Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Create and deliver world-class education and training programs/products using traditional learning elements as well as stimuli from arts, sports and science to make learning holistic. Use technology as an enabler to make the programs/products effective, contemporary and scalable. ✎ Academic ● Programs/Products : Curriculum Design (Frameworks, Progressions, Blueprints and Lesson Plans), Product Science, Instructional Design ● Teaching & Training/Mentoring : Math, Aptitude & Logic at School & College Level / Verbal for test-prep (GRE/CAT/GMAT/IELTS/SAT) , Soft Skills, Career Skills & entry level Corporate training ● Course / Content Mapping : Indian Education Boards (CBSE/ICSE/State), International (IB) and basic GCSE/IGCSE, ✎ Creative & Technology ● Ideation & Storyboarding : Powerpoint, Mind-maps, Work-flows ● Prototyping & Production : SCRUM / RAPID Publishing [Articulate/Captivate/H5P], Visuals [Photoshop /CorelDraw /InDesign], Video: [OBS/Camtasia/iMovie/Vegas], Usability [Desktop/Tabs/Mobile] ● Delivery : Blended Learning, Responsive Website Design, Program/User Databases, LMS/SCORM, Course Analytics ✎ Managerial & Administrative ● Budgeting : Product Budgeting, Marketing Budgets/Timelines, Resource Planning ● Leading & Training Teams : Counselors/Teachers/Trainers, Design Teams [Creative/Content], Production Teams [Animation/Video], Marketing Teams/Partners ● Marketing : Ad Design/Production, Brochures/Collaterals, Social Media, Presentations/Seminars
Having a keen interest in nature, wildlife and education, I have been documenting most stories through photography and by volunteering. Having traveled widely (to over 100 countries) and observing pedagogy/learning experiences across 45-50 countries, the focus has been on environment, climate change and ecology along with innovation and tech in the classroom. [This year spanned Antarctica, South Georgia, the Falklands, Argentina, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Thailand and ending with Iceland in September]. I am also on the council of Polar Educator's International (PEI is a network of Polar educators, researchers and scientists with focus on education and outreach). https://polareducator.org/about-pei/council-2022/ Conferences: SCAR-HASS Lisbon, Portugal (June 2023) Media: The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/07/un-climate-change-hottest-week-world Photo Contributions: Antarctic Environments Portal https://environments.aq/about/ Authoring: Current project on Antarctica through a visitor's view, shot through Bjorn, a polar bear (minifigure) who visits Antarctica, Falklands (Malvinas) and South Georgia
Curriculum Design to Product Management across the K-10 segment for affordable private schools. Build integrated student/teacher centric programs through the following teams ► Math: Build the K6-10 program with strong visualisation. Extend the Concrete-Pictorial-Abstract approach to middle and high school. Train internal teams to utilise digital tools/simulations to enhance teacher/student experience. ► LeadSchool@Home (Lead Online School): Conceptualise and build the program/product, initially to support 800 schools and eventually to over 1600 schools. Hire, train and lead a team of 80 tutors and 20 video editors to cater to over 6000 K10 videos/year Build a layer of bi-lingual product, assessment and revision/remediation for a customised experience during the lockdown. Online summer camp for students' enrichment through 'tinkering Tuesdays' and 'funky Fridays'. ► Coding and Computational Skills (CCS): Research and Benchmarking international curriculum and products. Build a low cost 0 to 1 product for K1-8 catering to over 1000 schools using an engaging Use-Think-Build pedagogical approach for an offline model as well as an online IDE. ► Instructional Design (ID): Integrate frameworks, research and train on storyboarding and interactive learning across the K10 spectrum. ► Pre-primary: Enhance and customise the integrated program based on the Singapore Curriculum. Align the program to NIPUN/NCF guidelines. ► Research & Development (R&D): Integration of National Education Policy (NEP) and the National Curriculum Framework (NCF), mapping Learning Outcomes and Indicators. International benchmarking of books and educational tools. 21st Century Skills (TCS) and Socio-Emotional Learning (SEL) frameworks/models and prototypes for the Indian context. Product ideation and support for CMS / LMS and Teacher / Student Apps ► Learning & Development (L&D): Training internal & external teams, Certification of creators & reviewers for progressions, blueprints and lesson plans.
Responsible for ideation, budgeting, production & launch of Young World Club (ywc.thehindu.com) from The Hindu Group ► Product Launch & Management - Create the vision, market analysis (competition), implementation and product roadmap for the digital initiative www.youngworldclub.com (caters to the 8-15 age-group as well as parents and teachers) ► Content Development - Create the content roadmap and oversee content development and innovation for the product. Contribute 300+ articles/videos and interactivity over diverse cross-curricular content. ► Partners and Events - Liaison with over 30 content partners (organisations and freelancers) to co-create/contribute content for the product. Ideate and co-create events and contests to help reach over 50000 users across the world including teachers and parents. Work with Digital Media team for FB/Instagram and Pinterest platforms. [Awarded Gold for ‘Best innovation to engage young audiences’ at the South Asian Digital Media Awards (WAN-IFRA/Google)]
T20learning.com is a venture (promoted by ex-cricketer Kris Srikkanth), which develops innovative, mainstream education products [online and offline] using sports analogies and real-life examples. Responsible for ideation, storyboarding, budgeting, production & promotion of the following digital products: ► EnglishStrokes - ‘Learn English through Cricket’: A joint initiative with the British Council. Collaborated with SMEs from British Council and managed in-house production and technology teams. This product caters to the South Asian market and has just been launched in India. ► Edustrokes – ‘Learn Math and Science through Sports’ Content-mapping for classes 4 – 10, to enable students learn Math and Science in a fun yet interesting way. Popular in over 800 schools (across education boards) in India and caters to over 500,000 students. [Awarded ‘Outstanding Online Education provider’ by School of Educators (SOE) at Global Education Awards 2012] ► Careerstrokes - ‘Career and Life Skills through Sports’ Creation of variants suitable for learners across school, college and corporate. Also responsible for teacher training and train-the-trainers for instructor-led delivery. A 4-book series of the product has also been launched in partnership with Encyclopedia Britannica titled ‘You Can!’ [Awarded ‘Best Digital Content provider’ by School of Educators (SOE) at Global Education Awards 2012] ► Cricketstrokes – ‘Cricket coaching online’ Cricket-coaching program with video lessons, and feedback based on learner videos. Used primarily by school students and coaching academies to complement their offline programs. Storyboarded/Directed interviews of over 30 sports and business personalities during product development.
361 DM is a learning and education company catering to colleges and corporates. - Developed a white paper on online learning and education. - Content creation and information for website. - Content and Storyboarding for products catering to college and corporate segments.