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August 2021 – India Edition

Best Practices in New Normal

We have come up with a special issue that focuses on ‘Best Practices in K12 Education: Blending Academics and Extracurriculars in the New Normal.’ This magazine has a collection of insightful articles and fascinating thoughts by some prominent names in the education sector.

MENTOR'S OPINION

Blending Academics and Extracurricular in the New Normal

Sumita P Minhas, Principal, Podar World School, Jaipur

Sumita P Minhas has been an educationist for the past 18 years and it is her 10th year in educational leadership. Prior to becoming principal, she worked as Vice Principal, Coordinator & PGT.

BEST PRACTICES

Education 4.0 – Are We Ready for a Changing Education Scenario?

Bindu Subramaniam, Singer, Songwriter, Founding Director & Dean, SaPa

Bindu is passionate about using intercultural perspectives and trans disciplinary education to create a systemic change, and develop cultural democracy and 21st century skills in children.

ACADEMIC VIEW

Mnemonics in a Classroom Environment

Deepika Venkatesh, Senior School Educator, Ebenezer International School, Bengaluru

Being a Digitally Certified educator by organizations like National Geographic and Google, Deepika believes in encompassing progressive teaching and learning techniques in classrooms for a quality education.

INDUSTRY VIEW

Merging Academics and Extracurricular

Tanuj Shah, CEO & Co-Founder, ipassio

Noteworthy entrepreneur, Tanuj Shah is known for his current role as the CEO and co-founder of ipassio. He is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati, and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.

MENTOR'S OPINION

Redefining the Roles of Schools and Education post the Pandemic

Anupa Gnanakan, Director - Education, ACTS Group of Institutions

Anupa Gnanakan has a passion for quality, meaningful, relevant and student-centered education to children from all backgrounds, with a focus on turning schools into places where children feel safe, happy and excited, by inculcating a curiosity to learn and discover.

ACADEMIC VIEW

How Schools Can Make Online Education Easier for Students

Virali Tanna, Teacher, Aditya Birla World Academy, Mumbai

Virali Tanna is an apprentice in the field of education. With a background in marketing and communications, she always had a passion for teaching.

BEST PRACTICES

Student Leadership, Service-learning, and the Evolution of the Teenage Brain

Jérémie Rostan, Service Learning Coach and Psychology Teacher, Yokohama International School, Japan

Passionate about educational psychology, Jérémie has authored several books and contributed to many publications on a large variety of topics.

INDUSTRY VIEWS

Gearing up Teachers and Students for the Online World

Sezel Lalwani, Co-Founder, fire.fly

Sezel Lalwani is the co-founder at fire.fly where they work with early stage entrepreneurs through courses, mentorship & funding. She has led 150+ courses across product, marketing & design thinking skills.

ACADEMIC VIEW

The Untweeted!

Sindhu Joseph, English Language Facilitator & Joyful Learning Advocate, Yuvabharathi Public School, Coimbatore

With more than a decade of rich and diverse experience in the field of School Education, Sindhu firmly believes in the positive power of Joyful learning in transforming the lives of every student and teacher.

INDUSTRY VIEW

Importance of Finding the Synergy Between Academics and Extracurriculars in the New Normal

Achin Bhattacharyya, CEO and Founder, Notebook

Achin Bhattacharyya pursued this dream to provide access to learning for primary and secondary school education in India.

BEST PRACTICES

Best Practices to Combat Academic Misconduct and Champion Integrity

Chaitali Moitra, Regional Director – South Asia, Turnitin India

With over two decades of experience across varied industry segments, Chaitali Moitra has served at the helm of various organizations and steered institutions to excellence in key success metrics – in both a financial and strategic growth capacity.

ACADEMIC VIEW

Impact of Visual Art in the Overall Development of Students

Sneha Chowdhry Sharma - Art Educator

With a structured educational approach and single-minded objective of promoting creativity and open-mindedness, Sneha seeks to enhance bright young minds through the medium of Art.

INDUSTRY VIEW

Why Extracurriculars Matter in the New Era of Academics?

Suman Matcha, Chief Executive Officer, Online Adaptive Knowledge System (OAKS)

A graduate from the University of West Virginia, Suman pursued his Masters in Pervasive Computing. While working with “Expeditors”, he found his true calling in education and returned to India to help make education better for young minds.

MENTOR'S OPINION

Experiential Learning in School Education

Dr. N.K. Dutta, Founder & Principal, Miles Bronson Residential School, Guwahati

Dr Dutta founded MBRS in 1987, with 17 students and took it to the heights it stands at today. He has been appointed as the North East India Regional Coordinator by National Testing Agency and is often consulted by CBSE for school inspections.

INDUSTRY VIEW

How to Impart Holistic Education in the Era of Online Learning?

Jerold Chagas Pereira, CEO, mPowerO

Jerold has 20+ years of sustained high performance in operations and business development across electronics, retail, hospitality and real estate sectors and has held leadership positions at large Indian business groups such as Tata, Piramal, DLF and Videocon.

ACADEMIC VIEW

How Technology can play a Key Role in Revamping the Education Sector

Rajani Pattabhiraman, Head of Curriculum, EuroSchool India

Ms. Rajani Pattabhiraman has been a committed and passionate educator for the past three decades. Her career spans across Schools of repute offering Indian and International Boards across the country.

INDUSTRY VIEW

The Importance of Learning Extracurricular Activities in Developing All-Rounded Personalities

Vikas Bansal, Co-Founder, Crejo.Fun

Vikas has over 12 years of experience in Product Management & Development spanning from hands-on software development to managing web-scale product portfolio.

INDUSTRY VIEW

How Online Education is a Great Tool to Equalize Opportunities in the K-12 Sphere

Rohit Jain, Founder, uFaber

Rohit Jain is an education and technology professional turned entrepreneur who has changed the face of the world through the advancement of the Ed-Tech system..

BEST PRACTICES

Find your Math-O-tivation!

Manan Khurma, Founder and CEO, Cuemath

Manan Khurma has been a Mathematics educator since his college days. He founded Locus Education upon graduating from IIT Delhi in 2007 and trained over ten thousand students for IIT-JEE within the first few years of his career as an educator.