Masterclass With Fearless Educator

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 schools in a changing environment from the IIM, Ahmedabad. Vinayak Sudhakar, based in Mumbai, worked for the International Baccalaureate as the Development and Recognition Manager for India. He is currently the Associate Director of Partnerships for CIALFO based in Mumbai.  #XPLAINed #Mastercourse #Loveyoursubject

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

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