGraw Prize in Education awardee, the 2015 WISE Prize for Education Laureate and the 2013 recipient of the Opus Prize. She is both a Kravis Prize and Gruber Prize a…
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Nov 27, 2020
INVISIBLE | Session 27 | Portugal | José Pacheco, EcoHabitare Consultoria e Projetos
José Francisco de Almeida Pacheco (born 1951) is a Portuguese educator who pioneered a school called Escola da Ponte (Bridge School), in Vila das Aves, Portugal. He is also a published writer, with some books and a wide range of articles. Specialist in Music and Literacy, he holds a master's degree in Science of Education by the School of Psychology and Education of the University of Porto (Universidade do Porto). Pacheco was the principal of Escola da Ponte since 1976, which was founded by him. The school has international prestige for its innovation and good inclusive practices. Pacheco is the author of several books and articles on Educational practice. He has been living in Brazil for the last ten years, attracted by the bigger innovative movement in the area of education and schooling. 2004: In May was awarded by the President of Portugal Jorge Sampaio with the Ordem da Instrução Pública, which is one of the honorific orders of Portugal. This is the attribution of decorati…
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Nov 26, 2020
INVISIBLE | Session 26 | Brazil | Glaucia Rosas, The EduTec Alliance
Glaucia Rosas is an education technology leader and innovation catalyst who works in digital learning projects and in the school management field. She is a qualified teacher and holds a Business Management and Finance degree. She received her Masters degree from Johns Hopkins School of Education on Digital Age Learning and Educational Technology. During her career, she has specialised in School Management, School Leadership and Financial Management. Glaucia is a Microsoft Educator, an Apple Teacher and is in the process of being certified as an ISTE Educator (International Society of Technology in Education). As the former Head of Digital Learning at St. Paul’s School, the prestigious British international school in Sao Paulo, Brazil, she designed and implemented the school’s Digital Learning strategy, for which it received the Microsoft Showcase School and Apple Distinguished School awards for their innovative and creative use of technology in education. Aware of the challenges…
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Nov 25, 2020
INVISIBLE | Session 25 | South Korea | Gudmundur Hegner Jonsson, Dulwich College Seoul
Head of College - Dulwich College Seoul Originally from Iceland, Gudmundur went on to be educated at University College London (UCL) and the University of Sheffield where he studied archaeological science. He has directed numerous research excavations for UCL, the National Museum of Iceland and the University of Cambridge, focusing mostly on Viking age and Medieval settlements. Gudmundur has always had a love of music and studied at the Reykjavik Academy of Singing and Vocal Arts and the Royal Academy of Music, London as a bass vocalist. He has performed various operatic roles and given numerous lieder and oratorio recitals. As an educator Gudmundur has worked for international schools in Serbia, Italy, China and the United Arab Emirates. Prior to joining Dulwich College Seoul, Gudmundur was the Rektor of the United World College Red Cross Nordic on the west coast of Norway. He is passionate about community voice, appreciative inquiry and the role that critical thinking plays in furthe…
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Nov 24, 2020
INVISIBLE | Session 24 | Singapore | Mike Gilmour, GEMS World Academy
Mike Gilmour is an educational leader, author and speaker who is originally from South Africa but is currently based in Singapore. As a passionate believer in human potential, Mike has led organisations and teams, both within education and corporate sectors, to achieve high levels of success. He has a Masters Degree in Educational Leadership and speaks regularly at conferences throughout ASEAN on topics relating to education, leadership and human connections. Mike's first book, The Power Of Rapport , is a reflection of his passion for human connections, and the role they play in organisational and personal success. His book is currently sold in over 20 countries and has helped many people evaluate the role rapport plays in their daily life. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Nov 23, 2020
INVISIBLE | Session 23 | Israel | Yaacov Hecht, Education Cities & Democratic School of Hadera
Hecht (married and father of 4 is an internationally distinguished leader and visionary in innovative education. He is also a sought after speaker and consultant, and plays an essential role in the movement for changing education in Israel and around the world. In 1 987 Yaacov Hecht fulfilled the promise he gave himself as a dyslectic problematic schoolchild and founded the Democratic School in Hadera, Israel the first school in the world to be called a democratic school In 1993 he initiated IDEC International Democratic Education Conference which convenes every year in a different continent. IDEC has facilitated the establishment of hundreds of innovative democratic schools around the globe, 30 of them in Israel. In 19 96, after the assassination of Israel s prime minister, following the request for in-depth educational programs that deal with democracy Yaacov Hecht founded IDE the Institute for Democratic Education that worked on integrating democratic and innovative processes in I…
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Nov 23, 2020
INVISIBLE | Session 22 | Germany | Michael Gebauer, Martin-Luther University Halle
Michael Gebauer is a professor in didactics of primary school education at the Martin-Luther-University in Halle/Germany. He worked as a teacher for science and English language in secondary schools for more than 12 years and was the co-founder of a democratic school. He was also co-founder of the European Democratic Education Community (EUDEC) and organized the first EUDEC Conference in Leipzig. His major fields of research are environmental education and human rights based democratic and inclusive education. He has been working as an author of schoolbooks, teaching materials and articles for more than 30 years. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Nov 21, 2020
INVISIBLE | Session 21 | Cambodia | Kathryn O'Connell, The Giving Tree International School
Kate O’Connell is a passionate educator and learner with 22 years of classroom experience and 17 years of teacher leadership experience. She is pursuing a Certificate of School Management and Leadership through Harvard Business School and Harvard Graduate School of Education. Kate is originally from the United States and has taught both at home and abroad in China, Tanzania, Thailand, and Cambodia. She received her bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University in Elementary Education in 1995 and her Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction in 2001 also from Michigan State University. Kate is an International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program Workshop Leader and also leads other workshops including Compass Education. Kate regularly leads workshops for teachers throughout the Asia-Pacific Region. Online she has coached courses through Harvard Graduate School of Education’s WIDE World. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Nov 20, 2020
INVISIBLE | Session 20 | Ana Yris Guzmán, Nuestra Escuela, Puerto Rico
Co-founder and Executive President of the Alternative Educational Organization based in Puerto Rico, Nuestra Escuela (Our School). This entity was founded in 2000 by Ana Yris and her husband, also an educator, Justo Méndez Arámburu. In addition to their local centers, they promoted the model development in Shule Yetu, the headquarters of Nuestra Escuela in Africa, and created in 2012 the initiative Encuentro Nuestra America (Encounter of Our America), the most important alternative education meeting in Latin America. As a specialist in academic and biopsychosocial approach, Guzmán Torres has vast experience working on educational projects with children and young people who, for various reasons, have moved away from the traditional school. Her work has been recognized by the Hispanics in Philanthropy organization, the School of Social Workers of Puerto Rico, and the Puerto Rico Senate. Ana Yris has been part of the Aflatoun Network since 2010 and is certified as a Regional Trainer of…
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Nov 19, 2020
INVISIBLE | Session 19 | Nigeria | Victor Ekwueme, Metaprogramming Academy
Victor Ekwueme is a visually impaired Information technology (IT) professional. He holds a Computer Science Bachelor's degree from the University of Lagos and two Masters degrees. One from the University of Nottingham, UK and the other from The University of Dundee, UK where he studied MSc IT and MSc Intelligent Computational Systems respectively. On returning to Nigeria from the UK, his eyesight deteriorated severely due to a rare disease called Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP). Victor had to learn new skills to cope with everyday life especially in his career as an IT Consultant. He learnt some braille and also other skills using his mind such as memorisation techniques and mental calculations. Victor has spoken in several conferences about overcoming his struggles and appeared on several online platforms i.e newspapers and digital magazines. He further started an academy (called MetaProgramming Academy) to teach people how to learn metacognition skills through computer programming. He te…
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Nov 17, 2020
INVISIBLE | Session 17 | Spain | Javier Herrero, Ojo De Agua - Ambiente Educativo
From a very young age, deeply interested in education, I have been guided by life and by the call of my heart in this adventure that is life. Father of two daughters, together with my partner Marién, we are involved in the creation in 1999 of “ojo de agua”, an radical initiative of educational innovación based on sustainability, selfdirected learning, respect for others (human or not-human) and democracy. After more than 20 years at the forefront of the education transformation movement at the end of the 20th century, we see clearly that the next natural step is to transform the way we insert ourselves as adults in society. With “Ojo de Sol” (an Alternative Program for a Conscious Leadership), we intend to contribute to a new culture of caring for the earth and all the beings that compound it, compatible with a sacred economy and with the achievement of the personal fulfillment of the “bionautas”. In addition, I have a degree in Pedagogy and Educational Sciences, studies…
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Nov 16, 2020
INVISIBLE | Session 16 | Thailand | Daiju Vithayathil, Panyaden International School
Kru Daiju has been involved in education for over 18 years. He holds Bachelor and master’s degree in Business Administration. Kru Daiju has taught Social Studies Business and Management, Economics and Theory of Knowledge. In the last eighteen years, he has been fortunate enough to have worked at some of the leading schools in China, India, Japan, and the Philippines. He is also a member of the IB Educator Network as a workshop leader and examiner for Business and Management and Extended Essays. He has been involved with and chaired several committees throughout his career. He has served in various coordinator roles, including IB Coordination, technology initiatives, school improvement programs, and has played a critical role in many aspects of educational professional development. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Nov 15, 2020
INVISIBLE | Session 15 | Australia | Fiona McKenzie, Village High School
Fiona McKenzie is a teacher who quickly realised that a conventional school environment was not going to allow her to achieve her vision of generating positive change in the world. It was partly the ‘what’ of the curriculum, but mostly the ‘how’ of the schools she worked in. Sensing that the ‘how’ could not be changed without a new approach to school structure and program design, Fiona established a primary school based on a model that addressed these systemic problems, for 6-12 year old children in a rural area, 150km south of Melbourne, Australia - Koonwarra Village School opened in 2012 with 26 students. Following requests from parents in another community nearby, a second primary school opened on Phillip Island four years later, and in 2020, the opening of a high school (Village High School) became a natural progression as students and parents wanted to maintain their engagement with self-directed learning into the senior years of schooling. Fiona is currently the Pri…
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Nov 14, 2020
INVISIBLE | Session 14 | Vietnam | Nathan B. Swenson, ISHCMC-American Academy
Nathan Swenson has been an educational leader for over 20 years and has had experiences in 4 different countries before moving to Vietnam. Nathan attended Carleton College, Gustavus Adolphus College, and Saint Mary's University to earn a BS in Education, a Master's in Curriculum and Instruction, and a certificate in Educational Leadership. He has been a principal in the USA, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, and Brazil and he is extremely excited to be the Head of School at ISHCMC-American Academy for the 2020-2021 school year. Nathan is passionate about helping children learn and grow as they prepare for the rest of their lives. At ISHCMC-AA he is focused on a positive, caring, and engaging environment and Nathan embraces this moto in all that he does. He spends time getting to know each student and helps meet their individual needs. He has high expectations for the school and students and encourages everyone to reach their fullest potential. Nathan enjoys meeting with families and encoura…
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Nov 13, 2020
INVISIBLE | Session 13 | Japan | Takaharu Tezuka, Tokyo City University/Tezuka Architects
Architect / President of Tezuka Architects / Professor of Tokyo City University
1964 Born in Tokyo, Japan
1987 B. Arch., Musashi Institute of Technology
1990 M. Arch., University of Pennsylvania
1990-1994 Richard Rogers Partnership Ltd.
1994 Founded Tezuka Architects with Yui Tezuka
1996-2008 Associate Professor, Musahi Institute of Technology
2009- Professor, Tokyo City University
Awards
The Best of All, OECD/CELE 4th Compendium of Exemplary Educational Facilities (2011, Fuji Kindergarten)
Prize of Architectural Institute of Japan for Design (2008, Fuji Kindergarten)
Japan Institute of Architects Award (2008, Fuji Kindergarten) (2015, Sora no Mori Clinic)
AR Award 2004, the Architectural Review (Echigo-matsunoyama Museum of Natural Science)
Good Design Gold Prize (1997, Soejima Hospital) (2013, Asahi Kindergarten)
Global Award for Sustainable Architecture 2017, UNESCO
Moriyama RAIC International Prize 2017 (Fuji Kindergarten), Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (R…
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Nov 12, 2020
INVISIBLE | Session 12 | Egypt | Dr. Kapono Ciotti, American International School
Kapono Ciotti is passionate about the science of teaching and learning and has put this practice to work as Director / Head of School at The American International School in Egypt. Kapono is an international trainer and professional development coach, teacher, and a culture and place-based curriculum writer, focusing on culturally appropriate pedagogy. With the Pacific American foundation, he has written for the Kai E’e, Malama Kaho’olawe and Aloha ‘Aina curriculums and facilitated numerous trainings for Department of Education, Charter, Independent and International Schools. He has over 12 years of classroom teaching before moving into senior administration in non-profit, high school and elementary school. He now leads one of the region’s most influential K-12 institutions, AISE. Kapono spent 15 years as a facilitator for the National Association of Independent Schools specializing in issues of diversity in education, and a contributor to national movements in project-based, a…
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Nov 11, 2020
INVISIBLE | Session 11 | USA | Jerry Mintz, Alternative Education Resource Organization
Jerry Mintz has been a leading voice in the alternative school movement for over 30 years. In addition to his seventeen years as a public and independent alternative school principal and teacher, he has also helped found more than one hundred public and private alternative schools and organizations. He has lectured and consulted in more than twenty-five countries around the world.
In 1989, he founded the Alternative Education Resource Organization and since then has served as it’s Director. Jerry was the first executive director of the National Coalition of Alternative Community Schools (NCACS), and was a founding member of the International Democratic Education Conference (IDEC).
In addition to several appearances on national radio and TV shows, Jerry’s essays, commentaries, and reviews have appeared in numerous newspapers, journals, and magazines including The New York Times, Newsday, Paths of Learning, Green Money Journal, Communities, Saturday Review, Holistic Education Revie…
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Nov 10, 2020
INVISIBLE | Session 10 | Malaysia | Dr Putri Afzan Maria Binti Zulkifli, KinderKaizen & Sri Aria School
A dedicated and passionate advocator of Early Childhood Education (ECE), play pedagogy focusing on emotional development who started her journey in the education industry upon returning from her 7 years of studies in the United Kingdom, in 2012. She first designed and produced an interactive courseware for children during her degree years in Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP). This led her to pursue MA Development in Global Societies in Leeds Beckett University and continued her doctorate journey in Cognitive Science, Sussex University.
Seeing too much focused on academic learning as young as 4, she decided to resign as a lecturer, left the academia to venture into the industry to understand the issues in ECE. Challenged by her husband after series of talks, to prove what was said on the importance of ECE, she designed her own Play Based Learning Kindergarten Model called KinderKaizen in 2014. A model that fits the culture, and evidence based research, she was called to run one, to w…
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Nov 9, 2020
INVISIBLE | Session 9 | Ireland | Andrew Homden, CEO - Consilium Education
In a career of forty years, Andy Homden has worked in some of the most prominent international schools in the world both as a teacher and leader. Having graduated with a degree in Modern History from Oxford, where he also trained as a teacher, he taught in the UK before starting his international career at Island School in Hong Kong. Leadership appointments followed at the British School in Jakarta where he was Head of Secondary and then as Director of Schools at the Alice Smith School in Kuala Lumpur. Headships followed at Enka Schools in Istanbul, Bangkok Patana School and then in Dubai with Taaleem LLC, as Principal of Dubai British School and founding Principal of Jumeira Baccalaureate School. He is the founder and CEO of Consilium Education, a specialist group of consultants advising emerging international school. Andy is currently the international education consultant to the DPS-STS school in Dhaka, Bangladesh, assisting the Board and Senior Leadership Team with the developmen…
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Nov 8, 2020
INVISIBLE | Session 8 | New Zealand | Virginia Kung, Deputy Principal - Newmarket Primary School
Virginia Kung is an experienced school leader, an Adjunct Lecturer for the University of Auckland and the Deputy Principal at Newmarket Primary School in Auckland, New Zealand. Newmarket Primary School is an inner city school established in 1887. Auckland City has built up around the school. Currently, the school has a diverse migrant roll, which includes 10% of students from India. She has been a member of the senior leadership team for 11 years. She has expertise in using Structured Observed Learning Outcomes Taxonomy (SOLO) to enhance learning outcomes and raise student achievement. In addition, she regularly mentors teachers in the use of SOLO for teaching and learning.
Over the past two years, Virginia has focused her teacher inquiry around the "Plan to Pedagogy Project". http://www.iletc.com.au/
The Innovative Learning Environments and Teacher Change (ILETC) project is an Australian Research Council Linkage Project funded led by The University of Melbourne. The project…
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Nov 7, 2020
INVISIBLE | Session 7 | South Africa | Je'anna Clements, Riverstone Village/FHREE
Je’anna Clements (BA Psychology Hons) is co-founder and facilitator at Riverstone Village, a Democratic, Self-Directed Education community in South Africa. Following her degree in Philosophy, Political Science and Psychology, Je’anna trained as an Aware Parenting Instructor, counsellor and educational play facilitator. She is passionate about child participation and co-facilitated child participation discussions for Save The Children Sweden. During this process she became aware of how many young people found their education to be oppressive and limiting rather than empowering. After becoming a mother in 2005 she had to consider which education approach would be most compatible with her family's best interests. She convened a reading group on alternative education, but found that the more she explored alternative approaches such as Waldorf and Montessori, the more she felt dissatisfied with the level of empowerment of the young people concerned.
She registered for her Masters in…
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Nov 6, 2020
INVISIBLE | Session 6 | Canada | Chelsea Thomas & Erin Fleming, We Learn Naturally
Chelsea Thomas Profile :
Chelsea Thomas lives on the West Coast of Canada and is an unschooling mom of 4. She is completing her PhD (ABD) in Education at the University of Victoria and she regularly involves herself in advocacy projects within the university and community. Her most recent community based learning and healing projects include a community-school-university partnership project focused on integrating Indigenous ways of knowing and being into the BC K-12 science curriculum www.livinglabproject.ca and advocating for educational choice for families with www.welearnnaturally.com , an organization committed to advancing children's rights and youth allyship. Her doctoral research will focus on how Canadian families from a poverty-class heritage who have been historically excluded from equitable educational opportunities including home learning, perceive and describe their uncommon experience of unschooling in terms of both nurturing a sense of belonging and as a decolonizing ap…
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Nov 5, 2020
INVISIBLE | Session 5 | Finland | Marko Koskinen, Phoenix Online School
Marko Koskinen, 47yo, from Finland is the founder of Phoenix Online School, a K9 elementary homeschooling alternative for students in Finland. During years 2017-2019 Marko was a member of the Council of the European Democratic Education Community (EUDEC) and has been an active member of the Democratic Education community for over two decades.
Marko began his revolutionary education career as a student at the Helsinki University by initiating a student movement at the Helsinki University Education department demanding change in the teaching practices. The end result was a formation of a new kind of teacher education line, where the teacher students decide themselves about their curriculum. There are no tests and the evaluation is mostly based on peer evaluation and mentoring.
Marko has worked as a teacher in pre-primary, primary, secondary and adult education for 15 years. His experience has led him to affirm the many critiques towards the education system he already had when he moved…
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Nov 4, 2020
INVISIBLE | Session 4 | Netherlands | Margo Bruins, Democratic School De Ruimte Soest
My name is Margo Bruins, I am Born in the Netherlands and I see myself as a world citizen.
I created a democratic school together with other people in 2003.
I work as a staff member at democratic school DeRuimte Soest.
I discovered years ago that I am free and capable to change the world. And my domain is to do it through educating youngsters.
In the Netherlands almost all of the democratic schools work with the consent methode.
That is a way of democratic decision making without stride, without discussion, or trying to convince other people.
It is a method of using each other's mindsets, to get better, richer proposals and decisions that everybody wants.
I would like to inspire people to be bold and believe in the change we all can make. Little or big:)
I also want to explain in the video conference how decision making by consent-method works in our school and what it does in creating world peace. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Nov 3, 2020
INVISIBLE | Session 3 | USA | Dr. Jean Lomino, Wauhatchie School & Forest School Teacher Institute
Jean Lomino holds a Ph.D. in Leadership with an emphasis in Environmental Education. She was a classroom teacher for 20 years, and since 2000 she has been an adjunct professor for a Master’s Degree program in Outdoor Teacher Education. Jean served as Executive Director of Reflection Riding Arboretum and Nature Center in Chattanooga TN from 2005-2013. In 2015 she co-founded Wauhatchie School, the first forest kindergarten in the state of Tennessee which in the past five years has grown to include four forest school sites in the Chattanooga area with an enrollment of 160 students. Jean is also founder and lead trainer of the Forest School Teacher Institute and has trained over 200 forest school teachers from the US, Canada, China, Korea and South Africa, including two months working with teachers at No Boundaries Forest Kindergarten in Guangzhou, China. In 2018 she collaborated with Dr. Jiyoun Shin, Vice-Chair of the Korean Forest Kindergarten Association, to conduct research concern…
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Nov 2, 2020
INVISIBLE | Session 2 | Kuwait | Kevin Fullbrook, Al-Bayan Bilingual School
Kevin Fullbrook is the Deputy Director at Al-Bayan Bilingual School, Kuwait. Having started his career as a Math and Physical Education teacher in a remote Australian school, he then worked at a range of schools across the country, before serving in leadership positions throughout Australia, China, and the Middle East. Having participated in the Think Tank on Global Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education in 2016, Kevin then went on to be named one of 'The Educator' magazines Rising Stars of Education under 40 years old.
Kevin is passionate about fostering innovation and creativity in education. He is the country lead innovation ambassador in Kuwait for the HundrED project out of Finland, a not for profit organization that seeks out and shares outstanding educational innovation around the globe. He is also a member of the LearnLife network alliance. He has a Bachelor of Applied Science, Bachelor of Education, and an MBA, and is a fully qualified Justice of the Peace. ---…
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Nov 1, 2020
INVISIBLE | Session 1 | Sri Lanka | Nuwan Dissanayaka, Sri Lankan Dreams
Nuwan Dissanayaka is a renowned educationist in the field of innovative education. By profession he is a teacher as well as school administrator. His teaching and learning concept "Feel and Learn" got recognized as the best educational research at The World Conference on Education 2017. He is the one who introduced the concept of "Most Innovative Teacher" Award for Sri Lanka, which was then replicated by many schools around the country as well as around the world. Moreover, He is the founder of "A Sri Lankan Dreams" an independent education movement which organizes workshops around the country catering both students and teachers with international standards. For these initiatives he was awarded with Gold award for Service of Excellence in Sri Lanka for year 2019.
Mr. Dissanayaka is also the founder of "VOICE" concept which is an international event where students around the world are given an opportunity to raise their voice directly to education policy makers in order to create a…
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Sep 30, 2020
Soulful स्कूल | Session 30 | J K Sinha, IPS (Retd.) - Shoshit Seva Sangh, Bihar
Shri Jyotinivas Kumar Sinha was born on 16th of July, 1945. He did his schooling from St. Xavier’s School, Patna. Thereafter, he joined St. Stephen’s College, Delhi, in 1961 and graduated with History (Honours) in 1964. He did Masters in History from the Delhi University in 1966 and joined the Indian Police Service in 1967. He was allotted the Bihar Cadre but served in his home state for a very short period and went on deputation to the Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India in 1971. During his service with the Cabinet Secretariat he served in India and abroad with great distinction. He was awarded the ‘Indian Police Medal’ for meritorious service in 1987 and the ‘Sarvottam Seva Suraksha Patra’ for distinguished service in 2000. He retired as Special Secretary in 2005.
On retirement he decided to return to his home state and settled in Patna with the sole objective of working for the welfare of the ‘Musahar’ community of Bihar, perhaps, the most downtrodden and pove…
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Sep 29, 2020
Soulful स्कूल | Session 29 | Indraa Raju - Abheek: Centre for Experiential Learning
Founder : Abheek ; Centre for Experiential Learning
From humble beginnings, to exploration with a desire to excel!!
I am Indraa Raju, from Bengaluru, South India. A journey of a young girl to becoming an entrepreneur in the field of education, is my path of learning. An avid follower of Swami Vivekananda , my philosophies to life grounded me to connect with nature , Indian traditions and learnings.
My journey with my elder daughter (Trupthi) showed me great disparity in the education system which helped me to explore opportunities for my experiences to float newer learning and unlearning past systems. In my search towards holistic education, I experienced various avenues, met great educators and personalities who guided me to become an entrepreneur. The early part of my journey as a trainer and facilitator took me to the challenge of protecting and nurturing the goodness and innocence in children, making headway to the growing demands of the contemporary world.
My dream found its g…
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Sep 28, 2020
Soulful स्कूल | Session 28 | Liza Sreedharan - Keshar Academy of Learning (KAL), Goa
Having completed my training in Waldorf education at Emerson College, Forest Road, East Sussex, U.K in 1986, I returned to India and worked in a mainstream school for three years. As a Waldorf educator I found a need to make changes in the method and delivery of education. I wished to implement an alternative way of education based on the teachings of the philosopher Rudolf Steiner and the philosophy of Waldorf education.
Keshar Academy of Learning was born in 1992. It began with a playgroup which grew organically into a kindergarten and then into class 1 and subsequently all the way up to class 12, adding a class every year. In 2005 we became a Cambridge accredited school enabling us to offer the IGCSE, and the AS/A Levels Cambridge examinations. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Sep 26, 2020
Soulful स्कूल | Session 26 | Dr. Achyuta Samanta, Founder - KIIT and KISS, Odisha
Achyuta Samanta, after obtaining Master’s Degree in Chemistry in 1987 from Utkal University, started his career at 22 years of age. He has 30 years of teaching experience to his credit so far. Prof. Samanta went on to serve KIIT as its first Chancellor and has had the distinction of being the youngest Chancellor of any Indian University. He served University Grants Commission (UGC) as Member for two consecutive terms (2008-11 & 2011-2014) and was a Member of the Executive Committee of All Indian Council for Technical Education (AICTE). He was also a member of several other Government of India bodies like, NCTE, ISTE, ISCA, COIR BOARD, CAPART and many more. He has been a Member of the Academic Council of Central University, Silchar, Assam and the Central University, Odisha. He was the first Indian to be Member of both UGC and AICTE simultaneously and the first Odia to become Member of UGC and many other statutory bodies. Currently he is the President of World Congress of Poets 2019.…
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Sep 25, 2020
Soulful स्कूल | Session 25 | K. Prabhakaran - The Lawrence School, Lovedale, Ooty
Mr. Prabhakaran has been in the education sector for 34 years. His rich experience in National (CBSE and ICSE) and International Curriculum (IB and IGCSE) has impacted not just the students but teachers too. With his diverse knowledge in various academics feats, he has served as the Assistant Headmaster and Dean of Academics of Doon School, Dehradun. He actively enjoys curriculum development, pastoral care and counselling for students. Apart from teaching and school administration, Mr. Prabhakaran has been deeply involved in social and community services, including Round Square programmes, for helping underprivileged students. He has led the students and teachers of the in setting up and re-building damaged schools in the earthquake and flash-flood affected areas of Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Rudra Prayag, areas of Himalayas (Uttarkahnd) and Wayaad, Gudalur and other parts of Western ghats (Kera…
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Sep 24, 2020
Soulful स्कूल | Session 24 | Dr Craig Allen Cook - Woodstock School, Mussoorie
Craig has family connections with Asia which stretch back over five generations. His great grandmother was involved with the famous Chefoo School in northern China.
Craig earned his BA degree in Intercultural Studies at Biola University, California, in 1984. He completed his M.Div. in Theology from the same university in 1986. He has a Ph.D. in Sociology from Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines. His doctoral dissertation focused on the introduction of women’s basketball to the Philippines by American educators, entitled The Social Construction of Bodies through Basketball during the American Occupation: 1906-1922, and was awarded the John F. Doherty, S.J. Award for Social Justice. Craig’s research interests lie at the intersection of sociology of the body, gender, and sport. He currently serves as President of the International Sociological Association’s Research Committee on Sociology of the Body. He started his teaching career as a High School Teacher in La Habra,…
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Sep 23, 2020
Soulful स्कूल | Session 23 | Peter John Bird - The International Village School Chennai
Mr Peter Bird originates from a small rural village in South Cambridgeshire, UK. His humble beginnings started in Corporation housing and his father was known locally as the Professor because he was the only one they knew that had attended Technical College in Cambridge. Until the age of 16 he attended school within his village and had never traveled outside of the UK. Mr Bird left school with minimum qualification and was in a real sense a school failure. Why did a modern day successful school Superintendent fail school? Well in Mr Bird’s opinion he did not fail school, the education system failed him. The memory game of traditional education kills children's creativity and passion to learn which is why he hated school. Mr Bird then started on a long road to prove his intelligence despite his school results resulting in a varied career in many fields which he will share with you.
The connecting factor in all his career successes has been his sheer determination to not accept the cu…
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Sep 22, 2020
Soulful स्कूल | Session 22 | Allan Kjaer Andersen - Chaman Bhartiya School, Bengaluru
Originally from Denmark, Allan has over four decades of experience as an educator; and over three decades of experience in senior administrative positions in Denmark. He is armed with an M.A. in Danish language, literature and history as well as a Master’s in Public Administration. He has taught Danish language and literature as well as communication and IT.
Allan is a visionary leader in the field of education and believes that Preparing students to succeed in a rapidly changing 21st-century environment begins in schools. He is the Founder and Principal of the globally recognised Orestad Gymnasium School in Copenhagen, Denmark, which is recognised amongst the 15 most innovative schools globally. The school was the first globally to go 100% digital and has been visited by eminent personalities like Prince Harry. The school is renowned for its’ innovative learning environment with open spaces instead of traditional classrooms, its strong emphasis on media skills, fully digitalised…
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Sep 21, 2020
Soulful स्कूल | Session 21 | Poornima Arun - Marudam Farm School, Tamil Nadu
Qualification: M. Sc., B. Ed. (special education), Diploma in counselling Work experience: 1. Head teacher, at Marudam farm school since June, 2009 2. Science, Maths and language teacher at primary, middle and secondary levels at Olcott memorial High school from 1996 – 2009 3. Worked with street children in Dharavi, Mumbai, 1993 -1996 Languages: Tamizh, English, Hindi, Malayalam (only speaking) Interests: Dance, Music, Theatre, Crafts, all traditional art and craft forms, Environment
I was part of an Action research programmed conducted by the British council, called the – Teaching English to the disadvantaged [TED]. This was a very useful and educative programme for all of us. Employment generation Working in close contact with Hemant from Centre of scientific research in Auroville, we created a model of employment generation with a group of my ex- students, replacing kerosene lamps with solar lanterns in the shops on the Elliot’s beach. This was a very simple but impactful mo…
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Sep 20, 2020
Soulful स्कूल | Session 20 | Shibani Ghosh - Organization For Awareness of Integrated Social Security (OASiS), Bhopal
"A social entrepreneur from heart, Shibani is the Co founder of ‘Parvarish - The Museum School’, an innovative education Project of OASiS.
As a Founding Member of OASiS - A Social Innovations Lab, Shibani has been at the core of all education innovations in the organisation. After completing her Masters in English Literature, and Bachelor in Education, she thought of doing something different, to educate masses, not classes. She started a Museum based School to teach underprivileged children through Museum Exhibits in the year 2005. She collaborated with 5 museums of her city and began the journey. Her journey began with 40 children 15 years back, and today there are approx 100 children from 10 slums of Bhopal attending her school regularly. More than 4500 children have benefitted from this initiative of her. Some of them are now pursuing Engineering, Science, Commerce, Arts, Pharmacy and Fashion Designing undergraduate courses, some are pursuing Performing Arts, some have started…
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Sep 19, 2020
Soulful स्कूल | Session 19 | Vaibhav Chhabra - Makers Asylum, Mumbai
Vaibhav Chhabra is a mechanical engineer by education but a carpenter by passion. A graduate from Boston University, Vaibhav spent the first 2 years of his career at EyeNetra, a startup from MIT Media Labs, building portable Virtual Reality based eye diagnostic devices. While working with the rural community in India for his eye diagnostic prototype, Vaibhav founded ‘Makers Asylum.’ Maker’s Asylum is a community space focussed on fostering innovation through hands-on learning. It also provides access to an ecosystem of stakeholders which includes Governments, Businesses, Incubators/Accelerators, Investors and subject matter experts. The space houses various labs that are co-located in order to facilitate prototyping of ideas that are interdisciplinary in nature. Vaibhav essentially coupled his degree with his passion to create the first community Makerspace in India. The key focus of this space is to foster education in areas of sustainability and disability. The flagship program…
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Sep 18, 2020
Soulful स्कूल | Session 18 | Urvashi Sahni - Study Hall Educational Foundation, Lucknow
Dr Urvashi Sahni is a social entrepreneur, women rights activist and educationist. Through her various organizations, she has been working for the rights of children and women for over three decades. She is a leading expert in school governance, curriculum reform and teacher training with a special focus on girls’ education and the use of technology in education. Dr Sahni is a non-resident fellow at the Center for Universal Education - Brookings Institution. She has been recognized by the Obama Foundation Global Girls Alliance and the Clinton Foundation as a Change Maker. In 2017, she was declared the Social Entrepreneur of the Year India by the Schwab-Jubilant Bhartiya Foundation, and joined the international fellowship of Schwab social entrepreneurs. Dr Sahni was awarded the Ashoka Fellowship in the year 2011. She received Berkeley’s Haas International Award for her efforts to reform education in India and bolster education for girls in the year 1994. Dr Sahni was also invited to…
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Sep 17, 2020
Soulful स्कूल | Session 17 | Radhakanta Meher - The Chirag School, Uttarakhand
Radhakanta is the School Leader of Chirag School. He is a Stronge ducation professional with a Master's degree focused in Education from Azim Premji University, Bangalore. He is a experienced School Leader with a demonstrated history of working in the education management industry. He has been an educator for the last 10 years in various capacities and in various national and international schools. He is a lifelong learner and leader who believes in the value of building trust in children through a fear-free and joyful learning environment and is passionate about teaching in the educational setup as a means to create a learning organizational culture across the organisation.
Work Experience
1. Working as school principal at Chirag School, Nainital (2019 onwards)
2. Worked as a teacher at Mirambika, New Delhi (2009 to 2013)
3. Worked as a teacher at Heritage School, Gurgaon (2013 to 2017)
4. Worked as a consultant at Foundation for MSME cluster, New D --- Send in a voice message: h…
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Sep 16, 2020
Soulful स्कूल | Session 16 | Bodhirupa Sinha - Patha Bhavana, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan
Born in 1966, Bodhirupa Sinha spent her childhood and part of her college days at Visva Bharati, Santiniketan, the Ashram set up by Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, which later became a Central University of repute, specialising in indepth research in Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, World Literature, different kinds of art forms and above all, in educational pedagogy. Later she moved to Kolkata in pursuit of higher education. The ambience of her childhood imbibed in Bodhirupa certain inclinations and values, which have paved the path for her future life.
Bodhirupa has been actively associated with the world of education initially as a teacher and later as an Academic Administrator since the past three decades. For the last fifteen years, Bodhirupa Sinha has been associated with Patha Bhavana, Visva Bharati at Santiniketan in the capacity of Principal . In her long career as an educationist and academic visionary, and also as someone deeply influenced by the Educational Philosophy of Ta…
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Sep 15, 2020
Soulful स्कूल | Session 15 | Rajendran Dandapani - Zoho Schools of Learning, Tamil Nadu
Director of Engineering - Zoho Corporation.
After dropping out of IIT-Madras as an Engineer in Electronics and Electrical Communication, Rajendran was part of the founding team at Zoho Corporation, then called Vembu Systems. Later, he spent seven years at Xerago, Asia's largest New-Age Marketing Entity, as their Chief Algorithms Officer, managing projects and services for clients including Citibank and Sify. After rejoining Zoho Corporation in 2004, he has been serving a triple role at the company. He spearheads mobile development at Zoho, with a multi-talented team that builds mobile Apps for its 45 million+ customers.
He is the President at Zoho Schools of Learning, Zoho's own ongoing social experiment seen by many as a viable alternative to conventional college education. He is also a TEDx speaker and a technology evangelist who tries to share hard-earned advice and best practices from his two dozen years of professional experience. Beyond work, he is a contra-academician at heart…
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Sep 14, 2020
Soulful स्कूल | Session 14 | Shaheen Mistri - Teach For India, Mumbai
CEO, TEACH FOR INDIA
Shaheen grew up in 5 countries around the world, and returned to India when she was 18 to start Akanksha . F or 17 years, she worked with teachers and students, building Akanksha to provide children from low- income communities the kind of education that would maximize their greatest potential. Today, Akanksha serves 9300 children through their School Project and after-school centres in Mumbai and Pune. In 2008, Shaheen founded Teach For India , with an audacious vision of providing an excellent education to all children across India through building a pipeline of leaders committed to ending educational inequity in India. Today, Teach For India directly impacts approximately 32,000 children across seven regions in India. Shaheen has also created projects like the Maya Musical , the Kid's Education Revolution which explore student leadership, creating platforms for student voice and partnership, and TFIx , which is a year-long incubator program for passionate entre…
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Sep 13, 2020
Soulful स्कूल | Session 13 | Shukla Bose - Parikrma Humanity Foundation
Current involvements:
In the year 2003, Shukla started the Parkirma Humanity Foundation - A roof-top school in Rajendranagar in Bengaluru with 165 students from the slums. Today, with over four schools and one junior college, Parikrma Humanity Foundation continues to offer high quality education and support to 1500 children from four orphanages and over 80 slums in the city and was awarded the No.1 Social Impact School in India 2019-20.
A TED speaker, Shukla Bose has been contributing towards shaping and influencing education policies at the State and National level. Shukla is a member of the Karnataka Knowledge Commission (KKC) - headed by Dr. K Kasturirangan. She is the academy Member, HundrED Organization, Finland. She has published three papers in international journals and contributes opinion pieces for national dailies on education and policies.
She has been nominated as the chairperson to draft the Karnataka school education policy, and works with the Karnataka State Conf…
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Sep 12, 2020
Soulful स्कूल | Session 12 | Ishani Shah Verdia - Sahaj Natural Learning Centre, Udaipur
Founder at Flurn, Co-founder at Sahaj Natural Learning Centre, and Defender of children's right to Freedom, Respect and Play After having completed her chartered accountancy from Ahmedabad, Ishani started her career with Ernst & Young in Mumbai and the stint lasted for a year till getting married and shifting base to Udaipur. Ishani’s heart and passion have been elsewhere: she always had a strong urge to inculcate life skills in young adults and, with this intention, founded Flurn in 2011 in Udaipur; ever since its inception, Ishani has been conducting workshops for young children.
Her early childhood explorations began with her motherhood. When her daughter was 5 months old, Ishani read about the life-transforming tools on respectful parenting by Magda Gerber and her life started evolving. She found answers to the questions that had been haunting her throughout the growing up years. As she introspected about her own life journey and what she had been learning, a realisation dawned…
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Sep 11, 2020
Soulful स्कूल | Session 11 | Maya Menon - The Teacher Foundation, Bengaluru
Founder Director – The Teacher Foundation
MBA (Education Management) with distinction - University of Leicester, UK;
Diploma in Journalism with distinction - Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, New Delhi
B.Ed. - Delhi University;
B.Sc. (Botany Honours) - Delhi University
Maya has been in the field of education for over 3 decades. Her areas of professional experience include conceptualizing, designing and implementing a wide range of school and teacher-related projects and services – including the Wipro Applying Thought in Schools Teacher Empowerment Project initiated in 2001 and Safe & Sensitive Schools initiated in 2009 and most recently the development of the Indian Social and Emotional Learning Framework (ISELF) – an age-banded set of standards for Social & Emotional Learning for Indian schools. In 1988, she set up the Newspaper in Education Programme for The Times of India in Bangalore. Her interests include school effectiveness research and whole school improvement, teacher develop…
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Sep 10, 2020
Soulful स्कूल | Session 10 | Savitha Ravi - Pramiti School, Bengaluru
Savitha Ravi has a degree in Bachelor of Commerce after which she did her Technical Communication from the University of California, Berkeley. She has completed the certified training in Inclusive Education, Early Intervention and pre-primary Montessori Education. She completed her certification from the Cambridge International Diploma in Teaching and Learning (CIDTL). After working in schools like Kensri Academy of Excellence, Head Start Montessori House of Children with children from varied backgrounds and age groups, she has now Co-founded Pramiti School which is an inclusive school that has learners from pre-school to Grade 12. She is also the Co-founder of Ekayana Learners Huddle Pvt. Ltd. that works towards using Science as a base of education right from pre-school years. She was awarded by the Brindavan Education Trust for her contributions and outstanding work in the field of inclusion. She has conducted several workshops and developed curriculum for various subjects across var…
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Sep 9, 2020
Soulful स्कूल | Session 9 | Dr. Shayama Chona - Tamana Foundation, Delhi
Dr.(Mrs.) Shayama Chona
“Awarded Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan by the President of India, former Principal, Delhi Public School, RK Puram
Dr.Shayama Chona, Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan Awardee, is former Principal of Delhi Public School RK Puram, New Delhi - a world class institution. Her efforts to break the barriers of schools to include the poor and the handicapped are unprecedented. She has launched major initiatives to strengthen school teaching of STEM subjects: Science, Technology ,Engineering and Mathematics which now also includes Arts and has moved from STEM to STEAM. She is a strong advocate of critical thinking and believes that it should be promoted since childhood by parents and teachers alike.
Dr. Chona has been serving as a member of over 99 Advisory Boards, Committees , Educational Institutions and is a member of UNESCO. She has been associated with the Special Olympics, Concerned Action Now’ and the Society for Human Development .She has been named i…
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Sep 8, 2020
Soulful स्कूल | Session 8 | Ramanjaneyulu GV - Centre for Sustainable Agriculture, Hyderabad
Ph.D. in Agriculture from Indian Agricultural Research Institute
BSc (Ag) and MSc (Ag) from Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University
Current work:
Executive Director, Centre for Sustainable Agriculture
Expert Director, Sahaja Aharam Producer Company
Earlier selections and work experience
1995: Indian Revenue Service (IRS)
1996: Agricultural Research Service (ARS) till 2004
Contacts: ramoo@csa-india.org, http://www.ramoo.in
Focus of work
• Working on public policy issues impacting on food systems and farmers livelihoods and a framework to ensure income security for farmers
• Working with farmers in AP, Telangana, Maharashtra in establishing ecologically and economically sustainable agriculture models
• Building a Community marketing System ‘Sahaja Aharam’ linking farmer cooperatives directly to consumers.
• Working on building rural entrepreneurship
• Working on Open Source Seed systems
• Working as a resource organisation supporting the programs of…
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Sep 7, 2020
Soulful स्कूल | Session 7 | Supriya Raj Joshi - Chashak Gurukul, Mumbai
Supriya Joshi, Pioneer of homeschooling movement in India & Co-founder of Indian Association of Homeschoolers
Presenter & Panelist to National Conferences on Alternative Education
Presenter at TED for Pursuit of Happiness
Worked on remedial education of hundreds of youth in various categories like slow learners, dyslexic children, cancer patients, street children to name a few Work is recognised by leading newspaper, AIR & television channels --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Sep 7, 2020
Soulful स्कूल | Session 6 | Sachin Desai - Syamantak - "University of Life", Dhamapur
Sachin Desai, age 45, born and brought up in Mumbai. Started career from hospitality industry. Later started a firm in computer-aided learning. Initiated this unique concept from the remotest tribal village schools of Madhya Pradesh in 1998. Left Mumbai forever and expanded this concept in Madhya Pradesh. After marriage both of us felt need to migrate from Bhopal to rural village to groom our daughter in “Gramin Sankriti”close to nature. Our grandfather who is also our spiritual guru inspired us to migrate to our 90 years old ancestral house in Konkan region of Maharashtra. The house was well constructed with Laterite stone and lime by our great grandfather who had eventually migrated to Kolhapur to work as Professor of Mathematics. The house was not in use for a decade. We migrated to Dhamapur village in 2007 with our 3 years old daughter Mrunalini. A learning centre called “School Without Walls” was started accommodating 4 students. Two from a local orphanage who had pa…
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Sep 5, 2020
Soulful स्कूल | Session 5 | Santhya Vikram - Yellow Train School, Coimbatore
A passionate educator, dreamer, believer and a crusader for the cause of children. Santhya Vikram is deeply moved by the need for renewal in the human spirit and in education. She believes that something must change in the world, as we know and live in, today. And that the children will be the bringers of this new dawn. She believes in an education that is forming, life giving and nourishing.
When she was 12, she read - Totto Chan - an endearing Japanese tale of how one man’s love could transform the destiny of the children in his fold during the darkest times of the second world war. She dreamt of finding a school where every child - with whatever ability, disability or background could belong, and grow to find their purpose in this world. Yellow Train is a manifestation of this dream. “I am enslaved in one vast love affair with the children that I teach…” These words from Sylvia Ashton Warner, comes closest to what I feel when I teach, she says.
Professional Backg…
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Sep 4, 2020
Soulful स्कूल | Session 4 | Dr. Ramesh Bijlani, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Delhi Branch
Dr. Ramesh Bijlani is a medical doctor, writer, teacher, scientist, and above all a person committed to using his unique blend of talents for touching the hearts and lives of his fellow beings. Educated at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, where he did his MBBS and MD; and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge MA, USA, where he did a master’s course in nutrition, Dr Bijlani spent nearly 30 years on the faculty of AIIMS, teaching and conducting research on nutrition in relation to cardiovascular disease and diabetes. In 1992 he started going into the depths of yoga, specially the integral yoga of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. His personal and professional life converged in the year 2000 when he initiated at AIIMS a patient care facility for providing lifestyle modification courses based on yoga. In the year 2005, he took voluntary retirement from AIIMS to find more time for dissemination of yoga. Soon after that, he moved to Sri Au…
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Sep 3, 2020
Soulful स्कूल | Session 3 | Brian H B Jenkins - Sholai School, CLOAAT, Kodaikanal
Sholai School was established in 1989 by the British-born, Brian Jenkins, who so named it because of a "certain beauty and naturalness" inherent in the name. A Social Anthropologist from the University of Sussex, Brian Jenkins ('BJ') taught for 14 years at the J. Krishnamurti Educational Centre at Brockwood Park, UK. Inspired by J Krishnamurti (JK), BJ, believes, "we need to explore a new culture of alertness which is sustainable, emphasises self-awareness, dialogue, and right relationships among all of us, human beings".
While at Brockwood Park, BJ frequently interacted with JK exploring with him how to live a life of intelligence and sensitivity and how to educate young people, such that they grow up to be mature and free of their fears and hurts. It is fact that many of the students who come to Sholai have already been conditioned by their previous schooling and social pressures. It is BJ's endeavour to help the teachers and students, all of us, to learn together in understanding t…
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Sep 2, 2020
Soulful स्कूल | Session 2 | Dr Chhalamayi Reddy - Sri Aurobindo International School, Hyderabad
Born into a family of educationists, Dr. Chhalamayi Reddy has an innate passion for innovation in education. Exploring and enriching the practices of learning and actively engaging academicians, teachers and children in the process of self discovery are the two major areas along which her work revolves.
Education She was a student of Sri Aurobindo International Center of Education, Puducherry until 1977. She graduated from Central University of Hyderabad in English Literature (1982) followed by MA by Thesis degree from Ohio University, USA in 1984. She received her PhD (1991) from the Department of English, Pondicherry University, on Sri Aurobindo’s critique of poetry. She also qualified in MA Philosophy.
Profession Dr. Chhalamayi Reddy has been the Principal of Sri Aurobindo International School, Hyderabad since 1991 which runs under the aegis of Institute of Human Study of which she is one of the Trust members. With the vision of imparting Integral Education as envisaged by Sri A…
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Sep 1, 2020
Soulful स्कूल | Session 1 | Gitanjali JB- HIAL, Ladakh
Gitanjali is a social entrepreneur and educationist. After having founded several business and social ventures, she is setting up the Himalayan Institute of Alternatives, Ladakh, as its Founding CEO & Dean. HIAL is an alternative institute for mountain development that aims to revolutionize higher education in India through the pedagogy of contextual and experiential learning. Gitanjali is also the founder of the Tranformindia.com, a collective initiative in line with the forces of evolution to build new social, economic, cultural and political models in line with India's spirit, ethos and culture. Gitanjali is a spiritual seeker with a deep interest in Indian Spirituality. She is a lifelong student of Sri Aurobindo & The Mother, Sanskrit, Vedas & Upanishads and strives to apply her learnings gleaned from these sacred texts to indigenise existing educational frameworks. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Aug 13, 2020
Masterclass With Fearless Educators | Session 31 | Manish Jain
Topic: "Buiding a Movement for Freedom in Learning"
Manish Jain is deeply committed to regenerating our diverse local knowledge systems and cultural imaginations. He is one of the leading planetary voices for deschooling our lives. He has served for the past 22 years as Coordinator and Co-Founder of Shikshantar: The Peoples’ Institute for Rethinking Education and Development based in Udaipur, India and is co-founder of some of the most innovative educational experiments in the world - the Swaraj University, the Jail University, the Complexity University, the Creativity Adda, the Learning Societies Unconference, the Walkouts-Walkon network, Udaipur as a Learning City, and the Families Learning Together network. He launched the global Ecoversities Alliance with 120+ members in 40 countries. He has worked as a coach/facilitator/trainer with Social Labs, Art of Hosting and World Cafe. He has been invited to give inspiring public keynote speeches in many countries such as USA, Englan…
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Aug 12, 2020
Masterclass With Fearless Educators | Session 30 | Lalit Kishore Bhati
Topic: "Each child is a seed: nurturing for self-realisation"
Lalit Bhati, an Architect Planner from Auroville.
Coming from a conventional academic background, the encounter with Auroville initiated a transformative process of unlearning. His work as a planner helped him to develop insights about the dynamics of societal growth and the real-life challenges of collective organization. This experience also made him realize that planning, by definition and especially so in Auroville, embraces collectivization and necessitates a synthesis of diverse viewpoints. Inherently, planning is a field of intensive churning that requires a wide range of skill sets.
After completing his B. Arch from GCA, Lucknow, Lalit pursued his Masters degree in Urban and Regional Planning from CEPT, Ahmedabad and PG Diploma from IHS, Rotterdam.
He is a Founder of PATH(Planning and Architecture Towards Holistic development). He has successfully executed several projects in and around Auroville and in Puduche…
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Aug 11, 2020
Masterclass With Fearless Educators | Session 29 | Dhrumil Dhanesha
Topic: "Planting Seeds of Entrepreneurship in Schools"
Dhrumil Dhanesha is a 16 years old serial entrepreneur and a student studying in 10th grade from India. Dhrumil is the Founder & CEO of Dhrumil Dhanesha Technologies which specifically works on technology innovations and WEB/APP Based Products. Dhrumil is also the co-founder of The Halcyon Overseas which is basically an Import & Export Agency. Dhrumil is also a TEDx Speaker and has given talks in top universities of India. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Aug 10, 2020
Masterclass With Fearless Educators | Session 28 | Manit Jain
Topic: "Journey of an Experiential Learning School"
• As the co-founder of the number one leading school in India, Heritage Group of Schools (A group of K-12 progressive schools with over 7000 Children), Mr. Manit Jain has redefined quality in school education in India.
• Manit championed the cause of experiential learning, launching it successfully in the mainstream environment. He is driven by the cause of real and humane education and continues to advocate and address the need for re-imagining schools. He is a thought leader in education who has spoken and written extensively on the need for transforming education.
• He co-chairs the FICCI’s school education arm (FICCI ARISE) in India and has been instrumental in engaging with various government organisations from time to time to restructure and reimagine education.
• Manit has personally facilitated multiple workshops and webinars across the schools with school leaders, parents, and teachers.
• Widely ackno…
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Aug 9, 2020
Masterclass With Fearless Educators | Session 27 | Manish Jain IIT Gandhinagar
Topic: "Fall in Love With Math"
Manish Jain graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (1993) with a degree in Electrical Engineering. He also finished a few courses at Stanford. A chance meeting with Padmashree Arvind Gupta triggered him to dive into the space of popular science education full-time. Prior to that, he worked in the area of chip design for 19 years at Synopsys in Bangalore and Mountain View, California. Most recently he was a Director R&D leading the Low Power Simulation efforts.
He is Associate Professor of Teaching at IIT Gandhinagar and he heads the Center for Creative Learning at IIT Gandhinagar, which aims to provide an ideal space and environment to learn and understand concepts joyously; working hard to bring back the gleam in the eyes! Before CCL-IITGN, he worked at IUCAA Science Center in Pune.
Manish has always had a passion for science and in 2013 he decided to spend all his energies to make education engaging and experiential. He spends a…
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Aug 8, 2020
Masterclass With Fearless Educators | Session 26 | Dr Swaroop Sampat Rawal
Topic: "Importance of Life Skill Education in a time of crisis"
Swaroop Sampat is an Indian actress who has acted in several Hindi language films such as Naram Garam and Nakhuda and is known for her performance in television serials like Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi. She won the Miss India contest in 1979 and represented India at Miss Universe 1979
Swaroop obtained a PhD. in Education from the University of Worcester. She did her doctoral thesis on using drama to enhance life skills in children with learning disabilities.
She is a trainer, traveling across India to conduct workshops for teachers to impart this knowledge for the benefit of children.
She was selected by the then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to head an educational program for children.
She was selected as one of the top 10 Global finalists for the Global Teacher Prize conducted by Varkey Foundation, amongst 10,000 nominations from 179 countries worldwide
Swaroop is married to actor Paresh Rawal. She directs and acts i…
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Aug 7, 2020
Masterclass With Fearless Educators | Session 25 | Bina Sheth Lashkari
Topic: "Innovative Education"
She is the Co-Founder and Director of Door Step School. Since 1988 she heads the organization and has created a dedicated team of more than 200 volunteers. With her persistent guidance and continued support in field of educating young underprivileged children she has impacted more than 1,00,000 children annually.
Her educational models include Non Formal Education for out of school children, School on Wheels - Mobile Schools, Naming Streets are few other unique initiative which were spear headed by her.
She is an ASHOKA fellow Change maker of 2002
She has received the Street Skati Purushkar from the President of India in the year 2013 for her stellar grassroot work in the field of education.
Besides this , she has also received the Maharashtra State Ahilyabai Holkar Puraskaar for the year 2006-2007, the Mayor Award, All grassroots Women of the Decades award from ASSOCHAM any many more achievements through her journey as a change maker --- Se…
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Aug 6, 2020
Masterclass With Fearless Educators | Session 24 | Amit Goyal
Topic: "Future of Work & Learn - Post Covid"
Amit Goyal is the India & S.E. Asia Head for edX - world's largest E-learning platform founded by MIT & Harvard University. Amit is credited for making India as the second largest B2C learner base world’s largest learner base for edX.
Prior to edX, Amit was the Head of Education Solutions business for Samsung Electronics. He was responsible for product development of various education mobility products being used by leading Ed-Tech & Test Prep companies of the world today such as Byjus Tab learning.
Amit was also known as the man behind launching world's cheapest PC Tablet Aakash - One Laptop Per Child initiative of the Indian Government.
Amit holds a bachelor’s degree in IT, Master's in Business from Oxford Brookes University-Oxford, and various IT & Business certifications from The World Bank, MIT, IIM, Microsoft etc.
Amit also chairs the IoT India Congress and advises Indian Government and Start-ups.
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Aug 5, 2020
Masterclass With Fearless Educators | Session 23 | Dr V Venogopal
Topic: "Role of Yoga in Modern Education"
Dr. Venugopal V BNYS, M.Sc Diabetes (UK), PhD Scholar
Dr. Venugopal is a Yoga & Naturopathy Doctor.
• He has completed his Masters in Diabetes from Edinburgh, UK and
• Masters in Yoga from Tamilnadu Physical Education and Sports University, Chennai
• PhD in Yoga from S-VYASA University, Bengaluru.
• He has over 16 years of experience in yoga.
• He had been serving in many prestigious institutions and played roles as Scientist, Research fellow and also as Assistant Director of a nationwide diabetes movement.
• He is currently working as Assistant Medical Officer & Lecturer at Govt. Yoga and Naturopathy Medical College, Chennai.
• He has worked with a couple of projects on School children education in Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Chennai- on improving their cognition, attention, memory and overall health education, between 2016-2019.
• As a researcher and scientist, he has over 25 scientific research publications…
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Aug 4, 2020
Masterclass With Fearless Educators | Session 22 | Sandhya Gatti
Topic: "The Challenges of an Educator Today and Ways to Overcome Them"
Sandhya has been journeying the teacher education space for over three decades. She holds a Bachelor’s in Education and a Masters’ in Social Work, and true to her belief in lifelong learning, she pursues several courses to strengthen her understanding of education and life. She holds the IB Certificate in Planning, Teaching and Assessment. She is a Certified Programme Leader for the Cambridge International Diploma in Teaching and Learning and Educational Leadership (Cambridge, U.K).
She has designed and taught international teacher education programmes for several years. She holds a Globally Standardized Certificate in Master Training and Facilitation from a reputed training institute in India. She is a CAER certified trainer for Assessments, Differentiated Instruction and CBSE’s Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE). She holds the Master Trainer Certificate for the Intel Teach to the Future Programme. a…
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Aug 3, 2020
Masterclass With Fearless Educators | Session 21 | Abhijeet Barse
Topic: "Kick for Change"
Abhijeet Barse is responsible for the rapid scaling of Slum Soccer which has more than quadru-pled the organisation’s outreach in his tenure as CEO. He has established a pan India presence for the organisation by setting up offices and centres in the cities of Chennai, Mumbai, Nagpur and Delhi in addition to other centres in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh Haryana Gujrat and Chhattisgarh.
Dr. Barse has revitalised Slum Soccer’s football based curriculum through effective engagement with a focus on women's empowerment, hygiene, nutrition and social inclusion. His vision has also led to the development of a comprehensive participant development path-way in the organisation that has helped streamline and focus activities. His strengths lie in overcoming challenges of limited resources and financial constraints to design and deliver high-quality, cost-effective and comprehensive football for development programs.
Dr. Barse was elected to th…
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Aug 2, 2020
Masterclass With Fearless Educators | Session 20 | Gitanjali Sarangan
Topic: "Kalasamvaad- Creative Dialogues to Re-Imagine Learning"
Gitanjali is the founder of Snehadhara Foundation, an educationist, a social entrepreneur, an Arts Based Therapy Practitioner and an Arts Practices for Inclusion (API) Educator with over two decade’s experience in teaching a diverse population of children and adults. Snehadhara’s inception in 2012 was aimed at looking at innovatively using Arts Based Therapy (ABT) for learning. The motivation was to explore a significant train of thought from an action project to a long-term sustainable practice.
The pioneering attempt was to look at interventions with an integrated, holistic approach to address the various learning, therapeutic and social inclusion needs of children/adults across special needs groups. This has got her to pioneer the first ever Arts Practices for Inclusion programme in India. Over the past few years Snehadhara has worked with around 1000 children through direct and weekly interventions, with over 5…
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Aug 1, 2020
Masterclass With Fearless Educators | Session 19 | Shuvajit Payne
Topic: "Exploratory Self Learning- A Scalable Grassroots Solution"
Shuvajit Payne, presently the Head of Education at Barefoot College, leads its education initiatives comprising of a 400 student strong rural school in Rajasthan, 50+ non-formal digital night schools in 11 states of India and outreach programmes that train more than 4,000 government school children annually. He is working on transforming the digital night school model into an exemplary quality digital education solution for remote rural underprivileged communities who are outside the ambit of electricity access or connectivity, with a unique curriculum around gender, environmental sustainability and rights and citizenship. The work is supported by Apple, Oracle, Microsoft and was recognized as one of the top solutions for teachers and educators globally in MIT Solve, 2019.
Previously, Shuvajit has had a diverse career graph ranging from process management in MNCs, to M&E, ICT, programme strategy in non-profits, filmog…
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Jul 31, 2020
Masterclass With Fearless Educators | Session 18 | Anil Pradhan
Topic: "Unleashing the Maker Inside a Child"
Anil Pradhan(a.k.a. Ideas Man of India) is an Indian engineer, innovator and revolutionary educationist. He is the founder of Navonmesh Prasar Foundation and School for Rural Innovation(IPSFRI), which was founded in 2015 to educate the less-privileged students of Odisha through an interdisciplinary curriculum. He is also known for designing innovative labs, teaching tools, indigenous rockets and projects which solves real-life problems.
After completing his engineering from UCE (University College of Engineering, Burla), Anil has quit three cushy jobs to follow his dreams. His mission is to create a thirst for innovation among students so that every student, regardless of background, becomes an achiever and, in the process, our country progresses. Engineering students go for jobs. However, Anil is exceptional. He founded a school in a rural pocket of Cuttack to boost the zest for creativity among students.
Prior to incorporating Navo…
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Jul 31, 2020
Masterclass With Fearless Educators | Session 15 | Janhavi Panwar
Topic: "Age doesn't matter"
Sixteen-year-old Janhavi Panwar is no short of a wonder. The fact that she was titled the ‘Wonder girl of India’ at the age of nine should testify that. Janhavi is already pursuing the final year of Bachelor’s degree in Arts from Delhi University when most kids of her age are in Class 8. To add to it, she has mastered nine foreign accents, in addition to basic French, basic Japanese, English, Hindi and Haryanavi languages.
Janhavi’s father Brijmohan Panwar recently in an interaction with The Better India shared how he could easily tell that Janhavi was a gifted child when she was merely a year-old. When she was only one, her vocabulary was equipped with 500-550 English words. When she turned three, she wasn’t admitted to Nursery but directly to Senior KG because she had picked most things at home. As years passed, when we spoke to the school management, they realised Janhavi’s potential by looking at her scores, and she was given special permis…
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Jul 30, 2020
Masterclass With Fearless Educators | Session 17 | Madhavi Adimulam
Topic: "Understanding Developmental Delays in the Primary Classroom"
Madhavi Adimulam is the Founder of Ananya Child Development Centre. Ananya CDC is a Multi-disciplinary Paediatric Rehabilitation Centre for Children with Special Needs like Autism (Autism Spectrum Disorder) Global Developmental Delay, Learning Difficulties, ADHD (Attention Deficit and Hyperactive Disorder), APD (Auditory Processing Disorder) etc.
Madhavi has a post graduate degree in English Language and Literature and Clinical Psychology. She studied Entrepreneurship from ISB (Indian School of Business), Hyderabad. She is a Certified Auditory Integration Therapist from iLs, USA. She worked/volunteered in some of the best special schools in UK and attended numerous training in educating children with special needs. She trained in Sensory Integration & Developmental Movement Therapy from Extralesson Institute, Australia.
She is a qualified Early Intervention Professional in Early Start Denver Model by UC Davis MIN…
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Jul 29, 2020
Masterclass With Fearless Educators | Session 16 | Fatema Agarkar
Topic: "Communicating with parents in Covid-19 times"
Veteran of 3 educational start-ups – is now a Founder of Agarkar Centre of Excellence, Fatema’s passion for teaching-learning and children defines the different roles she has crafted – as an edupreneur, educator and mentor.
Fatema who is a State and University topper as part of the prestigious Mumbai based Sydenham College of Commerce & Economics, holds a degree of Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from Birmingham (UK), apart from her B.ED and ECCE degrees amassed when she decided education was her calling.
Fatema has been awarded by Giants Group for her outstanding contribution to the field of education in 2012, the Young Achiever’s Award in the year 2017, Singapore based, Best of Asia’s, ‘Enterprising Educator in the year 2018 and as an entrepreneur ‘Best Edupreneur 2019 and Best Leadership’ by Progressive Academic Excellence India (Maharashtra 2019), one of the 10th finest inspirational educators in 2019…
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Jul 27, 2020
Masterclass With Fearless Educators | Session 14 | Akshay Jain
Topic: "Waste recycling as a potential career option"
Graduated as a mechanical engineer, he attained his master’s degree in business management from Greenwich University, London. He was inspired by the responsible recycling mechanism present in UK and the dire need for such a system in our country for our sustainable growth. The idea got into the shape of Namo eWaste in 2014 and since then, with his enthusiasm at a young age of 28 years, he has take big steps to reach the goal of building one of the best e-waste recycling facilities in India.
Namo eWaste is the fastest growing e-waste management company in India working with many public and private sector companies. Akshay has various business interests in the scrap recycling field. He has achieved enormous recognition in the said field since 2015 and has reached an 8-figure income mark.
Previous Job - As a management trainee at Maruti Suzuki factory in Gurgaon.
Achievements- Building a successful model for collection and recy…
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Jul 26, 2020
Masterclass With Fearless Educators | Session 13 | Dr. Medha Tadpatrikar
Topic: "Importance of plastic waste recycling"
#PlasticWarrior, TEDx speaker, Writer and Entrepreneur – Medha had never
thought of working in waste management sector. “an accidental environmentalist” is how she describes her journey.
Her life has taken her to different countries, jobs and streams of education. She was never at peace working regularly in 9 to 5 job for someone else. This thirst for knowledge, fulfillment and passion for master of own destiny has led her to be the co-founder of her own ventures namely Rudra Environmental Solutions (India) Ltd, Mantraa Research & Consultants Pvt Ltd, and Phoenix General Insurance Brokers Pvt Ltd, where she serves a Director. She is also a founder trustee of Founder Trustee of “Keshav Sita Memorial Foundation Trust”.
Always yearning for more she started the first company in market research and Medha found herself working on waste plastic after witnessing the death of deer in wild life sanctuary. The passion and determination…
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Jul 25, 2020
Masterclass With Fearless Educators | Session 10 | Parmita Sarma
Topic: "How Schools Should Evolve in Future"
Parmita is a humanitarian and social activist with experience leading projects aimed at helping underprivileged children. She completed her master’s dissertation on the challenges of educating children in low-income communities at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences. When she was barely out of her teens, she was already organizing and managing educational programs for children in underprivileged communities, as well as working in disaster relief programs.
As the Principal of Akshar Forum, she has led the establishment of the school and continues to oversee the daily operations. She is responsible for the day to day operations of the school and organization.
The Assam educator and social entrepreneur Parmita Sarma won the prestigious Devi Awards during its 17th edition held in Kolkata recently.
The awards recognise and honour the accomplishments of women who have made a distinct mark in their respective fields. Sarma was recognised…
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Jul 25, 2020
Masterclass With Fearless Educators | Session 12 | Shruti Jain
Topic: "Developing a Holistic approach in Education"
Ms. Shruti Jain is the Co-Founder of Disha-The footpath School, a NGO focusing on the education and the overall development of the underprivileged kids. Disha was started with an aim of equipping the kids with the knowledge to help them face the world. Presently She is also serving as an Assistant Professor at Auro University, Surat. She has earned her degree in Master in Business Administration, from SLIMS, Ahemdabad.
Ex banker and an ex- head at a startup she has always been into something which makes her soul happy and that’s how the biggest achievement came into her life the “idea of right to education and smile”, to one of the greatest gifts of God - kids
With Disha, she is now involved in the transformation of the lives of many underprivileged children, and with the message “Education is the greatest wealth” she believes each one of us should come up and contribute directly or indirectly in the same line. --- Send…
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Jul 25, 2020
Masterclass With Fearless Educators | Session 11 | Wg Cdr Arun Singh (R)
Topic: "Golf is Perfect Fit For Schools"
A former Air Force Officer who is deeply interested in Sports (including Adventure Sports) and thinks of utilizing sports for teaching kids life lessons/skills. I have been proficient mountaineers, Skier, Sky Diver, White Water Sportspractitioner. Also has been more than a competent sportsman with proficiency in Football, Hockey, and golf.
Former appointments include Para jumping Instructor, Vice Principal and Director Training at Nehru Institute of Mountaineering Uttarkashi
Member/Leader of Indian/International climbing expeditions, First Commander of 'Guards'(Special Forces of IAF)
Secretary Delhi Golf Club
Director General Indian Golf Union.
Represented India in Asia Pacific GolfFederation, Royal & Ancient Scotland and international Golf Federation. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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Jul 22, 2020
Masterclass With Fearless Educators | Session 9 | Virendra Rawat
Topic: "Green Schooling- Future of Schooling"
Virendra Rawat is the originator of Global Green Schooling Concept, recognized by United Nations as Global Solution, which is listed on UN Global Innovation Exchange. His Green Schooling concept is creating a community of Nature Champions Worldwide.
He has authored responsible Curriculum for making responsible Nations and responsible World. He has transformed more than 150 conventional Schools and Universities into Global Green Schools and Global Green Universities in many countries.
He has addressed the Harvard University and United Nations on Sustainable Practices in Education. He is also a member of Harvard Extension Environmental Club of Harvard University. He was invited as OBSERVER from civil society for UN High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly to Commemorate International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons in 2017, 18, 19 and Forth Session of UN Environment Assembly Kenya in 2019.
Mr. Rawat is a Mentor of Clima…
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Jul 22, 2020
Masterclass With Fearless Educators | Session 8 | Dr. Kiran Bedi
Topic: "Education Past Covid Time"
About Dr. Kiran Bedi
Born in a Tennis playing family from Amritsar in 1949, to Prakash and Prem Lata Peshawaria, Dr Kiran Bedi is second of their 4 daughters.
While still in school she became a junior National Tennis Champion at the age of 16, and Asian Tennis Champion at age of 22 and was ranked India’s number one of her time.
Dr Kiran Bedi is the first woman in India to have joined the officer ranks of Indian Police Service in 1972. She served in it for 35 years.
For her policing stood for ‘Power to Correct’, ‘Power to Prevent’ and ‘Power to get things done’.
Dr Bedi served as Police Advisor to Secretary General in United Nations, in the Department of Peace Keeping Operations in New York.
She is recipient of The Ramon Magsaysay Award, also called Asia's Nobel Peace Award for bringing about a positive relationship between Police and the People.
Dr Bedi is a Law graduate, Masters, and a PhD Scholar with post doctoral…
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Jul 21, 2020
Masterclass With Fearless Educators | Session 7 | Dawood Vaid
Topic: "Bicycle Education"
Dawood Vaid is an educationist and trainer. Working with scientists as a Patent & Trademark Analyst, in Moscow and Switzerland, he observed and compared different education pedagogy and created 'fun-learn' approach to learning. A voracious reader and an avid horse fan, Dawood is most likely to be found conducting quizzes and interacting with students across the grades. He also works with academic institutions through School Leadership Workshops, conducts teacher training, and enjoys his sessions with teenagers.
The author of 'The Education Riddle' and 'T.A.L.K.: Speak with Ease & Confidence'. Both books are a result of decade long school visits and teachers' training workshops. Dawood is a Certified instructor for teaching 21st Century skills & Leadership and is developing a student-centric curriculum under Sky Education. ('Assessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills' by University of Melbourne on Coursera).
He holds an Engineering degree in Electronics…
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Jul 20, 2020
Masterclass With Fearless Educators | Session 6 | Sachin Usha Vilas Joshi
Topic: " Future of the School"
Sachin Usha Vilas Joshi
Education Activist
In the Indian social system, we consider education as the foundation of the all-round development of the person. Our Ex-President Late Dr A.P.J Abdul Kalam said, “If we want to make India a Super Power we need to work harder on three people: Student, Teacher and Parent as these three will play a major role to create a future India of our dreams.
Inspired by these words Mr. Sachin Usha Vilas Joshi stepped into the field of education and started working towards his aim. Sachin Usha Vilas Joshi, a person who failed several unit tests in school now holds seven degrees in various subjects from Pune University in the field of Management.
In spite of getting attractive offers from renowned companies, he did not take up a job in multi-national companies but chose to start a “School for Failures.” After proving his mettle to change the perception of people towards failure he expanded his vision and dreamt of…
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Jul 19, 2020
Masterclass With Fearless Educators | Session 5 | Pankaj Jain
Topic: "Enabling average teacher to deliver high quality curriculum transaction"
Pankaj comes from Uttar Pradesh. After completing his engineering degree at IIT Roorkee, he went to Ahmedabad to work at the Indian Space Research Organization, and then completed his PhD at IIM Ahmedabad. Here he spent time understanding the development sector. Upon graduation, although offered an attractive job at Tata Consultancy Services, he joined the advisory team of Dr. Kurien, who led the White Revolution. Dr. Kurien approached ministers and government officials to change policies to further Amul’s growth, and Pankaj prepared his briefs for meetings. These two and a half years were truly inspiring for Pankaj, who still considers Dr. Kurien his greatest mentor.
After seeing that rural development moved slowly due to a lack of trained professionals in the sector, Pankaj took what he learned from Dr. Kurien and started the Institute of Rural Management Ahmedabad (IRMA). He created the syllabi for…
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Jul 18, 2020
Masterclass With Fearless Educators | Session 4 | Lomas Dhungel
Topic: "Hariyo Makha- Sikkim Against Pollution"
My name is Lomas Dhungel. I am basically a school teacher teaching Mathematics and Physics at Government Senior Secondary School, Makha which lies in the East district of Sikkim.
Before my works as a teacher, I was an employee at the prestigious State Bank of India. I belonged to the Last batch that had the privilege of “Pension” also, in addition to the scope of timely promotions.
Since childhood, I was deeply interested in science and always wanted to become a researcher. This zest for knowledge insisted me to change my job profile. After working for 4 years at the State Bank of India, I left my job to start my new career as a teacher of Maths and Physics in 2012.
Since 2013-14, I was experimenting on ideas of waste management. And by 2015 an idea of Plastic Up-cycling was successfully experimented.
This incident motivated me to start a new initiative by the name “HARIYO MAKHA – SIKKIM AGAINST POLLUTION”. It is a type of…
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Jul 17, 2020
Masterclass With Fearless Educators | Session 3 | Shailesh Tewary
Topic: "Education: The Paradigm Shift"
Founder President Hridai, Society for HRD
* Advisor Human Resources, Labour & Employment
* Director – Globalx Biztrade Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
* Advisory Board Member Global Employment Institute GEI (UK), International Bar Association
* Hony. Dean International Relations The Libertas University, Croatia
* President – Croatia Business Forum & Bosnia & Herzegovina Business Forum
* Director – International Relations – Business Intelligence Society Japan
* Ex. Member of Minimum Wages Advisory Board, Govt. of India
Leadership & Management professional with specialization in Human Resources Development having 30 years of global experience in the dynamics of employment ranging from Defence Services, Manufacturing, International Trade, Hospitality, Aviation, Infrastructure, Media and Security across India, Hong Kong, Korea, China, Japan, Middle – East, Europe, UK & USA. Previous corporate role as Regional HR Di…
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Jul 16, 2020
Masterclass With Fearless Educators | Session 2 | Trina Talukdar
Topic: "Educating Social Change Leaders"
Ms. Trina Talukdar is co-founder of Kranti, which transforms underage girls from red-light areas into leaders of social change. She is also a Venture Manager at Ashoka: Innovators for the Public where she explores models of work in social entrepreneurship, through Ashoka’s Fellow Selection and Support process. In 2014-2015, Trina took a year-long sabbatical from Ashoka to become an Atlas Corps Fellow working with American Express, Philanthropy, in Washington, D.C. and New York on the American Express Leadership Academy Alumni Network for nonprofit leaders. In 2012, she was featured by The Week magazine in London as one of the top 30 most inspirational leaders of the year for her work with Kranti. Talukdar holds a master’s degree in Medical and Psychiatric Social Work from Christ University in Bangalore, and a bachelor’s degree in English, Political Science and Sociology from St. Xavier’s College in Kolkata. --- Send in a voice messa…
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Jul 15, 2020
Masterclass With Fearless Educator | Session 1 | Abhijit Roy
Topic: "Unschooling and Parenting"
Abhijit has 15 years of experience in the field of Media and Entertainment. He has national and international experience in visual effects for local and Hollywood movies and Motion Capture Animation experience for Triple-A Computer Games. His work has taken him all over the world from places like Vancouver in the far west, to Bangkok in the far East, to Dubai in the middle. Since the birth of their first child they have left their life of endless work and focused solely on the upbringing of their children and creating shared learning spaces for homeschooling families wherever they go. As of now they have two children aged 10 and 3 who have been Homeschooled since birth. The children have never gone to any school or institute ever. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message
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