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Teaching: A Lifelong Journey of Service, Love and Transformation

Harnessing inventive ways of learning – Sarit Sharma and Sandhya Gupta, Founders, Aavishkaar- Center for Science, Arts & Technology

With the creation of Aavishkaar, Sandhya and Sarit have reinvented the purpose of teaching mathematics and science. How many parents who returned from the US …

SMS – One of World’s top 10 Inspirational Schools – Mamoon Akhtar, Founder, Samaritan Help Mission, West Bengal

This, in a nutshell, is the story of Mamoon Akhtar who started a tuition centre in a 300-sft room with six students in 2001. Today, …

Harbinger of love & compassion – Lobsang Phuntsok, Founder, Jhamtse Gatsal Childrens’ Community, Arunachal Pradesh

Jhamtse Gatsal (jhaam’-tsay gah’-tsal) in Tibetan means ‘Garden of love and compassion’ – the core philosophy on which the Jhamtse Gatsal School functions. Established by Lobsang Phuntsok …

Framework For Deployment Of Qms At Schools – Ms. Padmini Vedula, Sr. General Manager, Tata Classedge

Deployment of some degree of Quality Management System (QMS) is a common phenomenon in the business world, however it is still a discovery in the …

Leader with a purpose – Lata Vaidyanathan, Director, TERI Prakriti School, Gurugram

Lata Vaidyanathan is a Tamilian, but she began her career at Kendra Vidyalaya, Jammu, where she taught PGT classes. She lives in Delhi and frequents …

Designer turned educator – Kiran Bir Sethi, Founder, The Riverside School, Ahmedabad

Placing academic learning in a real-world context and empowering young minds with an ‘I can’ mindset are the two ideas on which Kiran Bir Sethi …

No teaching pedagogy is his mantra – Jinan K B, Adjunct professor at IIT Bombay, and IIITDM, Kanchipuram

Interviewed by: kakani Veera Brahmam, Editor in Chief, Brainfeed Magazine The most important lesson from my experience is that we literates learn the word, but …

School dropout turns saviour – Gazi Jalaluddin, Founder, Ismail Israfil Free Primary School, Sundarban Sikshayatan Mission, West Bengal

Gazi Jalaluddin, born in Thakurchak village of Sundarbans, West Bengal, who is now 72, was forced to drop out of 2nd standard at seven due …

Dedicated to early childhood education – Dr. Swati Popat Vats, President, Podar Education Network, Early Childhood Association

Many view early childhood education as merely an initiation into or a stepping stone towards being an educator for K-12 or higher education institutions. Such …