Profiles:
The Core Team |
The Governing Council
The
Governing Council Members
1.
Mr. Ramesh Chandra:
Mr. Ramesh Chandra, a graduate in Civil Engineering from
I.I.T. Kharagpur and a Masters in Structural Engineering from
the University of South Hampton, UK is the Managing Director
of Unitech. He has been involved in corporate planning, design
and business promotion of civil and real estate projects, and
construction management. Under his able leadership
Unitech’s turnover has grown from Rs. 29 crores in 1985
to Rs. 341 crores in 2002.
2.
Prof. Shyam Menon: Proctor, University of Delhi and Dean,
Department of Education, Delhi University, Prof. Menons
specialization is in curriculum development and science
education. For the last two decades, he has been working
closely on issues related to elementary education, teacher
development and higher education. He has been a Fulbright
fellow and visiting faculty at the University of Wisconsin and
Director, School of Education, IGNOU. Along with several
publications and research projects to his credit, he plays an
advisory role to significant state and government committees
on education.
3.
Dr. Bindu Prasad:
Clinical psychologist and special educator, Dr. Prasad is a
consultant to Sardar Patel Vidyalaya and Spastic Society of
Northern India and conducts private practice at her own clinic
in Alaknanda. She has presented academic papers and conducted
workshops on learning disabilities and family therapy in
India, USA, Norway, Finland and Israel. Dr. Prasad is the
founder of the Indian Association for Family Therapy in India.
4.
Prof. Poonam Batra:
Professor in Education at the Maulana Azad Centre for
Elementary and Social Education, Department of Education,
University of Delhi. Prof. Batra has been instrumental in
developing the vision and framework of the country's first
professional degree programme, the Bachelor in Elementary
Education (B.El.Ed.) now established in six colleges of the
University of Delhi. Her specialisations include pedagogic
studies, gender studies, teacher development with a deep
commitment to professionalise elementary education.
5.
Ms. Kamla Menon: Ms. Kamla Menon is the incharge of
Mirambika School run by Sri Aurobindo Educational Society. She
has worked as a Geography teacher at Kamala Nehru College,
National Council of Educational Research & Training and
The Mother’s International School for the last 27 years.
Her
interest in alternative education and making the present
system of education more meaningful continues both in and out
of Mirambika.
6.
Ms. Usha Srinivasan: Ms. Usha Srinivasan graduated
with B.Sc. (Hons) in Chemistry from Delhi University and is an
M.Ed.from Madras University. She has been a founder member and
treasurer of the Civil Services Society and was a member of
the Core Group which set up Sanskriti School, New Delhi, where
she was its Principal in its first year. She has been the
Director of Teachers Resource Centre at Naval Public School,
New Delhi. She has been a consultant for WWF India,
Development Alternatives, National Council for Science and
Technology Communication for various environmental development
programmes. She is also an author of books/manuals on
Astronomy, Environment & Science.
7.
Ms. Ritika Goyal: Ms. Ritika Goyal is a practicing
advocate at the High Court. She is the Treasurer &
Founder-Trustee of The Gnostic Centre. She is involved in the
creation of education aids (publications, multimedias) and is
also a resource person for courses and workshops on the
training of the mind. She is the Co-Editor of The Awakening
Ray (journal on education and self-development).
8.
Dr. Vidya Gupta: Dr.
Gupta is a senior consultant paediatrician and neonatologist
at Apollo Hospital and G.M. Modi Hospital, New Delhi and
practices in her own clinic in Lajpat Nagar. Dr. Gupta was
awarded the Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians and
Surgeons of Glasgow in 1998 and the Fellowship of the Royal
College of Paediatrics and Child Health, UK in 2000.
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