Masterclass With Fearless Educator

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​?

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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 Training and Development (IATD, Chennai) to assimilate her learnings to the bigger level. She also served as a Psychotherapist in Cooper Hospital, and as a Guidance Counsellor and curriculum planner in Muktangan before she found her calling at BRAINWONDERS which fuelled her vision of assessment and counselling to all irrespective of their background. Here she has been deeply engaged in the Research & Development of various guidance resources, psychometric assessments and survey tools and course curriculums. It is here that she pushed herself further into research regarding lifespan development and significance of assessments towards human development. Her plethora of knowledge backed by core theoretical foundations has been sought after by parents and educators alike and has often showcased in her counselling sessions. Her development and experience has been very egalitarian and thus her therapeutic and training approaches are always consisting of a suitable mix of Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches, Narrative Therapy, Expressive Therapy, Mindfulness/ Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Systems Approach. Though she possesses a myriad of exposure- her keen interest lies in neurotic spectrum disorders, personal management and relationship counselling. Her sessions are always sharpened by constant research as she never misses an opportunity to learn- always ensuring that she puts her best forward!

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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 (video: http://futureReadykids.com/video​) . Participants of these programs have also taken on real- life problems, invented solutions, used design thinking to create products, patented then and are selling them on Amazon.in (here) . He also runs Peer-Mentor (http://peer-mentor.com​), a program for professionals, where he incubates start-ups based on the same principles used by kids. These start-ups span across sustainable agriculture, medical devices, Automotive, and transportation. Asides, in higher education, RV collage of Engineering has signed up as one of the first collages. Students know that the same principles are used in real world i.e., in peer-mentor. They also see other kids solving real life problems. This, along with the habituation of “doing by self-learning” empowers kids.

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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).

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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 FICCI ARISE which is a collegium of leading stakeholders who represent different facets of School Education in India.He also heads the Education Committee of PHD Chamber of Commerce (Chandigarh Region) and is an Advisor (Quality) to National Independent Schools Alliance (NISA) which represents over 65000 budget schools in 22 States of India.   At an early age, Mr. Gupta scaled glorious heights of success and is endowed with lots of rare qualities of head and heart. He has recently earned the honour of being rated and featured amongst the top 21 Indian Leaders Transforming the Indian Education landscape. Mr. Gupta has been awarded as Edupreneur of the Year 2019 by World Education Summit followed by Edupreneur of the Year 2019 Award by World Didactic Association during the Asian Summit on Education & Skills 2019 held in Bengaluru.His previous roll of honours include numerous prestigious awards like Educational Entrepreneur of the Year -2016 by Indian Education Congress, National Education Excellence Award by Global Leaders Foundation, National Award for Excellence in Education by Indian Economic Research and Development Council, Indian Award of Excellence in Education, Young Entrepreneur Award,Most Distinguished Leader of the Year 2018 by Digital Learning and Exceptional Educator by American Leadership Board. Besides this, he has been bestowed with appreciation awards by the Chief Ministers of Punjab, Delhi and Gujarat for various philanthropic works.Mr. Gupta was featured amongst the “33 Top Edupreneurs of India” in the “Education World” magazine and has also been featured in several other leading magazines like Digital Learning, Brainfeed, Mentor etc. as a force to reckon within the ‘K-12’segment in the country.   Mr. Gupta is also an Eminent Writer, an eloquent speaker and a trainer. He has already written hundreds of photo features and articles for various newspapers and Magazines including Press Trust of India and The Tribune and regularly speaks at various national and international forums.

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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 engaged in inter-faith dialogue and peacebuilding. He is an active partner for the UN’s #Act4SDGs​. Widely travelled to over 20 countries, he participated in the Global Peace Convention, held in Seoul,2019, UN festival for Action on SDGs held in Bonn, 2018 and Indo-Australia dialogue, Melbourne, 2017. Ashok sits on the Governing Body of the National Council of Teacher Education (NCTE). A thought leader, Mr Pandey, takes speaking assignments on global citizenship education and teacher development from across the world.

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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 philosophy can be summed up in the following lines, ‘Often times, in our search for the perfect moment of absolute learning, we fail to see the beauty of the stumbling blocks, the little steps that falter and fall backwards and the unsure moments of ‘I can’t do it’. Education has sadly become a race towards perfection and the highest possible grades. It is as much about the moral grain of the being, the accountability and responsibility towards oneself and towards the society, about being the liberal citizen of the world and moving with the times as it is about grades. I would like to see all my students as achievers and if they imbibe knowledge rather than acquire it, spare a thought for the have nots in their journey towards success, think that peace, harmony, giving back to society and care for the Mother Earth are not duties delegated to some specialists but to them, I will feel that I have been successful in playing my part in educating them in the real sense of the term’. She aims to provide high end trainings in Leadership Development and Behaviour Skill Abilities for the organization, Educational Institutions and Individuals. She recently conducted successful trainings at Dubai, Srilanka and Mauritius. She has been a speaker at several National and International conferences. Most recent being at London and Dubai.